The BMBF’s funding measures “AI application hub for plastic packaging” (https://ki-hub-kunststoffverpackungen.de/ueber-das-ki-hub/hintergrund-und-ziele) are intended to pave the way for a more sustainable circular economy through the use of artificial intelligence. In order to close the loop for plastic packaging as far as possible, 51 partners from industry, science and society are working together in two innovation labs: KIOptiPack (https://ki-hub-kunststoffverpackungen.de/ki-opti-pack/ueber) for design and production and K3I-Cycling (https://ki-hub-kunststoffverpackungen.de/k3i-cycling/ueber) for material recycling.
The KIOptiPack innovation lab focuses on providing AI-supported tools via a central network platform for value chain engineering. The project and the tools developed within it cover the entire value chain from secondary raw materials, material and packaging development, process design, packaging production through to waste collection and processing, as well as consumers. The proportion of recycled materials in packaging should be at least 30 percent in future.
The KIOptiPack project aims to develop practical, AI-supported tools for the product design and quality-oriented production of plastic packaging with a high proportion of recycled materials. to provide, validate and transfer them to industrial application. This should make a decisive contribution to the sustainable use of recyclates and create the basis for a functioning circular economy in the field of plastic packaging.
https://ki-hub-kunststoffverpackungen.de/ki-opti-pack/partnerorganisationen
Duration of the project
01.08.2022 – 31.07.2025
Funding organization
BMWK
Contact
Dr. Florian Vogt
Website
https://ki-hub-kunststoffverpackungen.de/ki-opti-pack/ueber