Funded Projects 2014-2020
Project SYMBIOMA
| Project Acronym | SYMBIOMA |
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| Project Title | Technology Innovations and Business Models for Valorisation of Industrial Waste Biomass in Sparsely Located Enterprises. Case: Industrial Symbiosis for Valorisation of Waste Biomass from Food and Beverage Industries |
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Summary
The circular economy is opening new business possibilities for industries and especially SMEs. What previously was considered as a waste becomes a raw material and can be considered as a new product. The project aims to kick start a circular transformation and make a measurable contribution to delivering the boost in economic development, environmental services and entrepreneurial innovation in rural areas.
For this purpose viable multidisciplinary circular economy related SYMBIOMA Technology Innovation Platform in NPA region will be established and service package thereof created. The Platform service portfolio will include access to laboratory and pilot scale infrastructures and expertise to evaluate the valuable components from process side and waste streams and develop technology innovations, technology transfer support, knowledge about similar or compatible waste streams in the region in order to increase volume and improve possible profitability via aggregation, and assistance in exploring collaborative dynamics and business models such as clustering and industrial symbiosis.Food and beverage SMEs are vital in the NPA region and are therefore chosen as a pilot basis for project activities.
Approach can be up-scaled and replicated across other industry segments in rural regions. To ensure relevance of the project activities and Platform services to needs of SMEs multifunctional and multidisciplinary team is gathered and consists of multidisciplinary university research groups, laboratory and pilot infrastructure providers, R&D services providing SMEs, manufacturing SMEs and and business support organizations. Project’s results will have an immediate exploitation reach to 75 potential SMEs, who will be approached during the implementation stage. The 12 business support organisations and numerous authorities will be trained to promote circular economy and SYMBIOMA services.
Objectives
To establish and operate multidisciplinary Circular Economy (CE) related SYMBIOMA Technology Innovation Platform
Establish internal network governing rules, network expansion, platform marketing and durability strategy and develop service concepts for serving SMEs
To develop service portfolio from Technology Innovation platform for SMEs to explore circular economy opportunities
Set of databases and toolkits of the current status of material flows, valorization routes, business conditions of food and beverage SMEs will be prepared in order to guide SMEs how to identify and prioritize new value chain opportunities
Train stakeholders on how to promote circular economy opportunities and SYMBIOMA Technology Innovation Platform services
SYMBIOMA will upskill and assist stakeholders in developing new industrial symbiosis partnerships and ventures, and train on use of CE technology platform to allow new R&I activities and connectivity between rural entrepreneurs across NPA regions.
Impacts
Tangible
| Improved access to services: | SYMBIOMA created a Technology Innovation Platform to help industries identifying which new products can be made from waste streams in fishery, potatoes, and breweries, to adopt circular business models, and to find the right technology services.
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Intangible
| Changing attitude and behaviour: | The produced materials, including numerous case studies, provide new knowledge and inspiration for SMEs on how to turn waste into new products. With this newly gained knowledge and examples, the businesses are more likely to engage in circular economy principles.
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Lead Partner
- CENTRIA University of Applied Sciences
Finland
Egidija Rainosalo
phone +358447250264
e-mail: egidija.rainosalo@centria.fi
Partners
- Future Eco North Sweden AB
SVERIGE (SE) - Institute of Technology, Sligo
Ireland - Luleå University of Technology
Sweden - Norsk Institutt for bioøkonomi
Norway
Project Info
| Theme Innovation, R&TD |
| Priority 1 Innovation |
| Objective 1.1 Increased innovation and transfer of R&D |
| Project duration 31-05-19 to 30-05-22 |
| Total budget 1 561 816 EUR |
| NPA co-financing 958 364 EUR |
| Target groups sectoral agency infrastructure and (public) service provider higher education and research enterprise, including SME business support organisation local public authority education/training centre and school |
| Joint Secretariat Desk Officer Christopher Parker |