11 Nov 2020 --- The four-year EU-funded FlexFunction2Sustain eco-friendly packaging initiative is uniting 19 European research and industry partners in a smart plastics and paper-based products Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB). Dr. Esra Kücükpinar, materials development specialist at the project’s partner – the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (Fraunhofer IVV) – outlines the progress, barriers and goals.