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T.I./18 Eben Bayer (Director, Cofounder)
Tlf: +00-1-518-273-3753 Ext. 1001
ECOVATIVE Email: eben@ecovativedesign.com usa
DESIGN www.ecovativedesign.com
TO WHOM IT OFFERS VALUE AND WHAT VALUE To whom What value
Food companies (especially mushroom producers) interested in diversifying activities. - Opportunity to enhance organic matter by-products in new products (packaging, furniture,
etc.). It is recommended that they go with a partner with knowledge about industrial transfor-
Agri-food sector companies
mation processes of materials. ECOVATIVE is interested in having a production centre in Spain
or France.
Companies that process organic matter and plastic
outside the agri-food sector
Suppliers of protective packaging, willing to move from synthetic to biodegradable material. - Opportunity to diversify and create a new product line. ECOVATIVE is interested in having
Companies that offer technological solutions and a production centre in Spain or France.
services to the agri-food sector

Companies interested in creating new activities aligned with the Circular Economy, through - Opportunity to diversify and create a new business activity. ECOVATIVE is interested in
Companies that want to invest (or diversify) in
other activities the technology transfer of another company in another country. having a production centre in Spain or France.
Local authorities, R&D centres, entities that - Entities fostering Circular Economy in general. - Benchmark of Good Practice to spread in its region.
promote circular economy in general
Fit in Circular Economy Contribution to environmental impact Contribution to economic impact Contribution to social impact
Design for Circularity - Contributes to sustainable development, - Spain and France are two countries particularly feasible for this type of - Selected by Fast Company as one
Maintenance/Repair substituting synthetic materials for biodegradable solution due to the abundance of raw materials: mushrooms, forest resources (pine, of the 10 most innovative companies in
Reuse and recirculation ones. eucalyptus) and agricultural resources (straw, hemp, etc.). the world for the social welfare.
Remanufacturing
Revaluation - Encourages the cultivation of plants benefi-
Recycling cial for the soil (such as hemp), whose wastes are
Energy recovery more reusable
Product as a Service
- Buried waste takes 30 days to decompose
REFERENCES ALREADY INTRODUCED
VALUE PROPOSITION FOR “END USER” IMPLICATIONS FOR “END USER” PHOTOS / IMAGES
IN THE MARKET
- Bio-manufacturing to obtain compostable materials (protective - Minimum production to make the investment Semi-finished product in the production process. DELL protective packaging
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packaging, structural elements of furniture, acoustics, buildings, etc.) profitable: 5,000 panels/year of 1 m x 1 cm
- It uses myceliums from various types of fungi and agricultural (thickness)
waste (straw, wood shavings, leaves, etc.) previously pasteurised
- By mixing these raw materials, the mycelium generates a very resistant - Investment in machinery: € 400,000
organic fabric which, after cooking and drying, generates the end product
- Growing conditions must be strict: temperature between 18°C and -Need to improve the industrialisation of the
28°C under plastic protection, light intensity 100 luxes (gloom) and production process (too handcrafted).
moisture between 60 and 90 %.
- They produce protective packaging for DELL computers and Inner door core
IKEA furniture
- Various items for the furniture sector (chair parts, doors, etc.)
- 2 allied companies in Europe: CNC Exotic Mushrooms (distribu-
tes the raw materials) and Krown Design (manufacture their products
with mycelium)
- Company interested in having a production centre in Spain or
France
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