{"id":107208,"date":"2025-09-18T15:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=107208"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:39:32","slug":"biomaterial-from-hamburg-nominated-in-the-final-traceless-for-german-future-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/biomaterial-aus-hamburg-im-finale-traceless-fuer-deutschen-zukunftspreis-nominiert\/","title":{"rendered":"Biomaterial from Hamburg in the final: traceless nominated for German Future Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great honour for the Hamburg-based start-up traceless: the company has been nominated as one of three finalists for the German Future Prize 2025. With its plastic-free packaging solution based on plant-based waste, traceless addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing the packaging industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Hamburg start-up traceless materials<\/b><\/span> has made it to the finals of the German Future Prize 2025<\/b><\/span> achieved. The award is regarded as one of the most important science prizes in Germany and recognises technologically and socially relevant innovations with market potential.<\/p>\n

The traceless solution is aimed specifically at packaging that is difficult to recycle or frequently ends up in the environment - such as films, rigid trays or paper coatings. The company offers a Natural substitute material for plastics<\/b><\/span>which consists of plant residues from the agricultural industry<\/b><\/span> without the use of food crops. The material is microplastic-free<\/b><\/span>, garden compostable<\/b><\/span> and Free from questionable additives<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>

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From the laboratory to industrial scale<\/b><\/h2>\n

In recent years, traceless has made the step from laboratory solution to industrial application. Production is currently underway in a pilot plant in Buchholz i.d.N., and construction of the first industrial-scale plant in Hamburg will begin in 2024. It is expected to supply several thousand tonnes of material per year. The scaling-up was supported by the Federal Environment Ministry's Environmental Innovation Programme and the EU EIC Accelerator, among others.<\/p>\n

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\"This nomination comes exactly five years after the company was founded - what a special honour!\" writes co-founder Anne Lamp in a post on LinkedIn. In addition to the technology, the award also recognises the path to scaling: \"It means breaking new ground, building structures that didn't exist before and proving that ecological and economic goals can go hand in hand.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n