CREATE
The network for more renewable raw materials in the plastics industry in and around northern Bavaria
CREATE stands for a sustainable plastics industry that focuses on exchange and collaboration in order to harmonise ecological responsibility and economic success. Launched in February 2025, CREATE is a rapidly growing cluster for all players who develop bio-based solutions and products with and for plastics.
Products & topics
- Processing of bio-based plastics
- Drop-in solutions
- Mass balance
- Additives and fillers made from renewable raw materials
- Recycling and biodegradation
- Market launch
Industries
- Food
- Construction
- Textiles
- Agriculture
- Plastics
- Pulp and paper
Feedstock
- Residues from food and animal feed
- Forestry (by-)products
- Agricultural products
- Industrial residues
Processes
- Biotechnological and chemical polymer synthesis
- Plastics processing: extrusion, injection moulding, blow moulding, …
- Analytics/quality control
- Plant construction
Plastics enable the high-quality, material utilisation of a wide variety of residues of a biological nature as well as inorganic by-products. The spectrum ranges from natural fibres or other biogenic materials as fillers to the targeted chemical or biotechnological synthesis of plastics based on waste products. While the need for research into new processes is a major topic, CREATE is focussing primarily on the expansion and scaling up of existing technologies and the development of new waste streams.