Grifal creates a digital ecosystem for “collaborative” packaging production in cArtù®

Developing a digital ecosystem where, through the sharing of production data among the various supply chain actors, large-scale transformation will be possible cArtù®, the innovative and environmentally sustainable corrugated cardboard that can replace plastics in packaging while providing equal strength and protection.The project, launched in partnership with theI.T.I.R.(Institute for Transformative Innovation Research) of theUniversity of Pavia, plans to develop a Grifal-led network among box factories, packaging companies and companies with in-house packaging lines (logistics, e-commerce, etc…) that will be able to automate raw material orders, i.e., cArtù®, receive the material and process it with the new Grifal machines best suited to their needs.

“We are creating,” says Fabio Gritti, CEO of Grifal Spa. a kind of super-brain, a platform that can capture from all the players in the game a continuous flow of numbers and information to build a large dynamic database to provide guidance through computational models of machine learning. We will be able, for example, to accurately estimate what the carbon footprint generated by a package is, thanks to the third-party certified system we have. We can then provide a number of technical features that will make it more durable and to identify which types of packaging are most widely used and cost-effective in the customer’s target market. It is, in short, a comprehensive ecosystem where data sharing increasingly fuels the accuracy of estimates provided by the platform. Our machines,” Gritti concludes, “integrated with the system will become an invaluable tool available to customers and end users, who will be able to constantly dialogue with them. In September, the pilot project will be ready.”

“The I.T.I.R. of the University of Pavia,” explains Professor Flavio Ceravolo, professor of Social Research Methodology and Digital Research Methods. designed this new production model for Grifal as a kind of “district as a service” that allows remote access to information and use of a physical and virtual asset. In fact, actors participating in the collaboration could potentially be anywhere and all networked, a true local digital evolution.

The University of Pavia will have several roles, including introducing Grifal and cArtù® as a case study in academic courses, also intercepting potential new access to additional funding, public and non-public, to support the project, as well as serving as a coordinator between Grifal and project partner companies in software development.”

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