French paper and packaging company specialising in printed electronics, conductive coatings, and plant-based sustainable packaging materials.
F1 PAPERS is a Paris-based private company operating in the specialty paper and functional materials space, contributing industrial manufacturing expertise to EU research consortia. In MADRAS, they worked on printed electronics applied to paper and flexible substrates — conductive inks, silver nanowires, PEDOT coatings, and integrated smart tags with printed antennas and photosensors. In INN-PRESSME, their focus shifted toward plant-based nano-enabled biomaterials for sustainable packaging, including eco-design, bio-sourced formulations, and pilot-line processing. Their industrial value is the ability to take advanced functional materials — whether electronic or biological — and translate them into manufacturable paper or packaging products.
MADRAS involved conductive inks, silver nanowires, PEDOT, and screen/spray coating processes directly applicable to paper substrates; INN-PRESSME carried printed electronics and smart tag keywords forward.
Both MADRAS and INN-PRESSME include smart tag, printed antenna, and autonomous device keywords, indicating a consistent track record in sensor-integrated packaging.
INN-PRESSME focused explicitly on plant-based biomaterials, eco-design, recycling, and reuse for packaging and consumer goods applications.
Nanocellulose in MADRAS and nano-enabled biomaterials in INN-PRESSME indicate consistent exposure to nano-scale material formulation and transformation at pilot-line scale.
MADRAS keywords include tungsten oxide and PEDOT — electrochromic and electroactive materials used in functional coatings for sensors and displays.
F1 PAPERS entered H2020 through MADRAS (2020) with a clear focus on the physical fabrication side of printed electronics — screen printing, spray coating, conductive inks, and photosensing on flexible substrates, with nanocellulose already hinting at paper-based applications. By INN-PRESSME (2021), the framing had shifted decisively toward sustainability: plant-based sources, eco-design, recycling, and bio-sourced formulations for packaging and consumer goods. The thread connecting both phases is functionalized packaging — first making it smarter (embedded electronics), then making it greener (bio-based materials). The direction is toward smart sustainable packaging, where both capabilities converge.
F1 PAPERS is positioning at the convergence of smart packaging and sustainable materials — a space with strong regulatory pull (EU packaging regulation, ESPR) and growing industrial demand for recyclable packaging that retains traceability and sensing functions.
F1 PAPERS has participated exclusively as a consortium member — never as coordinator — across both projects. Both projects are Innovation Actions, which typically involve large, multi-partner consortia with industrial pilots; the company's 49 unique partners from just two projects confirms they work in broad, multi-stakeholder groups. This profile suggests they contribute a specific industrial capability (paper/packaging manufacturing, coating processes) rather than driving the research agenda, making them a reliable but narrowly-scoped partner rather than a consortium anchor.
F1 PAPERS has accumulated 49 unique consortium partners across 14 countries from only two projects, reflecting the large-consortium nature of the Innovation Actions they joined. Their network is geographically broad and European in character, with no single country cluster evident from the available data.
F1 PAPERS occupies a specific niche: an industrial paper or packaging manufacturer that has invested in both functional electronics and bio-based materials simultaneously, making them a rare bridge between two fast-moving EU research streams. Most companies in this space come from either the electronics side or the bio-materials side — F1 PAPERS appears to have exposure to both. For a consortium needing an industrial partner who can validate novel coatings or biomaterials at a packaging pilot line, they offer direct manufacturing relevance that a university or research institute cannot.
