ISOTECH LTD

Their core work

ISOTECH is a Cyprus-based technology SME working at the intersection of circular economy, bio-based materials, and waste valorisation. Their work spans the full lifecycle of bio-based and biodegradable plastics — from advanced compounding and standardisation of end-of-life pathways (composting, recycling, biodegradation) to the development of sustainable business models for circular products. In the SEALIVE project, they contributed to strategies for replacing conventional plastics with bio-based alternatives that degrade safely in both marine and terrestrial environments. They also demonstrated early-stage innovation capability by independently coordinating InnovOleum, a feasibility study for converting domestic used cooking oil into an educational resource about renewable energy.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ISOTECH's earliest H2020 engagement (2018) was purely business-model-driven: InnovOleum was a lightweight SME Phase 1 feasibility study with no technical keywords and a focus on commercialising a waste cooking oil concept through an innovative service model. By 2019, they had moved into substantive technical territory with SEALIVE, gaining a five-year Innovation Action that demanded real depth in bio-based polymer science, biodegradation pathways, composting standards, and circular economy policy. The shift suggests ISOTECH used the initial SME instrument as a springboard to validate their market position before joining a larger, technically demanding consortium.

ISOTECH is moving from lightweight business model consulting toward technically grounded roles in bio-based materials and circular economy — a trajectory that makes them increasingly relevant to consortia tackling plastic pollution, biodegradable packaging, or marine litter regulation.

How they like to work

ISOTECH has shown they can both lead and follow: they coordinated InnovOleum independently as a small SME-1 project, then joined SEALIVE as a participant in what appears to be a large, multi-country Innovation Action. With 30 unique partners across 14 countries generated from just two projects, SEALIVE must have been a broad consortium, suggesting ISOTECH is comfortable operating as a specialist contributor within complex multi-actor teams. Their profile is that of an applied industry partner brought in for domain-specific expertise rather than a consortium builder or scientific lead.

Despite only two projects, ISOTECH has built connections with 30 unique partners across 14 countries — almost entirely attributable to SEALIVE's large pan-European consortium. Their network is geographically diverse but not yet deep, with no evidence of repeated partnerships.

What sets them apart

ISOTECH occupies an unusual niche as a Cyprus-based industrial SME that combines applied knowledge of bio-based and biodegradable materials with the ability to develop circular business models around them — a pairing that is genuinely useful to consortia that need both technical credibility and commercialisation thinking. Their participation in SEALIVE, a large Innovation Action focused on marine and land plastic pollution, gives them direct exposure to one of the EU's most politically active environmental agendas. For consortium builders targeting bio-economy or marine litter calls, ISOTECH brings the industry-side perspective that many academic-heavy consortia lack.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SEALIVE
  Their largest and most technically substantive project (EUR 328,318, 2019–2024), focused on circular economy strategies and advanced bio-based plastic solutions for marine and land environments — placing ISOTECH at the centre of one of the EU's most active environmental research agendas.
• InnovOleum
  Notable as ISOTECH's only coordinator role, and an early proof-of-concept that they can drive EU project leadership independently — turning a domestic waste stream (used cooking oil) into a commercially framed renewable energy education concept under SME Phase 1.