WIMAO OY

Their core work

WIMAO OY is a Finnish deep-tech SME built around a single patented technology: a process for recycling mixed plastic waste and other hard-to-recycle waste streams into composite products. Their core value is solving a problem that conventional recycling infrastructure cannot — turning materials that normally end up in landfill or incineration into reusable composites. They followed the classic SME Instrument path: a 2019 Phase 1 feasibility study (€50K) confirmed market and technical viability, which unlocked a full Phase 2 development project (€2.35M, 2020–2022) to bring the technology to market-ready status. This trajectory suggests a company in late-stage technology development and early commercialization.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

WIMAO OY's H2020 history spans only 2019–2022 and covers a single technology at two stages of maturity, so there is no meaningful thematic shift — both projects are REMAT. What did evolve is the depth of engagement: from a short feasibility study testing whether the concept was viable, to a three-year, €2.35M development project to bring the recycling process to commercial readiness. No keyword data is available to detect subtler changes in focus. The overall arc is one of intensification around a single proprietary technology rather than diversification.

WIMAO appears to be a single-technology company moving from R&D into commercialization; a future collaborator would most likely be a waste management operator, composite materials manufacturer, or industrial partner seeking to license or deploy the REMAT process.

How they like to work

WIMAO OY operated exclusively through the SME Instrument, which is a solo-company grant — no consortium partners are required or recorded. They have coordinated both of their projects, meaning they hold the intellectual and commercial lead. This is not a team-building organization; it is a technology holder seeking EU funding to develop and de-risk its own IP. Anyone engaging with them would be dealing with the technology owner directly, not a research intermediary.

WIMAO OY has no recorded consortium partners across either of its two H2020 projects, which is consistent with the SME Instrument's solo-applicant model. Their EU project footprint is entirely self-contained, with no documented international research or industry network.

What sets them apart

WIMAO OY holds a patented recycling technology specifically targeting mixed and hard-to-recycle plastics — a segment where most recyclers lack viable solutions. The fact that they secured both Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the EU SME Instrument for the same technology confirms independent expert validation of technical and commercial potential. For partners or buyers, this means they come with proven IP, EU due diligence behind them, and a technology that addresses a documented gap in the circular economy.

Highlights from their portfolio

• REMAT (Phase 2)
  With €2.35M in EC funding, this is one of the larger SME Instrument Phase 2 awards and represents full commercial development of WIMAO's patented mixed-plastic recycling process.
• REMAT (Phase 1)
  The successful Phase 1 feasibility study (2019) directly unlocked the larger Phase 2 grant, demonstrating a clean technology-validation track record under competitive EU scrutiny.