The Cluster Medizintechnik and the Cluster industrielle Biotechnologie are working together with their networks in the SuPlaMed cross-cluster project to analyze the potential of bioplastics for more sustainable medical technology and at the same time to develop ways to achieve greater independence from international supply chains.

• Determining the challenges and obstacles to implementing bioplastics in the healthcare industry
• Surveying users, manufacturers and universities/research institutions
• Identifying potentials and solutions

The objective of the cross-cluster project is the cooperation of the cluster offices with their partners in order to identify potential for the sustainable substitution of plastics in medical technology. The focus is on identifying economically viable, technically feasible and regulatory feasible alternatives such as bioplastics. In addition, the project identifies R&D project ideas and forms suitable project consortia to drive forward the implementation of these approaches.