This presentation reviews the work of the FlexFunction2Sustain project, with the goal of creating an Open Innovation Test Bed for nano-functionalisation technologies that enable sustainable and smart plastics and paper based products, and introduces the new European Sustainable Nanotechnology solutions Association (ESNA) which aims to transform innovative ideas into products. 

The thematic focus of ESNA is the surface modification of plastic and paper surfaces and membranes with nanotechnologies for sustainable and/or smart innovative products. 

This presentation explores the possibilities of such technologies and the open innovation and investment opportunities to interconnect various players in a framework for efficient collaboration.