Ljubljana, Slovenia. May 9th, 2018 – AquafilSLO announced today that it will act as the coordinator of a consortium which has been awarded a grant from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking, a public/private partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium. The grant, for 7.1 million euros, is for the “EFFECTIVE” project, which aims to demonstrate first of its kind and economically viable ways to produce more sustainable fibres and plastic films.