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After six years of intensive development, the Bulgarian startup LAM'ON, created by Angela Ivanova, Gergana Stancheva and Assoc. Dr. Filip Ublekov, is now offering its products on the market, BalkanEngineer.com learned from Capital.bg. The company aims to replace hard-to-recycle packaging with biodegradable alternatives made from corn-derived polylactic acid.
LAM'ON launched with four products: LAM'ON Soft Gloss, PACK'ON Classic, PACK'ON Oxygen and PACK'ON Shrink. LAM'ON Soft Gloss is a warm laminate for paper and cardboard. PACK'ON Classic is suitable for packing various products – from napkins and fruit to clothes and textiles. PACK'ON Oxygen has an oxygen barrier suitable for vacuuming and protection from external influences, and PACK'ON Shrink is a heat-shrink film for transport protection of stacks and boxes.
LAM'ON products are produced by a team of 9 people in Sofia. The company plans to increase its production capacity to 20 t per week and operate 24 hours a day from September, which will also require team growth.
LAM'ON has received significant financial and business support from Europe since its inception. Launched as part of the EIT's Climate Launchpad green programme, the startup receives its first grant of €15k through the EIT's Regional Innovation Scheme Accelerator. In 2020, the "business angels" Sasha Bezuhanova and Svetozar Georgiev invested a total of 225 thousand euros in the company, and at the beginning of 2022, LAM'ON received 1.28 million euros from the EIC Accelerator as support for start-up companies in the green sector.
LAM'ON already has established contacts with European companies that expect their products. The company is looking for customers with established volumes and offers its products at prices between 6 and 10 euros per kilogram, depending on the type of foil.
The next step for LAM'ON is product portfolio expansion and international distribution through licensing, distribution and partnerships. The company is poised for aggressive growth next spring, aiming for a solid market position and leveraging public funds to support its expansion.
Photo source: lam-on.com