Nestlé, Tsinghua x-lab launch joint innovation challenge for packaging sustainability
Tsinghua x-lab is a Tsinghua University education platform designed to foster student creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Nestlé Research and Development (R&D) China opened an innovation challenge in collaboration with Tsinghua x-lab, Beijing, China, to leverage China’s extensive capacity for innovation, while providing a platform for the development of potential solutions to address packaging sustainability locally.
Tsinghua x-lab is a Tsinghua University education platform designed to foster student creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. During the challenge, 30 students and faculty members will enter a 5-month acceleration program to identify new solutions for product packaging and business models across recyclable or reusable, e-commerce, gifting and consumer education and engagement. The teams will have access to Nestlé’s R&D expertise and infrastructure at the R&D center in Beijing, including labs and prototyping facilities.