Franziska Kerber - Franziska Kerber
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Materials & Packaging

Franziska Kerber

PAPE sustainable paper electronic components

AustriaEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

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Who is Franziska Kerber?

Franziska Kerber is an inventor associated with Austria. Their documented work in materials & packaging includes PAPE sustainable paper electronic components, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.

Franziska Kerber developed PAPE, a family of paper-based electronic-device components including a Wi-Fi router and smoke detector. Its pressed paper-fibre housings and dissolvable circuit-board approach are designed to make end-of-life materials easier to separate and recover.

Known forPAPE sustainable paper electronic components
FieldMaterials & Packaging
Associated withAustria
Evidence reviewed2 sources
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What did Franziska Kerber invent?

developed paper-based electronic-device components intended to replace plastic and fibreglass elements

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What did Franziska Kerber accomplish?

PAPE makes circular-design principles tangible in small electronic devices that are normally difficult to disassemble and recycle.

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What is known about Franziska Kerber today?

FH JOANNEUM reported on 27 September 2024 that Kerber won Austria's James Dyson Award for her PAPE bachelor project, a dated personal award.

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