Plastipolis

Overview

PLASTIPOLIS has been officially appointed in 2005, as France’s competitiveness cluster for the plastics and composites industry sector. Plastipolis has now more than 400 active members (industrial firms, R&D centers, universities, training centers, institutions) including a large number of small and medium size companies. The main missions of Plastipolis are:

The stimulation of innovation within the plastics and composites industry with connecting technologies and business applications,
The support of small and medium companies to develop and implement new developments,
The improvement of the cooperations between industry and academic entities.

Plastipolis has built its innovation strategy across different strategic technology domains that have been defined in connection with trends and challenges of the major business markets: construction, transportation, medical, packaging, energy and environment, sport and consumer goods. Based on continuous technology and market analysis, Plastipolis and its members are sharing a technology roadmap aiming to drive the innovation efforts toward the most relevant and promising challenges. This roadmap that is now under implementation is organized on 4 main strategic areas: Advanced materials, High added value manufacturing processes, Smart plastics and Green materials and eco-design.

From 2013, Plastipolis has been awarded the Gold label, the highest European award in cluster performance evaluation.

https://www.clustercollaboration.eu/cluster-organisations/plastipolis Digital technologies.