Description

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

Plastipolis est l’unique pôle de compétitivité français dédié au secteur de la plasturgie et des composites. Il fédère les acteurs de cette filière dans les régions Bourgogne – Franche Comté et Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes qui concentrent plus de 30% de l’activité industrielle française.

Le pôle a pour mission de susciter plus d’innovation et faire émerger de nouveaux projets de R&D, mais aussi de promouvoir l’innovation dans la formation et la gestion des compétences au service de la plasturgie. L’ouverture du développement des entreprises, aux autres secteurs industriels et à la coopération internationale, est aussi au cœur de ses missions.

Le pôle Plastipolis coordonne des projets d’innovation autour de 4 axes technologiques, qui regroupent un ensemble de thématiques clés en regard des perspectives qu’elles représentent sur les différents marchés finaux. Ces axes sont les Matériaux fonctionnels avancés, les Procédés de fabrication à haute valeur ajoutée, les Produits plastiques intelligents et l’éco-plasturgie.

Depuis sa création en 2005, Plastipolis c’est plus de 400 adhérents dont 250 entreprises, 95 centres de R&D et formation, 60 institutionnels et partenaires, 4000 contacts industriels et scientifiques, 175 projets financés pour 450 M€ d’investissement R&D et associant 280 entreprises différentes.

Plastipolis activities and prioritities are closely linked with regional smart specialization strategy -RIS3 (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Industrial processes and eco-efficient factory, Smart mobility systems  / Bourgogne-Franche Comté: advanced materials and processes for secured applications) as well with national industrial policy priorities (e.g circular economy, industry 4.0).

Plastipolis is in particular involved in different regional working groups connected to RIS3 priorities: Industrial processes and eco-efficient factory - Industrie du futur in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Smart systems and smart plastics in Bourgogne-Franche Comté.

Examples of previous or ongoing European projects:

H2020: CIRC-Pack, Citruspack, BeinCPPS

COSME or CIP: Materialix, Wiintech, Health2care

Market sectors

• Manufacture of textiles and textile products
• Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres
• Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
• Manufacture of machinery and equipment

TRL Focus

• TRL3 - Analytical and experimental critical function and/or characteristic proof of concept
• TRL4 - Component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory environment
• TRL5 - Component and/or breadboard validation in relevant environment
• TRL6 - System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment
• TRL7 - System prototype demonstration in an operational environment
• TRL8 - Actual system completed and qualified through test and demonstration

Services provided

• Awareness creation
• Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
• Visioning and Strategy Development for Businesses
• Collaborative Researchs
• Concept validation and prototyping
• Incubator/accelerator support
• Market intelligence