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Meet our members at the K 2025 trade fair

K 2025, the world's largest trade fair for plastics and rubber, will be held from October 8 to 15, 2025, in Düsseldorf, Germany. This unmissable event brings together exhibitors and visitors from all walks of life to discover the latest innovations, technological trends, and sustainable solutions in the polymer sector.

The show covers a wide range of areas, including raw and auxiliary materials, semi-finished products, technical parts, and reinforced plastic products. It also showcases machinery and equipment for the production and processing of plastics and rubber, as well as recycling technologies and sustainable solutions.

Many member companies will be present at the show; feel free to visit them at their booths!

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Hack&Match of the Idealist project on Artificial Intelligence

On June 17 and 18, Polymeris participated in the second edition of the Hack&Match of the European IDEALIST project on Artificial Intelligence, dedicated to innovation for industrial SMEs. This event offered companies the opportunity to connect with a network of experts to co-develop innovative, concrete and tailor-made solutions. Its main objective: to strengthen the autonomy of SMEs in three strategic industrial ecosystems — energy-intensive industries, aerospace and defense, as well as mobility, transport and automotive.

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GREENSMARTMED: presentation of opportunities during the Materials Life Cycle club

On June 24, at the Matéri'Act premises, the Materials Life Cycle Club took place, focusing on topics related to LCAs. As part of the European GREENSMARTMED project and the toolbox it developed, Adèle Maillard, interclustering project manager, was able to present European and international opportunities to participants. The goal was to gather needs and then direct them to key partners and programs. At the start of the school year, during the Materials and Composites Life Cycle Interclub, the project will be presented again and new opportunities highlighted to facilitate access for participating members.

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CIRCVET: last partners meeting

On June 12th and 13th, the CIRCVET project held its final partner meeting to conduct an initial review of the activities launched within the European project. Discover these developments!

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Polymeris' European commitment welcomed by the State

In a letter to Polymeris, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, praised the cluster's long-standing involvement in European projects. He particularly congratulated the cluster for obtaining more than €5.9 million in directly managed funding from the European Union over the past ten years.

This recognition demonstrates the European strategy implemented by Polymeris, consistent with national priorities in terms of competitiveness, ecological and digital transition, and industrial sovereignty. As a competitiveness cluster funded by the State, regions, and local authorities, Polymeris plays a strategic interface role between regional ecosystems and European agencies.

For several years, the cluster has supported its members—companies, technical centers, laboratories, and training institutions—in the identification, development, and management of European projects, particularly through the Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, Interreg, and Euroclusters programs.

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A look back at the ECP4 Conference: “Trends in Polymers and Composites Circularity”

The ECP4 conference, “The European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform,” entitled “Trends in Polymers and Composites Circularity,” was held from May 13 to 14, 2025, and was co-organized by Axel’One and Polymeris at the Lyon 1 University Campus. This event brought together various experts from clusters, universities, companies, and technical centers that are members of ECP4, of which Polymeris is a key member.

The first day was dedicated to discussions on the emergence and implementation of European projects between members of the association. Presentations focused on the themes of circularity, advanced manufacturing, and digitalization in the polymer and composite sectors.

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Boosting industrial adoption of biodegradable polymers for packaging through the new European Be-UP project

Polymeris, along with its two affiliates Imerys and Aptar Group, are partners in the new European RDI project Be-UP. As part of the Be-UP project, new synthesis and processing routes will be developed for innovative aliphatic-aromatic biopolyesters with an increased content of renewable raw materials, using bio-based building blocks (e.g., 1,4-bio-BDO), as well as innovative catalysts and additives.

These components will be optimized using advanced numerical modeling tools, based on Kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) models, for synthesis and polymerization.

These biopolyesters will be blended with commercial biopolymers (such as PLA, PBAT, and PHA), bio-based chain extenders, and mineral fillers to create bioplastic packaging materials.

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EUREKA 2025 transnational R&D calls for projects

Two EUREKA 2025 calls for proposals are currently open to support international collaborative R&D projects.

The first call focuses on lightweighting materials and covers topics such as lightweight design, advanced materials, additive manufacturing, and recycling. It is open to companies from 13 countries, including France, with funding provided by Bpifrance (up to 80% for SMEs). Projects must involve at least two entities from two different countries, have a non-profit purpose, and have a maximum duration of 36 months.

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