All the news

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!

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.

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.