OUR GOVERNANCE
POLYMERIS, EUROPEAN REFERENCE POLE FOR THE POLYMER INDUSTRY
Our Polymeris competitiveness cluster was created in December 2020 by the merger of Plastipolis and Elastopôle. With a network of 380 active members and an ecosystem of 65 partner organizations in research and training, it has become the only French competitiveness cluster dedicated to rubbers, plastics and composites.
At the heart of tomorrow's solutions, the Polymers sector must develop even more value-creating solutions to accelerate the development of growing markets and explore new ones, while providing solid support to support our companies in ecological changes and economic future - in particular to move towards a circular economy of the polymer industry.
The Polymeris project is fully in line with these challenges with a pole recognized as an innovation benchmark for the sector on French and European territory to work in favor of a transforming, dynamic and innovative industry. Since early 2020, it has been fully launched and materializes through a presence in 6 French regions with main establishments in Bellignat (01), Orléans (45) as well as in Charbonnières-les-Bains (69) as part of the Campus Région du digital Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. On the other hand, the cluster has regional branches in Bordeaux (33), Dijon (21), Laval (53), Les Villettes (43), Nantes (44) and Vitry-sur-Seine 94). This regional anchoring is part of a national strategy and a European and international ambition.
With a network of 380 members and an ecosystem of 65 partner organizations in research, training, laboratories and industrial technical centres (CTI), POLYMERIS ensures its freedom of action thanks to 55% private funding and a logic of financing by project.
I would like to sincerely thank all our partners and funders who support the development of the cluster and all its projects, in particular those of companies and SMEs in our sector and in our Regions.
Our team and the pole's governance are at your disposal to support your innovation ideas, your development projects as well as all your expectations for the revitalization of our industry and its territories.
Thank you for the commitment of our members and our partners by our side,
Best regards,
President of Polymeris

Honorary president
René REVAULT, the last President of Elastopôle before the merger.
The members of the board
BARBIER
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Plastipolis office
Representative Serge VASSAL
Function: VP relations with the Plastics & Composites sector (including Polyvia)
RAIGI
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Representative Olivier PERRIER
HUTCHINSON S.A.
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Elastopole Office
Representative Serge PERRET
Function: Secretary
MFP Michelin
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Elastopôle Office
Representative Jean-Pierre QUESLEL
Function: VP relations with the Rubber sector (including CFCP)
ALTHEORA
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate CA Plastipolis
Representative Bénédicte DURAND
Function: VP communication
PRP Creation
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Plastipolis office
Representative Joël VIRY
Function: President
Sacred
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Elastopôle Office
Representative François CHANIOT
Function: Deputy Secretary (including link with the project labeling committee)
Solvay
Polymeris INDUSTRIAL College
Previous mandate Plastipolis office
Representative Jean-Marc PUJOL
Function: VP Research & Poles relationship
Polyvia
College Polymeris INSTITUTIONAL
Previous mandate CA Plastipolis
Representative Jean MARTIN
CEA
Polymeris College RESEARCH & TRAINING
Previous mandate CA Plastipolis
Representative Chrystel DEGUET
Function: Assistant Treasurer
IPC
Polymeris College RESEARCH & TRAINING
Previous mandate Plastipolis office
Representative Luc UYTTERHAEGHE
Université Lyon 1
Polymeris College RESEARCH & TRAINING
Previous mandate Plastipolis office
Representative Javier OLAIZ
Function: Treasurer