Plastipolis cluster

1. Plastipolis Cluster
Innovation through polymer
microtechnology
Leuven, October 13th, 2015

2. Established in 2005
More than 400 members with:
•250 firms
90% SMEs
Consolidated turnover: 5 500 M€
Nb employees : 30 000
•95 R&D and education centers
•60 institutions
•4 000 contacts (industry & academic)
•140 running projects for 400 M€
•More than 230 submitted projects
•280 different companies partners
of projects (including 180 SMEs)
•8 new training and education
programs
•25 European projectsPlastipolis members
Plastipolis: Cluster figures
Status 2013

3. Meetings, workshops,
events
Information sharing
platform
Open innovation system
Axis#1: Cluster development tools

4. Technologies and markets
•6 final markets
•16 key applications
•4 technology domains
Competences
•Technical skills
•Attractivity of talented people
•Management skills
•Transversality
International development
•Technology partnerships
•Export
•Attractivity for investors
Investisment and industrialization
•Financing of innovative companies
Axis #2: Areas of innovation

5. Transportation
– Weight reduction
– Structures for electric
propulsion systems
– Flame retardant
– Materials for batteries
– Bio based materials
– Recycling
– New propulsion systems
– Thermoplastic composites
Medical & health
– Bio resorbable
implants
– Biocompatible
coatings
– Drug delivery
systems
– Labs on chips
Packaging
– Bio based materials
– High barrier
property packaging
– Food contact
– recycling
Construction
– Tightness
– Corrosion
resistance
– Composites
Energy
–Photovoltaic
–Storage
systems
–recycling
Consumer goods
–labeling
–Traceability
–Printed electronics
Market challenges and key applications

6. Performant and innovative
processes
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Smart plastics products
Advanced materials
Technology strategic domains
Sustainability
and eco-design

7. Inter-cluster cooperation
(FP7 capacity – Region of
knowledge / Interreg 4C)
Innovation for SME
(INNET, Tactics-
DG Entrerprise)
Collaborative projects
(FP7 cooperation)
Technology transfer
project
(FP6 / FP7 ERANET)
CLUSTER
Coordination actions
(FP7 cooperation)
Strategic vision
(FP6 & FP7 ETP & NoE)
European cooperation and interclustering

8. Examples of European Projects
MINAM 2.0
• Micro-manufacturing
• FP7
CORNET Biopolymer
• Bio-based materials
• ERANET
NANOCOM
• Nanomaterials
• FP7
3D-Hipmas
• MIDs
• FP7
WIINTECH
• International cooperations
• DG Entreprise
IMPRESS
• Surface micro-
structuring
• FP7
COLAE
• Organic electronics
• FP7
ALPLASTICS
• Regional interclustering
• Alpine Sspace
Advanced materials
High added value processes
Cluster cooperations

9. ConProMi project
1. Develop new hybrid micromanufacturing processes, for high
added value applications
2. Objectives:
– Combine technologies for tooling production
– Develop new micromanufacturing technologies for multi-
materials and multi-shapes components
– Hybridize complementary replication technologies for
micro-structurated parts production
– Associate metallic and plastics components
– Integrate smart functions on plastic substrat
3. Demontrators:
– Micro-cooler
– Microfluidic system
4. Partners

10. NewPIM Project
1. Develop industrial application of PIM Process
2. Objectives:
– Reduce time to market from 12 to 4 weeks thanks to
simulation
– Improve quality and productivity of the PIM processes
thank to feedstock optimization
– Develop PIM process in new emerging market thank
to new feedstocks development
3. Some demonstrators developed during the project:
– GPS antenna
– USB stick
4. Partners

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