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Objectives
The European Polymer Converting Industry (EPCI) is a major European industry, comprising 50,000 companies -
of which 85% are SMEs - and 1.4 million employees (source: EuPC 2008).
s MILLION EMPLOYEES
and companies, stimulating new enterprise, at- s 0RODUCTION OVER -T
s € BILLION TURNOVER IN EuPC forecast : + 4% per year
tracting new investment through a number of va-
ried initiatives, and coordinating actions to ensure
consistent use of public and private funding. 2007 2015
Impact
CLUSTERPLAST aims to improve co-operation between regional
authorities, research entities and local businesses, as well
as to strengthen knowledge-based economic development and
boost competitiveness. The CLUSTERPLAST project will have stra-
tegic impacts in various fields, like knowledge transfer, sharing of
RTD infrastructures, fostering of entrepreneurship, mutual learning and
mentoring. The EPCI as a whole is likely to benefit from the results of
CLUSTERPLAST. Mentoring and mutual learning will disseminate good
practices and effective R&D investment tools at a European level.
Likewise, the review will provide an industry benchmark, identify best practices and improve inter-cluster communication.
By increasing industry awareness, it will be easier to identify new opportunities and cross actions, and to en-
courage greater interaction between the entities of the innovation system. This will mean:
The development of a Joint Action Plan will go a long way to meet the defined
goals, constituting a major deliverable of the project. It will promote further integra-
tion of R&D and scientific activities at a European level, eliminate duplication of
work, and exploit complementary skills and knowledge, in line with the European
Research Area Objective. The Joint Action Plan will cover sharing of RTD infrastruc-
tures, knowledge transfer, mobility, selection and support of research projects, fos-
tering of entrepreneurship, education and training strategies, and mutual learning
and mentoring strategies.
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Acknowledgements
CLUSTERPLAST is supported by the European Commission through its Seventh Fra-
mework Programme (FP7) for Research and Technology Development. The project’s Création :: Comète :: www.comete.com
The project was launched on 1st January 2009 and will run until 30th June 2010.
Project Coordinator:
Région Rhône-Alpes - Ms Caroline Barnay
cbarnay@rhonealpes.fr, (+33) 4 27 86 63 24
EC Project Officer:
Mr. Salvatore La Rosa
salvatore.la-rosa@ec.europa.eu, (+32) 2 29 90 792
www.clusterplast.eu