Plastic processing/Materials
At the cutting edge of technological solutions
- Centre of Excellence: Alençon (ISPA, ISMO, CRITT Polymers and Composites),
- Numerous processing companies, drawing on ISPA, one of the few French graduate schools in the industry,
- The Caen-Basse Normandie Materials Centre,
- One National Centre for Technological Research (CNRT) on Materials in Caen,
- Two Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Centres (CRITT): CRITT Polymers and Composites in Alençon, CRITT Analyses and Surfaces in Val de Reuil.
- A Technological Platform (PFT) "Mechanical Composite Systems" dedicated to composite materials in Le Havre,
KEY FIGURES
- Plastic processing: 280 companies, eleven with more than 200 employees, 10,350 jobs.
- Materials: more than fifteen public laboratories working on the development of new materials and surface treatments for industry.
Higher Education and R&D laboratories
Graduate Ingineering School in Plastics Processing, Alençon. |
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ISMO |
(Higher Institute for Mould Technology), Alençon. Training of mould makers and project managers. |
ENSICAEN |
in Caen: training of engineers in the polymer sector. |
in Rouen: training of engineers in the polymer sector. |
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ENSICAEN |
in Caen: research on the synthesis and characterisation of polymer properties. |
University of Le Havre |
Research on the physics and chemistry of polymers. |
(Arkema's R&D centre) in Serquigny: polymers, thermo-plastics. |
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MPP Normandie |
(Polymers, Plastics, Materials): a network of research workers (University of Caen/ENSICAEN) to serve the corporate sector. |
Main suppliers
Automotive: Automotive Plastics Bellême, Wagon Automotive, Cooper Standard Automotive, Quadion, Sealynx Automotive, Tramico, Recticel, Plastic Omnium, Visteon...
Food-processing: Bemis, Global Plastics International, Amcor, Sphere, Silver Plastics...
Pharmaceuticals/Cosmetics: Valois/Aptar, Rexam Pharma, Rexam Dispensing Systems, Otor, SGD, Alcan Packaging, Alliora, Augros Cosmetic Packaging, Crown, Stelmi Technologies...
A COMPANY'S TESTIMONY
"It’s because there is a plastic processing centre in Alençon that we chose this area to set up our production facility where more than one hundred people work. The quality of the contacts we made with the local authorities was a decisive factor in our choice."
Didier BOURGINE
Chairman and Managing Director of Augros Cosmetic France
Useful links
Arkema's Design, Research and Development Centre
Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre
Postgradutate Engineering School
"Mechanical Composite Systems" Technological Platform
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