Polymeris celebrates its 20th anniversary!

Polymeris celebrates 20 years at the heart of innovation with a multiplex Anniversary General Meeting focused on the future of plastics, composites, and rubber

In 2025, Polymeris, a competitiveness cluster dedicated to rubber, plastics, and composites, will celebrate 20 years of innovation in the service of sustainable transformation in the industry.
With a multiplex broadcast from Oyonnax (01), Charbonnières-les-Bains (69), Orléans (45), Dijon (21), Bordeaux (33), and Vitry-sur-Seine (94), Polymeris' Anniversary General Assembly brought together more than 200 participants across the six sites. It was an opportunity to reaffirm its key role in supporting innovation projects towards a greener, more digital, and more sovereign industry, while consolidating its position as a European leader in advanced materials.

20 years of a successful model serving innovation

In 20 years, Polymeris has certified 380 collaborative projects, representing €1.13 billion in innovation projects. In 2024, 78 projects were certified. And 30 new projects were certified in the first four months of 2025, with a selection rate for funding 10% higher than the national average.
“This multi-site General Assembly is a first, aimed at strengthening our proximity to our members while mobilizing our community around a shared vision for 2030,” emphasized Joël Viry, President of Polymeris.

An Extraordinary General Meeting: “Past, Present, Future”

The 2025 General Assembly, held simultaneously at six sites connected via multiplex, celebrated two decades of impact focused on the 2030 strategy. This hybrid event, designed to be as close as possible to members, featured several highlights:

• A PolyConnectCafé: a networking space inspired by the World Café to encourage discussion.
• An InterSite Challenge 2030 with an awards ceremony: collaborative inter-site workshops to jointly develop the cluster's roadmap, incorporating feedback from members on the challenges facing their markets, with an awards ceremony.
• Voting on resolutions and screening of a video HERE recounting the highlights of the past 20 years.
• Festive cocktail party to celebrate the anniversary, followed by local visits.
• A dynamic of innovation rooted in the ecological and digital transition, with Europe as its playground.

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