Press release: Plastiwin and the Swiss Plastics Cluster, a common mission: to support innovation!

Liège, June 10, 2021 - Always keen to develop collaborative research & development activities, the Swiss Plastics Cluster and Plastiwin are joining forces to develop their international collaboration.

Plastiwin is the Walloon cluster bringing together players specializing in polymers and biopolymers, elastomers, composite materials and synthetic textiles. In 11 years, Plastiwin is proud to have contributed to the development of the Walloon Region: 127 members, 10,469 direct jobs, more than € 2.5 billion in turnover…. With an active role in sectors such as health and medical, construction and housing, electrical engineering applications, transport, the environment including the recovery of recycled materials, and many more!

The Swiss Plastics Cluster now has more than 100 members who are divided into four categories: industry, commerce, training and other. With its 15 years of existence, the cluster has contributed to the influence of the whole of Switzerland in the plastics industry at the international level and maintains active collaborations with other organizations of the same type in the European space.

The goal of this collaboration is to improve the competitiveness and productivity of our members through the active promotion of plastics technology, to promote public-private partnerships, to offer continuous training adapted to staff, to create opportunities for networking and business among members and providing high value added services.

 

Through this merger, we want to connect our members in order to create innovation and business opportunities: development of new projects, new products, exploration of new markets, etc.

 

We are available for more information and look forward to offering you joint events and projects in the near future.

For more information, please contact : Aurore Mourette | info@plastiwin.be | phone : +32 (0)4 77 23 42 93

 

 

About Plastiwin, Walloon Plastics Cluster

Approved and supported by the Walloon Region, our network of companies brings together players specializing in polymers and biopolymers, elastomers, composite materials and synthetic textiles. Its value chain brings together all trades related to plastics, the main applications of which are in packaging, automobiles, railways, aeronautics, construction, medical, electrical engineering and the environment ...

Voluntarily mobilizing a critical mass of companies from the entire value chain of production and processing of plastics in the Walloon Region, with the aim of stimulating socio-economic development, is the main mission of Plastiwin. In 10 years, we are proud to have contributed to the development of the Walloon Region: 127 members, 10,469 direct jobs, more than € 2.5 billion in turnover…. With an active role in sectors such as health and medical, construction and housing, electrical engineering applications, transport, the environment including the recovery of recycled materials, and many more!

Ours members

All companies with production, processing and technical distribution activities related to this value chain can apply to join the cluster as full members. Professional associations, research centers, schools, competence and training centers, etc. can apply for membership, in support of business development.

Our missions

• Strengthen the economic, technological and commercial potential of our members through an approach based on value chains and networking.
• Promote "business development" and innovation (make projects emerge, support the marketing, industrialization and promotion
• Meet the demands of current markets (bring together, combine and strengthen technological skills, facilitate technology transfers).
• Facilitate access to contractors (give visibility to the value chain and communicate on Walloon technological potential).
• Prepare for the future and position oneself on promising markets (informing and communicating, anchoring oneself in cutting-edge technologies).

Our other mission is to be at the service of regional industrial policy and to contribute to the development of our economy. To do this, we focus on creating added value and jobs, we communicate on the potential of our value chain and pass on its needs, we offer sectoral expertise to institutional players and play the role of interface between them and industrialists.

Website : www.plastiwin.be

 

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Warning

This press release is published for information purposes only and no legal consequences can result from it. This document may contain forward-looking information and statements which are based on economic data and assumptions made in a given economic, competitive and regulatory context. They may prove to be inaccurate in the future and are dependent on risk factors. Plastiwin would not take the commitment or responsibility towards investors or any other stakeholder to update or revise, in particular due to new information or future events, all or part of the statements, forward-looking information, trends or objectives contained in this document.