Agence pour la Promotion Internationnale de Lille Metropole

PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY

Lille Métropole: a skills pool

• 40 establishments 
• 2,500 employees

 

The region:

• 220 establishments
• 11,000 employees

 

France:

• 3,800 establishments
• 150,000 employees
• turnover of €31 billion

 

WRAPPING / PACKAGING

Lille Métropole: a skills pool

• 33 establishments, including 5 businesses with more than 100 employees
• 1,500 employees

 

The region:

• 86 businesses with more than 20 employees
• 7,000 employees
• Turnover of €2 billion

 

France:

• 900 establishments
• 115 000 employees
• Turnover of €18 billion

 

 

HUMAN RESOURCES

Lille has France's 2^nd largest educational authority, catering for over 150,000 students. There are 13 engineering schools, including the following specialist schools (7% of French engineers are trained in Lille Métropole):

 

• HEI (higher engineering studies): 10 disciplines, including chemistry, construction, etc. Around 1,800 engineering students.
• University of Lille 1: A large multidisciplinary university: 18,000 students, 1,500 research lecturers and teachers in higher education.
• POLYTECH’LILLE: 8 engineering specialties, from “research and development” to “business engineering”. 400 students per year.
• ENSCL (Lille national school of chemistry): Chemical engineering courses specialising in various sectors, such as materials, pharmacy, cosmetics, agro-food, bio-industries and the environment. Courses in chemistry, physico-chemistry, chemical engineering and engineering science.

 

Nord Package business cluster: a group of SMBs specialising in the paper/cardboard/printing industries.

 

 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

• The Institut Michel-Eugène Chevreul on the Greater Lille Campus (220 researchers), in partnership with the CNRS (national centre for scientific research) and the INRA (national institute for IT and automation research).
• The CNRS (national centre for scientific research).
• The Lille IFTH (French textile and clothing institute). Provides support for businesses innovating in the textile industry.
•  The INRIA (national institute for IT and automation research). Basic and applied research. Partner member of the Université Lille Nord de France PRES (research and higher education network).
• The ENSCL (Lille school of chemistry). Collaborative research with the University of Lille 1 and the Institute Michel-Eugène Chevreul, accredited by the CNRS. Focuses on the following subject areas: materials and energy, safety, fire reaction and resistance of materials, and formulation engineering.

 

NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER: MAUD

Materials and Applications for a Sustainable Use

The MAUD competitiveness cluster boosts economic growth through innovation in the areas of chemistry and materials, as part of an environmentally-friendly strategy. Its mission is to enhance the competitiveness of businesses by developing synergies between private corporate research, public research and training centres, through collaborative R&D projects. MAUD is supported by several regional, national and international innovation-focused networks.

 

4 key international markets:

tableware, wrapping/packaging, graphics and plant-based plastics.

 

4 strategic areas of activity:

-          Multi-functional materials

-          Eco-designed materials

-          Bio-sourced materials

-          High performance processes and clean technologies

 

 

 www.polemaud.com

 

A SELECTION OF PROJECTS ACCREDITED BY THE MAUD CLUSTER

• DECARTE, “Electronic cardboard development”: creating electronic cardboard that uses contactless technologies.

• MATBAR, “Barrier material”, designing a biodegradable, cellulose-based, non-fluorinated mono-material, suitable for use in direct contact with food.

• WIPIM, developing new surface functionalisation technology for packaging manufacture.

• SENSOPLAST, controlling the emergence of sensorial defects generated by plastics.

• TRIPOL, implementing new plastics recycling technology for separating contaminants, using an optical sorting method that separates elements according to their colour.