Polymeris was established in 2005 as the only competitiveness cluster for plastics engineering in France. Plastipolis brings together all the operators in the sector (companies, R&D centres, training centres, institutional investors) in the Rhône-Alpes region (1,000 companies, 35,000 employees) and Franche-Comté (250 companies, 12,500 employees). Its aim is to promote the expertise of French plastics engineering companies at an international level. Plastipolis represents more than 400 members, out of which 250 are enterprises (90% SMEs).