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	Country	- Italy
	Organization	Proplast - Consorzio per la promozione della cultura plastica
	Contact Person	Laura Fusani
	Street	Viale Michel 5
	Place	15100 Alessandria
	Phone	+39 0131 229336
	Fax	+39 0131 229331
	E-mail	laura.fusani@proplast.it
	Website	www.proplast.it

PROPLAST Consortium for the promotion of the plastic culture was created in 1997 with the aim to promote the plastic culture in Italy. Originally created by Bayer, Montell, Guala and Mossi & Ghisolfi Group, Proplast counts today almost 90 consortium members:

• 75 industrial companies,
• 7 industrial associations,
• 10 universities

Proplast Consortium - of course - welcomes new members.

Our goals
Proplast were founded:

• to service of all those - enterprises and people - that operate in the plastics field and are interested in its development
• to promote the creation of a reference point for experimental and research activities, both within the courses and in favour of companies working in the plastic field
• to represent a reference point for a professional education about plastics at the University
• to promote the co-operation between national and international companies, athenaeums and other business, formative and research entities

The initiatives and services :

• Industry services:
  • laboratory testing
  • product design
  • process optimisation
• Education at all levels
• Continuous training Applied research
• Information and documentation center
• Seminar congresses

Relevant numbers:

• 2.100.000 euro yearly income
• 41 employees:
• research 15
• advanced design lab 9
• processing lab 3
• chemical (testing) lab 5
• administration and management 7
• edp 2