Originally created by Bayer, Basell, Guala and Mossi & Ghisolfi Group, Proplast counts today

169 consortium members:

• 145 industrial companies

• 8 associations

• 13 universities

• 2 public bodies and 1 bank foundation

3,4 million euro of income (2008)

42 employees

Proplast Consortium - of course - welcomes new members.

Proplast, together with Proplast Servizi were founded: 

• to offer services to all those - enterprises and people - who 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

• 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
     - preforms and bottles testing
     - product design
     - process optimisation

• Education at all levels

• Continuous training

• Applied research 

• Information and documentation center

• Seminar & congresses:

Relevant numbers 2009:

• 428 moulding activities

• 283 extrusion and compounding activities

• 2071 testing activities

• 45 advanced design activities

• 204 blow moulding tests

• 7 research projects

• 11congresses and seminars