About us

We care deeply about our industry and we firmly believe that we can contribute to a sustainable future for our companies by developing knowledge and expertise and by engaging in close and deep partnerships.
This conviction strengthens our ambition, defines our culture, shapes our organisation and motivates us to do what we do. We strive to push the boundaries.

Our principles

• We put companies at the centre of our activities and ensure a close relationship and intensive contacts with textile, plastics and related companies in Europe and in Belgium in particular. A relationship based on trust.
• Our staff members are our greatest asset. We allow them to be creative and give them maximum responsibility.
• We build industrial knowledge that matters, in areas related to technologies, processes, materials and products that are or can be used in the textile and plastics processing industry.
• We share our knowledge with as many European companies as possible, without discrimination but with respect for confidentiality.
• We make use of public resources and take into account the expectations and guidelines of public authorities. We represent the interests of the industry in the areas in which we have competence.

Our core activities

• Research and development in high value-added areas, in particular polymer melt processing, coating and surface modification, composites, recycling and circular design, smart materials, textile applications and materials characterisation. Polymers, their additives and their processing and recovery are the common thread running through our research activities.
• Product certification, where we seek appropriate solutions to companies' challenges independently and within the regulatory framework.
• We help companies to analyse, characterise and test their products, not only using state-of-the-art equipment, but also by putting our in-depth knowledge of products and processes at the service of industry.
• Dissemination of knowledge, where we strive to help companies apply our research results in their production.