One-liner: the plastics & polymer technology institute (Paterna; part of REDIT) — 50+ pilot plants, Spain's most-accredited plastics testing lab (ENAC ISO/IEC 17025), and deep regulatory-compliance advisory (REACH, PPWR, Plastic Tax, EPR) for anyone building a materials or circular-economy product.
What a founder gets
- 50+ pilot plants covering the full transformation chain — conventional/multicomponent injection, compounding, resin transfer, extrusion (incl. reactive extrusion), 3D printing, mechanochemistry, plastronics, catalysis — for formulating new materials or scaling a process without capex.
- 9,165 technological services/year and 5,000+ analyses/tests annually across characterization, durability (ageing, fire, fatigue, vibration), safety/health (FDA, EU/USP pharmacopoeia, microplastics, in-vitro bioassays), and packaging performance (dishwasher/microwave resistance, permeability, child-proof closures).
- Legislation & certification advisory — REACH/CLP, the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), microplastics rules, food-contact law, ecodesign, the Greenwashing Directive, Spain's Plastic Tax, end-of-waste status, and Extended Producer Responsibility — a regulatory unlock most startups can't afford to buy elsewhere.
- Recycled-content certification (UNE-EN 15343 audits) plus RecyClass, Blue Angel, APR, and carbon-footprint certification support — valuable for any founder marketing a sustainability claim.
- Product & process consulting: design/ecodesign, Safe & Sustainable by Design (SSbD), life-cycle assessment, digital product passport, failure analysis, technical-spec verification for public tenders.
- Training: 225+ training actions/year via "Plastics Academy," 2,700+ professionals trained annually, incl. a co-run Máster en Tecnologías de Materiales Poliméricos y Composites (10th edition, with UPV) and 200+ online/in-person courses with hands-on lab/pilot-plant practice.
Who it's for
- Plastics, composites, packaging, circular-economy, and materials-science startups; sectors served include aerospace, automotive/transport, agriculture, construction, electronics, cosmetics, and medicine.
- Early-to-growth stage founders needing to validate, certify, or scale a physical product before market entry.
How to engage
- Contact: +34 961 366 040 · contact form at aimplas.es/contacto · directory of specialists by service line.
- Client-experience lead: Quique Benavent; Director Gerente: Jose Antonio Costa.
- Membership ("Asóciate") unlocks preferential rates; services are also directly purchasable, rolling (no fixed application window — commissioned per project).
Key facts (2025 figures, per site)
- Founded 1990 (35+ years' experience per site messaging). Centro Tecnológico status; ISO 9001/14001/45001, UNE 166002 (R&D&i management), UNE 27001 certified; EFQM 500+ "Sello de Excelencia Europea."
- +270 professionals, +3,500 clients, +900 associate members, €26.6M revenue, 307 R&D projects, 9,165 technological services, 225 training actions (2025 figures).
- +12,000 m² of facilities; +50 pilot plants; first Spanish centre with ENAC-accredited plastics testing under UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 — largest number of plastics accreditations in Spain, including automotive OEM-recognized testing (Volkswagen, Renault, Daimler).
- HQ: València Parc Tecnològic, C. Gustave Eiffel 4, 46980 Paterna; goods-receiving address C. Conde Alessandro Volta 1, Paterna; tel. +34 961 366 040.
- Notable recognitions: JEC Innovation Awards (2012, 2016), Great Place to Work (2023), multiple GVA/Fundación Diversidad sustainability and equality awards; holds an AIMPLAS-UPV joint academic chair.
Relations
- Part of: REDIT
- See also: Cleantech (niche)
- Runs: AIMPLAS Plastics Pilot Plants
- See also: AITEX
- See also: AIDIMME