ECP4, The European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform is an industry-driven collaboration that unites members from 13 countries amongst the top-level European research institutions, regional plastic clusters, and EU-level industrial organisations of plastics and composites converters.

ECP4 brings innovation partners together to identify opportunities for collaborative Research and Development efforts which yield industrial innovation. The objectives of the platform are:

• To provide networking and collaboration among research institutions and the industry.
• To facilitate the access of the European plastics industry to EU research programs, thus enabling SMEs to innovate, gain competitiveness and fulfil sustainable goals.
• To communicate on new technologies and their relevance for the plastics converters and the composites industry.