The objective of the production alliance is the consolidation of the competitive edge, innovative powers and networking of the actors within the central German plastics branch. Value chains are to be developed and extended and existing shortcomings are to be tackled with active support. For this reason, POLYKUM takes part in the projects of its network members, implements its own projects and works on current problems. With the formation of area-specific working groups, the R&D activities and the competence of the network members shall become networked and pooled with additional help from external actors.