INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLATING ET MATERIALS SARL

Their core work

IPM2 is a Paris-based technology SME specialising in surface treatment, metallisation, and advanced materials processing. Their core industrial expertise lies in plating and materials engineering — applied first to smart textiles (metallised fibres for wearable electronics) and more recently to the challenge of separating and recycling complex multi-layer packaging materials. In Sol-Rec2, which they coordinated, they combined green solvent chemistry (ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents) with digital watermark technology to enable the recovery of polyethylene, polypropylene, and PVC from laminate packaging and blister packs. They operate as both a technical contributor and a project coordinator, suggesting they bring both hands-on materials know-how and the organisational capacity to lead EU consortia.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

IPM2's first H2020 project (MATUROLIFE, 2018) had no retrievable keywords and placed them in a participant role within a manufacturing consortium focused on functional textiles and assistive technology for elderly users — a context where their metallisation expertise was the contribution. By their second project (Sol-Rec2, 2021), the keyword profile had shifted dramatically toward circular economy, recycling, laminate packaging, and green solvents, and they had stepped into the coordinator seat. This represents a deliberate pivot from applying surface treatment techniques to new product categories, toward using chemistry and traceability tools to recover value from end-of-life materials — a fundamentally different market orientation.

IPM2 is moving from upstream materials processing (applying metal to surfaces) toward downstream circular economy solutions (recovering materials from complex waste streams), positioning themselves at the intersection of sustainable chemistry and packaging industry needs.

How they like to work

Despite only two projects, IPM2 has already demonstrated both follower and leader modes: they joined MATUROLIFE as a specialist partner and then coordinated Sol-Rec2 independently. Their 26 distinct consortium partners across 12 countries from just two projects suggests they operate within genuinely broad, international networks rather than recycling the same partners. The jump to coordinator on a EUR 864K Innovation Action also signals they are comfortable managing multi-partner R&D delivery, not just providing technical input.

IPM2 has built a surprisingly wide network for an organisation with only two projects — 26 unique partners across 12 countries. Their geographic spread implies they actively seek complementary capabilities from multiple national ecosystems rather than relying on a fixed French or Franco-European cluster.

What sets them apart

IPM2 occupies an uncommon niche: a small French materials company that combines industrial plating and surface chemistry expertise with the project management capacity to coordinate EU-funded research. Most SMEs at this size remain specialist contributors; IPM2 has already demonstrated they can architect and lead a multi-partner Innovation Action. For a consortium builder in packaging, recycling, or green chemistry, they offer both the technical credibility of a practitioner and the administrative track record of a coordinator — rare in a company of this scale.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Sol-Rec2
  Coordinator role on a EUR 864K Innovation Action targeting the commercially important but technically hard problem of recycling multi-layer packaging — combining green solvent chemistry with digital watermark traceability in a single project.
• MATUROLIFE
  Demonstrates breadth: IPM2 applied their surface treatment know-how to the silver economy and smart textiles sector, showing their materials expertise translates across very different application domains.