We assist companies, research organizations and innovation centers in their development, sustainability or analysis of polymeric materials

Since 1986, the CNEP has supported you in understanding the aging phenomena of your polymer materials. Thanks to our expertise and knowledge in chemistry we can guide you to effectively control the durability or degradation of your products.
In addition, our skills in analysis of plastic materials and our many scientific devices allow us to respond to your requests for characterization or expertise of failures

Aging and analysis equipment

Established in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region near Clermont-Ferrand (France) over more than 1500m², our laboratory has one of the largest parks of accelerated photo-aging chambers, ventilated and climatic ovens as well as more specific durability or aging prediction devices. The CNEP also has a wide range of physico-chemical analysis devices, including multiple spectrometers, microscopes, chromatographies or characterization devices. This equipment, covering a vast experimental and analytical field, allows us to respond quickly and efficiently to the numerous requests concerning polymer materials.

Areas of activity worldwide

Our main areas of activity and expertise include the sectors concerned by the use and future of plastics: sports and spare-time activities, agriculture, packaging or transport. We are also present in the fields of electricity and telecommunications, medical and of course in all fields of research related to polymers. We are in contact with more than 450 local, national and international companies

a unique company in the world

450

customers worldwide

500

studies by year

34

years of research

10000

analysed cases

Supply of lamps for photoaging devices SEPAP 12.24

Supply of lamps for photoaging devices SEPAP 12.24 Until 2019, the POLAMP company manufactured this type of lamp in Europe and was able to supply users of SEPAP 12.24. Today, its stock being exhausted and the demand having considerably decreased, this company decided to stop the production of this type

July 30, 2020 No Comments

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Information Covid-19

Information Covid-19 Our country has gone through and continues to go through an unprecedented health crisis. Maintaining contact and providing studies for our partners and clients has led the CNEP to adapt and put in place a Business Continuity Plan. To do this, the women and men of the CNEP

May 11, 2020 No Comments

they trust us

some examples among the 450 national and international companies that call on our services

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CNEP, an example of the transfer of scientific knowledge
The provision of research tools, in this case in physico-chemistry and photochemistry, to the chemical industry, if it can be done in a useful way by conventional university ways, can also be done through research centers such as CNEP whose only concern is the resolution of the industrial problem

CNEP explains oxobiodegradation
Information on materials with "acquired biodegradability" more conveniently called "oxo-biodegradable" is generally not offered in an acceptable form and these materials have gradually acquired a bad reputation, sometimes justified by errors in the development of these materials.

Clermont-Ferrand highlights materials
The work of this research unit is authoritative and attracts more and more processors and manufacturers who face problems of aging of the polymers they use. This is the case for the automotive or electrical industry, sports equipment and artists for the conservation of their works!

Specialized in the study and durability of polymer materials, CNEP is 30 years old
Created thirty years ago, on the initiative of Professor Jacques Lemaire, the CNEP now has the world's largest groups among its “customers”, an expert in the physico-chemical analysis of phenomena of degradation.