On June 21^st 2017, CANOE hosted in its Cheminnov facilities (Pessac, France) the 6th Elastomers Work Group Meeting in collaboration with “Aquitaine Chimie Durable” (Sustainable Chemistry in Aquitaine). The work group members signed a non-disclosure agreement to be able to discuss more freely. Here was the schedule:

• Smart Elastomers: Oral presentation of the bibliographic research conducted by Master students, given by Frédéric LEONARDI (UPPA/IPREM). Feedback on the Elastopôle cluster workshop of June 7^th in Orléans (France), given by Elodie LACASSAGNE.
• Videoconference with Céline CRUSSON-RUBIO (SNCP) about the regulations concerning nano-fillers.
• Oral presentation about funding opportunities for collaborative projects, by Christophe MAGRO (CANOE).
• RPA project: oral presentation about the results obtained with natural rubber formulations, by Sandrine ANDRE (CANOE)/Julien LE MOULT (KSB)/ Maxime CHARMAN (EMAC).

These presentations raised such the interest of other industrial members of the work group, i.e. Ariane Group and MLPC, that they were willing to put together a collaborative project. This would be the first project resulting of this work group. This workshop ended with a tour of CANOE Cheminnov facilities, in particular in the following departments: “Surface treatment by printing”, “Fiber & carbon”, “Materials testing and NDT”.