DPI, located in Eindhoven, is a foundation funded by industry, universities and government set up to perform exploratory research in the area of polymer materials. DPI operates at the interface of universities and industry, linking the scientific skills of university research groups to industrial need for innovation. DPI performs pre-competitive research projects to add value to the scientific community through scientific publications and to the industrial community through the creation of intellectual property. DPI provides an unique platform for new technology awareness in which participating industrial companies, commercially competitors in the market place, communicate on a pre-competitive basis to trigger innovation.