The present approach discusses the interaction among numerous actors and institutions that participate in the innovation process in every productive chain of thermoplastics. The importance of their interaction to get a result that produces private and social benefits are presented through the proposal of criation and development of National System of Innovation (NIS) for the segment of the thermoplastics in Brazil and Argentina. The interchange nets and the partnerships with the main institutional public organisms of foment for science and technology are amplified through a new institutional and political vision. At the same time the private sector is stimulated to make a better exchange and cooperation.
Thermoplastics; national system of innovation; technological innovations; science and technology
