The Process and Engineering in Mechanics and Materials laboratory (PIMM) brings together a wide range of specialists from the mechanics of materials and structures to the polymer chemistry and from forming and assembling processes, to advanced methods for numerical simulation. In particular, we deal with the consequences of the processes on the service properties via the induced defects and microstructural modifications. The activities in structural dynamics, system and vibration control, beyond their own justification, can make significant contributions to understand and simulate processes. The laboratory has a special expertise in the field of aging of polymer structures in service conditions