2,700 Sadnvik has 2,700 employees active in its R&D division 5,500 Sandvik has approximately 5,500 active patents in the company today Sandvik is a Swedish engineering group widely recognised for its innovative approach in furthering business-related mechanisms and practices. A world leader, the high-technology engineering group has a long-standing tradition of innovation supported by R&D […]

1961 Mitarai graduated from the University of Chuo in 1961 70% Since he took over as CEO Canon’s revenue has grown 70 percent Chairman of Japanese electronics corporation Canon, Fujio Mitarai, utliises aspects of both Eastern and Western business philosophy in what has since been termed ‘the Mitarai way’. Continually setting innovative business precedents in his pushing of […]

$3.9bn Dekkers allocated $3.9bn to Bayer’s R&D division in 2012, one of the largest in pharmaceuticals $52.8bn Dekkers had a fantastic year with Bayer, making $52.8bn from sales in 2012 Marijn Dekkers describes his business philosophy as being “more innovation, less administration”. Having developed Bayer from an ailing pharmaceutical company to a pioneering corporate model, […]

80% There’s an 80 percent chance your disc drive is made by Nidec ISO 14001 Nidec was one of the first to obtain an ISO 14001 certification Nidec is a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors and is widely considered to have been instrumental in the early expansion of modern-day transport systems. Nidec currently holds almost […]