Published on the: 21 January 2014

Thomson Reuters 2013: Top 100 Global Innovators

Thomson Reuters ha reso nota, anche quest’anno, la classifica dei primi 100 “global innovators” del 2013 (programma avviato nel 2011), global company che si sono distinte, a livello worldwide, come leader per quanto concerne l’attività di innovazione tecnologica nel proprio settore di attività.

La classifica è frutto di un’attività di analisi, messa a punto Thomson Reuters, basata su metriche che fanno riferimento a vari aspetti dell’innovazione correlati all’attività brevettuale e scientifica di tali soggetti. Si tratta di aziende che si sono distinte per un’importante volume di invenzioni depositate, riconosciute come realmente innovative, per i quali richiedono protezione a livello globale e che, in certa misura, hanno esercitato una significativa influenza sui successivi sviluppi portati avanti da altri soggetti.

Dal punto di vista della distribuzione geografica, dallo studio emerge, ancora una volta, come la maggior parte delle aziende provenga dagli Stati Uniti (il 46%) e, a seguire, dall'area asiatica (con Giappone, Corea del Sud e Taiwan). L'Europa chiude la classifica, con un'importante presenza della Francia (che negli ultimi anni ha varato una serie di misure per sostenere l'innovazione e l'R&D, che sembrano aver portato a risultati concreti). Completamente assente l'Italia. Fra le new entry di quest'anno si sottolinea l'ingresso di Omron (settore semiconduttori e componenti elettronici), azienda del Network Fornitori Accreditati CRIT.

Per quanto riguarda i settori di attività: al primo posto si conferma ancora una volta quello dei semiconduttori e prodotti elettronici (dominato dalle aziende americane), seguito da Computer Hardware, dall’Automotive e da quello dei prodotti Consumer. Particolarmente evidente l'intensa competizione dei principali players nell'ambito smartphone, tutti presenti nella classifica: Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, Google e Blackberry.

Il report completo dell’analisi svolta da Thomson Reuters è scaricabile gratuitamente al seguente link: http://top100innovators.com/

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Published on the: 14 January 2014

Network Fornitori Accreditati CRIT – Activity Report 2013

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Selection of testimonial companies to test transnational innovation support services

Introduction

This call is published within the NUCLEI project, funded within the INTERREG Central Europe Programme (Project n. CE318). NUCLEI’s main objective is to develop innovation services concerning advanced manufacturing topics in a transnational dimension. More information can be found on the NUCLEI website.

Within the project, the 7 NUCLEi industrial clusters will involve their end-beneficiaries (Large Companies, SMEs, R&D performers) in an open & collaborative environment for the testing of new, transnational innovation services. These 7 clusters are located in the Central European Regions of Emilia-Romagna (IT), Veneto (IT) Bavaria (DE), Upper Austria (AT), Slovakia (SK), Lower Silesia (PL), Bohemia (CZ).

The companies to be involved in the NUCLEI call will therefore have the opportunity to:

Contribute to define the content of 21 customized open seminars around specific technology domains (pilot 1 - technology showcase)
Express preferences to manage crosscutting innovation challenges in automation and mechatronics thanks to 6 transnational working tables (pilot 2 - knowledge sharing)

Organisation description

CRIT, the lead partner of the NUCLEI project, is a private company specialized in the research and analysis of technical and scientific information and in the development of research project activities. CRIT fosters the dialogue between enterprises on issues related to problems and relevant technical, organizational and logistic solutions, also through the best practices and through the organization of dedicated benchmarking activities. Founded in 2000 upon the initiative of 14 enterprises, presently CRIT has 27 shareholders and is open to new companies interested to access the wide range of expertise of its corporates, sharing its technological culture.

Who can apply

The call is open to industrial companies with the following requirements:

Be engaged in economic activity (i.e. be an undertaking and not a non-profit or public body)
Be active in the field of advanced manufacturing and processing
Invest part of their turnover in R&D
Have at least one premise in the Central European Area (headquarter or branch office registered in Central Europe eligible area)
Be willing to invest time and resources to participate in NUCLEI pilot actions, which includes also travelling abroad at own costs to participate in seminars/workshops that are relevant for their business

Commitments and benefits for participant companies

The companies to be involved in the present tender will be requested to:

Participate in one inception day, to be held in CRIT premises on May 16^th 2017, where they will be requested to express preferences and views around the pilot action
Contribute to define and participate in at least one customised open seminar or one transnational working table

By participating in the present call, the companies will get the following benefits:

They will have the possibility to steer the organisation of 21 open seminars and 6 transnational working tables around the Central European region, on cutting-edge technological issues related to advanced manufacturing and processing
They will have the opportunity to benchmark with peers in innovation management practices, problem solving, and other issues related to innovation and technology transfer
They will be involved in transnational knowledge transfer, with the possibility to conclude business deals with relevant stakeholders*

*note that, in the specific case where bilateral assistance will be provided by NUCLEI partners to conclude technology transfer agreements, this service will have to be provided under the De Minimis rule on state aid, according to EU regulation n. 1407/2013)

Instructions for participants

Participants must candidate via the following application form.

Information on the use of personal data

Participants may consult the relevant information on the use of personal data (see PDF document)

Information about indirect state aid

It must be noticed that, according to the results of the negotiation round with the JS which was propaedeutic to the signature of the Subsidy Contract, the JS argued that the deliverable D.T3.2.3. (R&D-industry preliminary deals) is to be considered as potentially relevant to indirect state aid, as pilot companies shall receive a free-service from the partners to discuss initial contractual agreements to buy/sell KETs application for manufacturing processing .

Should the implementation of this pilot action bring some pilot companies and R&D performers to concretely discuss and finalize bilateral contractual agreements to buy/sell KETs application, the relevant partners must verify the compliance of this company with the state-aid regulation and threshold and report it to the lead partner.