OMRON Selected as a Top 100 Global Innovator – One of the Most Innovative Corporations in the World

OMRON Corporation (Kyoto, Japan; Yoshihito Yamada, CEO) has been selected as a 2016 Top 100 Global Innovator by Clarivate Analytics (formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters). Global information services firm Clarivate Analytics selects the Top 100 Global Innovators based on proprietary intellectual property and patent data. Clarivate analyzes intellectual property trends according to an independent index to identify the most innovative corporations and institutions. The 2016 award marks the second time that OMRON has been selected as a Top 100 Global Innovator, being most recently honored in 2013.

In 1959, OMRON founder Kazuma Tateishi committed the company to Improve Lives and Contribute to a Better Society, creating the spiritual cornerstone of the firm along with a series of technological innovations. OMRON continues to contribute to society in the spirit of its founder. Innovation Driven by Social Needs is one of the important values described within the OMRON Principles. This means being a pioneer in creating inspired solutions for the future, solving issues through business. To contribute to a better society, OMRON continues developing its intellectual property strategy, integrating business with research and development.

＜About the 2016 Top 100 Global Innovators＞

Clarivate Analytics, formerly the Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, uses patent data to analyze intellectual property trends to select the top 100 innovative corporations and institutions around the world. The 2016 Top 100 Global Innovators is the sixth year of the awards. Rigorous and objective data extracted from Derwent World Patents Index (largest value-added patent database in the world) and Thomson Innovation (intellectual property survey and analysis platform), as well as independent assessment standards, are used in consideration of the awards. OMRON Corporation was recognized as an innovative company that creates world-influencing advancements and complies with intellectual property rights protection conventions.

For more, see the Clarivate Analytics press release website. http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.jp/press/release/2017/TOP100/.

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