With 17 Research & Development
Centres of Excellence, advanced
proprietary technologies, more
than 500 skilled professionals and
over 5,600 patents granted or filed,
Prysmian Group is equipped with
best-in-class
A
number of programmes are in place
to source ideas, share knowledge
and create an innovative mindset,
with the aim of achieving better and
lower-cost products, as well as safer
and sustainable solutions.
Prysmian Group has long-
established relationships with major
universities and research centres,
including the Polytechnic University
in Milan, Trento’s Bruno Kessler
Foundation in Italy, the University of
Barcelona in Spain, the University
of Sao Paulo in Brazil and the
University of Delft in Holland.
A strict monitoring of every stage of
production, from the procurement
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A world leader in innovation
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5,644 patents and patent
applications throughout
the world, covering 914
inventions (of which 258 in
the Energy business and 656
in the Telecom business).
During 2012, 30 new patent
applications were filed, split equally
between the two business sectors,
and 194 patents were granted
after examination, of which 36
by the European Patent Office
(EPO) and 49 in the United States.
The most important products,
typically distinguished by particular
characteristics or a specific
production process, are protected
by trademarks that allow them to
be identified and guarantee their
uniqueness. At the end of 2012,
the Prysmian Group also owned
more than 3,000 trademarks in its
countries of operation, covering its
companies, activities, products and
product lines.
of raw materials to delivery of the
finished product, has helped the
company maintain its world-leading
position and made significant
contribution to the company’s
continued success and improving
profitability.
Protecting its portfolio of patents
and trademarks is a key part of
the Group’s business, particularly
due to its strategy of growth in
high-tech market segments. In
particular, the Group’s intense R&D
activities, in both the Energy and
Telecom businesses, have allowed
it to continue to increase its patent
portfolio, especially in the high-tech
and higher value-added segments,
to support its major investments in
these fields in recent years and to
protect the related businesses, both
now and in the future.
As of 31 December 2012,
the Prysmian Group had
