Valeo Receives 2007 Best Innovator Award
26/10/2007 11:27
PR Newswire
PARIS, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Valeo has received the top prize for innovation in the category "Methods
and Processes" at the 2007 Best Innovator awards ceremony, organized by the
consultancy A.T. Kearney in partnership with the economic daily "Les Echos".
The Best Innovator awards recognize the best practices in innovation
management from among 700 companies with sales of over 300 million euros.
"We are honoured to receive this award, which recognizes our Constant
Innovation method, illustrated in particular by the development of our StARS
micro-hybrid, one of the most innovative systems of the decade,"
declared Valeo Chairman Thierry Morin. "Innovation, a key factor of
differentiation, is at the heart of our development strategy. We invest
significantly in R?, giving our 7,000 R? engineers the means to conceive
vehicles that are safer, more comfortable and ever more environmentally
friendly."
Constant Innovation, a key pillar in Valeo's 5 Axes methodology, is
structured around three fundamentals: customer orientation, product
innovation management and simultaneous engineering. These principles
apply not only to breakthrough innovations but also to constant improvement
of all Valeo products.
Valeo is an independent industrial group dedicated to the design,
production and sale of components, integrated systems and modules for
cars and trucks. It is one of the world's leading automotive suppliers. The
Group has 136 production sites, 68 R? centers, 9 distribution platforms, and
employs 74,800 people in 30 countries.
For more information about the Group and its activities, please visit our
web site http://www.valeo.com
For further information, please contact:
Antoine Balas
Corporate Media Relations,
Phone: +33-1-40-55-29-36.
For further information, please contact: Antoine Balas, Corporate Media Relations, Phone: +33-1-40-55-29-36.