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INNOVATION AND SKILLS, AN ESSENTIAL PAIRING AT INEO

Innovation at the heart of INEO professions

INEO has to face specific requirements that vary according to the professions prevailing in its subsidiaries whether this concerns product innovation expectations that relate directly to research and development (R&D) or demands involving performance guarantees and compliance with standards. Client satisfaction is not exclusively the result of Research in the strictest sense of the term. Field operatives are also responsible for innovation, covering organisational, commercial and technical aspects.

SUEZ R&D in figures

The SUEZ innovation policy is based on the managerial, commercial and technical disciplines involved in a great number of projects. With a view to encouraging these various initiatives, each year, SUEZ invests approximately one hundred million euros in R&D, covering the new area set by the OECD and which includes engineering. Furthermore, the Group has lodged several hundreds of new patent applications that do not involve the exclusive purchase of new products.

In 2004 and 2005, INEO won a SUEZ Grand Prix and Initiative Awards in the following categories :

INEO CAPITALE
Management Category

INEO ORRMA
Technical Category