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WEG on top of the most innovative companies in Brazil
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The National Confederation of Industry (CNI) and the Brazilian Support Service for Micro and Small Companies (Sebrae) announced on March 8 the results of the seventh edition of the National Innovation Award, sponsored by the Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (Finep). WEG was honored with the Award in the Innovation Management – Large Company category.
This is the largest innovation award in the country, promoted to encourage and recognize the efforts of organizations with operations in Brazil. Intended for industrial companies and small businesses from all sectors and innovation ecosystems around the country, the Award had 11,300 applicants. From this number of applicants, forty-four organizations were finalists, and fifteen companies that had three innovation ecosystems projects were recognized.
The award’s evaluation methodology followed an international standard and was updated according to the new guidelines of the fourth edition of Oslo Manual. The registered organizations underwent stages of evaluation, validation (in this virtual edition), and judging panels to be selected as finalists and winners.
From WEG’s Global Director of Engineering and Technological Innovation, Rodrigo Fumo, “It is a great honor to receive recognition for the research, development and innovation work that has been carried out by WEG continuously, even at challenging time periods such as this pandemic. In recent years, WEG has invested an average of 2.7% of its revenue in research and development initiatives. In 2021, 55.7% of the company’s revenue was generated with products developed within five years. Ranked among the most innovative companies in Brazil is the recognition of a global joint effort including employees, partners, customers and suppliers dedicated to innovation.”
Picture: Rodrigo Fumo, WEG’s Global Director of Engineering and Technological Innovation, receiving the trophy at the awarding ceremony that took place at Casa Natura Musical, in São Paulo.
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WEG is the 2nd most innovative company in Brazil
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WEG was elected the second most innovative company in Brazil by the Valor Inovação 2021 Directory.
Conducted by financial newspaper Valor Econômico, in partnership with the Strategy & consulting firm of the PwC Group, the survey consistently and systematically evaluates the innovation practices of companies operating in Brazil in different economic sectors.
“Data security innivation: challenges and opportunities” was the theme of this year’s survey, which evaluated the innovation practices of companies operating in different sectors. In addition to the 150 most innovative companies in the country and analyzes of the 23 economy sectors, the most innovative executive leaders in Brazil were also awarded.
The ranking is based on five pillars of the innovation chain: initiatives to innovate, effort to encourage innovation, results achieved, market assessment and knowledge generation.
Based on a model specially developed for the Brazilian scenario and on qualitative and quantitative indicators, the survey identifies companies that adopt the best innovation management, their investments in the local market and the results achieved.
In all seven editions of Valor Inovação Brasil Directory, WEG has always been among the top 10 in the ranking.
“We are very proud to receive this recognition in the Innovation area. Thanks to the efforts of our entire team in Brazil and abroad towards an increasingly better and more competitive company, we managed to go through the most critical times of Covid pandemic by investing in innovation and offering our customers innovative solutions”, says Rodrigo Fumo Fernandes, WEG´s Global Technological Innovation Director.
The 7th edition of Valor Inovação Brasil Award was celebrated in a virtual event, on October 27th. The awarding ceremony also marked the launch of the ‘Valor Inovação Brasil 2021’ directory, which presents the ranking of the 150 most innovative companies in the country and papers about initiatives, investments and success cases on the performance of the 10 most innovative companies and leading companies in each of the 23 sectors analyzed.
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WEG is the 2nd most innovative company in Brazil
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WEG was elected the second most innovative company in Brazil by the Valor Inovação 2021 Directory.
Conducted by financial newspaper Valor Econômico, in partnership with the Strategy & consulting firm of the PwC Group, the survey consistently and systematically evaluates the innovation practices of companies operating in Brazil in different economic sectors.
“Data security innivation: challenges and opportunities” was the theme of this year’s survey, which evaluated the innovation practices of companies operating in different sectors. In addition to the 150 most innovative companies in the country and analyzes of the 23 economy sectors, the most innovative executive leaders in Brazil were also awarded.
The ranking is based on five pillars of the innovation chain: initiatives to innovate, effort to encourage innovation, results achieved, market assessment and knowledge generation.
Based on a model specially developed for the Brazilian scenario and on qualitative and quantitative indicators, the survey identifies companies that adopt the best innovation management, their investments in the local market and the results achieved.
In all seven editions of Valor Inovação Brasil Directory, WEG has always been among the top 10 in the ranking.
“We are very proud to receive this recognition in the Innovation area. Thanks to the efforts of our entire team in Brazil and abroad towards an increasingly better and more competitive company, we managed to go through the most critical times of Covid pandemic by investing in innovation and offering our customers innovative solutions”, says Rodrigo Fumo Fernandes, WEG´s Global Technological Innovation Director.
The 7th edition of Valor Inovação Brasil Award was celebrated in a virtual event, on October 27th. The awarding ceremony also marked the launch of the ‘Valor Inovação Brasil 2021’ directory, which presents the ranking of the 150 most innovative companies in the country and papers about initiatives, investments and success cases on the performance of the 10 most innovative companies and leading companies in each of the 23 sectors analyzed.
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WEG is part of the world’s unique and innovative production system for electric mobility
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The e-Consortium and e-Delivery mark the beginning of a new era of products and solutions for the transportation and logistics ecosystem in Brazil. Innovation is in the DNA not only of Volkswagen Trucks and Buses, but also of the companies that joined this renown vehicles producer to offer true consulting technologies to turn the electric mobility a reality in Brazil.
Launched in 2019, the innovative e-Consortium follows the Modular Consortium arrangement, which is a unique production system in the world since its creation. As a member of the e-Consortium, WEG will be supplying the main Powertrain system, consisting of an electric traction motor plus a frequency drive as well as electric motors and frequency inverters for auxiliary systems.
For e-Delivery, WEG, together with VWCO Engineering, developed a customized solution for the application, meeting the most demanding automotive requirements.
As stated by Manfred Peter Johann, Managing Director of WEG Automation, the long tradition in developing electric traction systems for buses, trolleybuses, trains, ships and boats, as well as systems for recharging electric vehicles allows WEG to advance with series manufacturing of Powertrain System for urban delivery electric vehicles. “Our experience in this electric mobility market has brought us to an outstanding performance. Our innovative Powertrain technology, duly designed and tested over the years, allowed us to take part of this technological cooperation project. In association with this e-Consortium group, we are doing our best to take the transportation industry in Brazil to higher levels”, says Manfred.
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