FANUC Named Top Global Innovator

FANUC Corporation (Rochester Hills, MI), a leading manufacturer of CNCs, robots, and ROBOMACHINEs, has been named one of the top 100 innovative companies in the world by Forbes Media LLC. This is the fourth consecutive year Forbes has named the company a top global innovator.

Forbes 2014 “The World’s Most Innovative Companies” list recognizes leading-edge corporations that are most likely to be innovative now and in the future. This innovation list is based on a study completed by professors and advisors who determined that calculating a company’s value plus anticipated growth fueled by new technology and products will identify the most innovative companies.

A key factor used in compiling this list was each company’s commitment to R&D. Embedded in each of these companies is a code for innovation discernible in their people, processes and philosophies that drive them to keep innovation alive year after year. The end result is that innovation will create demand for their products now and in the future.

Since its inception in 1956, FANUC – which headquartered at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Japan – has contributed to the automation of machine tools as a pioneer in the development of CNC equipment and technology that has contributed to a worldwide manufacturing revolution, which evolved from the automation of a single machine to entire production lines.

FANUC America Corporation, a subsidiary company of FANUC Corporation in Japan, provides innovative technologies and proven expertise to help manufacturers in the Americas maximize efficiency, reliability and profitability. It has offices in Atlanta; Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Dallas; Indianapolis; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; Montreal; Pine Brook, NJ; San Francisco; Toronto; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Aguascalientes, Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico.

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