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Wistron Recognized as Top 100 Global Innovator 2023
February 20, 2023 | WistronEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Wistron has been named a Top 100 Global Innovators 2023. The annual list from Clarivate, a global leader in connecting people and organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their world, identifies organizations at the pinnacle of the global innovation landscape by measuring excellence focused on exceptional consistency and scale in innovativeness.
Wistron Corporation is a global leading technology service provider supplying ICT (information and communication technology) products, services and systems to customers worldwide. Headquartered in Taiwan, we have R&D, manufacturing, and after-sales service facilities in Asia, Europe and North America. Wistron has a robust R&D infrastructure and deep experience in product development. Its outstanding technical team has successfully delivered on many crucial tasks and excelled the expectation of customers.
Jeff Lin, President and CEO of Wistron, said, “Wistron is included in the Top 100 Global Innovators for the second time and in two consecutive years. This award represents our efforts in innovation. In the past few years, Wistron continued to expand investments in cutting-edge technologies. Our patents cover a variety of technological fields from healthcare, metaverse, AI, industry 4.0, autonomous and electric vehicles, and other emerging technologies. By fostering an environment of innovation and encouraging employees to be creative by hosting competitions for R&D team, engaging in goal-oriented brainstorming projects, as well as reviewing invention proposals and analyzing big data of patents, we believe that we are able to achieve our vision of sustainability through innovation.”
Gordon Samson, Chief Product Officer, Clarivate, said, “At Clarivate, we aim to bring clarity to the complex. Our focus is to pore over what humanity knows today and to put forward the insight that explores all possible horizons; that enables transition and transformation. We acknowledge the Top 100 Global Innovators 2023 – companies and organizations that know that innovative ideas and solutions to current challenges not only bring rewards to their businesses but foster genuine improvements in society.”
This year’s report marries insights from Clarivate on inventive activity and scientific discovery to better track the flow of modern innovation - to identify the 50 research organizations most often cited by the Top 100 Global Innovators 2023. These are global institutions whose intellect underpins the design of engineered solutions.
While maintaining a sizable patent portfolio, expanding the scope of technologies, improving patent quality, and increasing the overall value and benefits of patents, Wistron will continue to improve the transparency and integrity of our patent portfolio. Wistron promotes the vitalization of patents to achieve the optimization and value maximization of our patent portfolio and monetization efforts.
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