MAS Innovation Newsletter July | Page 13

OST VATIVE PANIES ASIA PAGE 13 NIDEC Company: Nidec is a Japanese manufacturer of electric motors. Their products are found in hard-disk drives, household electric appliances, commercial and manufacturing equipment. The two product groups with the largest sales are hard-disk drive motors (30% of sales) and electrical and optical components (21.5%) Nidec has concentrated its R&D manufacturing capabilities in power steering motors, methods to increase optical disk drive speeds and the development of ultraflo FDB. One of the few companies that has a total of 8 R&D centres dedicated to research and development scattered all around Asia. Nidec currently holds the 9th spot as one of the most Innovative companies in Asia and an overall ranking of 22nd in the world. INFOSYS Company: An Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology, software engineering and outsourcing services It’s co-founder, Narayana Murthy is an iconic figure in the field of Innovation for spearheading the Global Delivery Model that has become the foundation of success for the IT Outsourcing Services sector of India. The company has a global presence with 73 offices and 94 development offices in the US, China, India, Australia, Middle East and Europe. Infosys Labs, the heart of Infosys’ Innovation, places emphasis on co-creation with partners, academics and customers in building emerging technologies. An internal Green Innovation team gauges the environmental impact of the services offered to customers, An example of their solutions is the Dynamic Storage Tier Technology, which limits storage infrastructure and accompanying data center power, reduces cooling requirements and increases overall capacity CONNECT WITH MAS INNOVATION please email [email protected] or [email protected] if you have any comments, questions or ideas.