The 10 Most Innovative Companies of the world
World’s top most innovative companies are diverse, ranging from health care to open soured software. All innovative companies of the world have one thing in common and that is the desire to keep innovating. Here is a list of the 10 most innovative companies in the world thatForbes came up with recently. Let’s have a look at these companies. Communication is really vital for success of any company. these companies need business text as well for communication.
10. ARM Holdings
ARM Holdings
ARM Holdings is a British multinational company which deals in semiconductor and software. The company’s headquarter is established in Cambridge, England. The company designs software tools, system on a chip infrastructure and processors. The company’s largest business is in the field of processors. When it comes to mobile phone chips, ARM Holdings is one of the best Silicon Fen companies and is considered to be dominant in the market. The company was founded asa joint venture with Acom Computers, VLSI technologies and Apple Inc.
9. Larsen & Tourbo
Larsen & Tourbo
Larsen & Toubro, an Indian multinational, is more commonly known as L&T. The company deals in Electrical & Electronics segment, Machinery & Industrial Products, Engineering & Construction Segment and many others. Larsen & Toubro is the largest engineering and construction company of India which has so many segments. The company’s dominance can be seen in India’s major projects regarding infrastructure, hydrocarbon, machinery, power and related projects. It has expanded its global presence in former years and attained 9% international projects during 2010-2011. L&T is known as the “bellwether of India’s capital goods sector” and has the honor of being the Company of Year in 2010. It was also featured in Forbes list of Fab 50 and ranked #14 in Fortune India 500 in the year 2011.
8. Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences
Edwards Lifesciences is an international leader in thermodynamic monitoring and science of heart valves. The company dates back to 1958 when Edwards first ventured to make an artificial heart. This company is driven by the passion that is to help heart patients and to achieve its purpose, company partners with clinicians. The first innovation made by the company was heart valve which was successfully placed in a patient. This was the first miraculous heart surgery and the start of the innovations of Edwards Lifesciences. The company’s headquarters are in Santa Ana, California.
7. Rakuten
Rakuten
Rakuten is a Japanese company dealing in electronics and commerce. It is an interned based company in Tokyo. It has the largest e-commerce site in Japan and is the largest company with respect to sales in the world. Many online marketplaces like Buy.com, Tradoria, Ikeda and Play.com have reinforced its global presence. The company was established in 1997 and was formerly named as MDM Inc. It changes its name to Rakuten Inc. in 1999. It is among the top 10 internet companies of the world.
6. Intuitive Surgical
Intuitive Surgical
Intuitive Surgical Inc. is the manufacturer of the famous da Vinci Surgical System. This is a corporation which deals in the manufacturing of robotic surgical systems.
5. Baidu
Baidu
Baidu Inc. made the first search engine that was designed especially for Chinese. Baidu was incorporated in 2000 and it deals in web services. The company’s headquarter is in Beijing. The search engine developed by this company was in Chinese. It offers more than 57 community and search services which include a famous one named Baidu Baike. It is an online encyclopedia which also works as a discussion form based on keyword. In Alexa internet rankings, Baidu fall of number 6. It was founded by Robin Li and Eric Xu who studies abroad before returning to China.
4. Red Hat
Red Hat
This American software company deals with open source software products. Red Hat Inc. was founded in1993 and has its headquarters in Raleigh. It has offices all over the world. Red Hat is associated with JBoss and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Red Hat provides middleware, operating system platforms, applications, support, training, management products, and consulting services.
3. Amazon.com
Amazon
Everyone is familiar with this name. Amazon.com is a multinational based in America. It is on 2nd number in the list of top most innovative companies of the world. It is an electronic commerce company with headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Amazon is the largest online retailer in the world. The company has also produced some of its featured products like Amazon Kindle e-book reader and Kindle Tablet Computer. It has separate websites in countries namely US, UK, Canada, China, Japan, Spain, Germany, France and Italy.
2. Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Alexion Pharmaceuticals
Alexion Pharmaceuticals is the developer of Soliris, a drug that is used in the treatment of some rare disorders like Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and Hemolytic-uremic syndrome. The company was founded in 1992 in New Haven.
1. Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com Inc. is on top in the10 most innovative companies of the world. It is a software company based in San Francisco. It is a global enterprise and is known for its famous customer relationship management product, better known as CRM. In 2012, it was listed on 27th number in 100 best companies to work for in Fortune.
