Nike and Toray in top 100 innovators list

13/11/2015
Sportswear brand Nike and Japanese fibres producer Toray have been names on the list of the top 100 innovative companies for 2015 in a Thomson Reuters poll.

It is the first time Toray has made the list but the fourth time Nike has been named in the past five years.

Also making the list are textiles focused chemicals companies Solvay , DuPont, Bayer and Arkema.
David Brown, a senior vice president of Thomson Reuters, said: “Our methodology is scientifically rooted in patent data and analysis. Looking at metrics involving patent volume, application-to-grant success, globalization and citation influence, we’ve developed an objective formula that identifies the companies around the world that are discovering new inventions, protecting them from infringers and commercialising them.”