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Annual Report 2001 ●Challenges 18•19
The strengths
on which we will build our success
Our skills and the commitment
of our teams
Aside from economic ups and downs,
our impressive track record demonstrates
the quality of our teams and their ability
to undertake and succeed.
Our ability to innovate
and our commitment to quality
We devote 5.2% of sales to innovation in order
to develop new, high quality technologies
and products. Innovation is a crucial competitive
advantage that provides powerful support
in broadening our markets.
Our ability to develop
win-win partnerships
We focus on business and technical
partnerships with distributors and integrators
to serve our customers more efficiently.
We also form industrial partnerships that allow
us to respond faster by employing less capital,
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as demonstrated by our alliances with Toshiba
and Thomson multimedia. And we know how
to integrate new companies and speed
their development.
Our coverage of the global
marketplace
With operations in 130 countries, we can serve
our multinational customers wherever they
operate while meeting the expectations
of our local customers anywhere in the world.
Our brand portfolio
We offer a unique lineup of Power & Control
products and solutions with recognized global
brands and strong local brands.
Our capabilities in information
and communication technologies
We are continually integrating emerging
technologies to enrich our lineup with such new
solutions as embedded browsers,
voice-data-image and power line carrier systems,
e-solutions and e-services. We are also applying
Internet technologies to our own operations
to become even more efficient.
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