SPID

Four letters standing for Superior Performance (through) Innovation Deployed and two essential ideas: firstly, a focus on performance over the long term to underpin the lasting presence and growth of our business; and secondly, the awareness that innovation is a practical issue and not just a question of ideas, abstract thinking or the concern of a small group of specialists.

• Involving all staff members

At Legris Industries, innovation extends into every area of business -- from prospection for new markets and organization to processes, working methods and relations between staff members and teams.  We are convinced that each and every individual can contribute to improving operations and results.  And our group's values and business model  favor this continuing search for ideas -- ideas that are valuable not because they are new, but because they help improve collective performance.

• Structuring innovation processes for each market

Not that SPID is limited to in-house concerns.  Often, innovation involves co-development in association with customers, or partnerships with technical centers, competitiveness clusters, universities and engineering institutes.  Three major SPID projects thus concern recognizing and assessing innovation, using innovation networks, and innovating in association with customers.  These will provide the foundations for formalizing innovation processes  in our different markets.