INPI 2012

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that intégrate industrial property in their development strategy have better economic performance than others. It is this distinction that the INPI highlights each year through its Innovation Awards which rewards SMEs and Small Medium Industries (SMIs) for their innovation and industrial property policies, as well as research organizations and laboratories that have valorize their R&D through industrial property. Such pool of companies, operating in various sectors and laboratories, constitute one of the pillars of a country's economic development. Regional recognition ... The regional laureates of the INPI Innovation Trophies are selected out of companies -1000 employees max., and research organizations shortlisted by a regional jury and from spontaneous applications. Each jury, made up of regional representatives of the INPI and their partners (Region, Region CCI, DIRECCTE, DRRT, OSEO ...), selects the regional laureates. This joint work, led by a variety of economic development actors, leads to the selection of the top performing companies and laboratories. ... then national All the regional laureates eventually compete in the national finals of the Trophies. The national laureates are nominated among the regionally selected SMEs and SMIs. The presentation of the 2012 National Trophies will take place in Paris in January 2013. Whether at the national or regional level, the awards ceremony is a platform for both the laureates and INPI's partners to promote innovation as a lever for growth. The jury awards Nutriset The jury praised the solidity of Nutriset as an SME positioned in a complex market. In addition, the industrial property policy of Nutriset features originalities related to its sector of activity. For 20 years the company has successfully bridged humanitarian issue with an innovative solution-based approach that mobilizes industrial property rights. By doing so, Nutriset promotes economic development both at a regional level where it operates and in the countries it targets. Innovation in the company's DNA Whether technical, organizational or societal, Nutriset nurtures a culture of original innovation, consistent with its mandate nutritional autonomy for all. Nutriset integrates multiple layers of constraints: product development and production: nutritional or therapeutic properties, packaging, different modes of administration, etc., key users and end-users: their environment, cultures and practices, the entire ecosystem and value chain : production and logistics, competition, inclusive of Nutriset's policy of developing local production through investment and technology transfer, and an ability to adapt to highly heterogeneous production cycles. Industrial property, a well-controlled dissemination tool While some may question the coherence between a policy that protects products by the industrial property and the provision of solutions to resolve serious public health issues, Nutriset has found an original formula: through an extended distribution network, Plumpyfield®, Nutriset makes its products accessible to all in a controlled contractual framework. In addition to the development of a local producer franchise-like network (the PlumpyField® network currently has 12 producers in Africa, Asia and America), Nutriset also contributes significantly to fostering the industrial property culture of its partners. Collaborative and multidisciplinary innovation: a sustainable development strategy In addition to establishing production partnerships, as part of a significant investment in research and development, Nutriset collaborates with world-leading universities and research organizations on topics ranging from nutrition to therapeutics, but also sociological and anthropological studies. Such open strategy allows for a better understand of the socio-economic and cultural stakes of users, of the distribution of Nutriset products, the urgency of food crises and the needs related to the prevention of malnutrition. All that within the unshakeable principles of Nutriset's mandate: contributing to nutritional autonomy for all.

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