The company has a long tradition of innovation, the result of experience accumulated in the major industrial markets of the world over more than 80 years.

The company is equipped with a highly efficient research and development organisation, having powerful calculating and modelling resources at its disposal. Research is also carried out in close collaboration with university or private laboratories and specialist organisations.

Experience leads to anticipation of market requirements and the research to meet these requirements.

Today, 50% of the products made by the company did not exist 5 years ago.

The main areas of research are :

• in-depth knowledge of physical phenomena and formation of related laws,
• study of machine behaviour using calculation and simulation software,
• evaluation of the characteristics of materials used,
• optimum tailoring of components for drive systems, from the most basic to the highly complex,
• finally, testing of new drive principles.

LEROY-SOMER thus plays a leading role as the reference company in the fields of innovation, developments to the range, and research into both new materials and new operating methods.