Hutchinson responds to its customers’ challenging requirements by remaining constantly at the forefront of technology and research. Our Group adopts an open innovation approach through collaborative research projects, partnerships with academic institutions and the enhancement of the multidisciplinary knowledge that is the hallmark of its teams.
Research & innovation
Research & innovation
FROM DESIGN OF NEW MATERIALS TO CONNECTED SYSTEMS
We support our clients with complete engineering solutions from design of new materials to connected systems.
A broad network of resources
We serve our customers with global resources that include:
- A Corporate Research and Innovation Center with more than 200 engineers and technicians active in basic and applied research. Innovative solutions are developed out of the combination of core technologies and competences in the fields of:
- Materials Science and Chemistry,
- CAE and Mechanical Engineering,
- Composite Materials,
- Process Technologies,
- Acoustics and Vibration,
- Energy and Thermal Management,
- Mechatronics.
- 27 Technical Centers close to our customers and located all around the world. Our specialized teams develop highly engineerered solutions directly for our customers with dedicated resources in application engineering and a full leverage on the group resources.
- A network of external partners in the academic as well as start-up worlds though an active program of Open Innovation.
Core innovation areas
For more than 20 years, we have been reinvesting 5% of our revenues in innovation to find the answers that contribute to the mobility of the future.This effort is focused in some key areas:
- Mechatronics.
- Materials.
- Lightweighting.
- Energy management.
