For us, innovation is not an end in itself. Our innovation philosophy starts with the customer. We begin with their requirements and develop complete package solutions for them. This includes design or process consulting, as well as product innovation, application expertise and service support.

TRUMPF invested 158 million euros (215.6 million US$) in the development of new products, in fiscal 2010/11. Our research and development quota is 7.8 percent which is significantly more than the industry's average. 1,157 employees were part of the worldwide research and development team.