Around 5% of sales dedicated to R&D each year
Powered by innovation
INNOVATING TO IMPROVE LIVES
At Legrand, our business culture is rooted in innovation—a constant source of momentum that generates a steady flow of new-product launches, such as high value-in-use products for promising segments: data centers, connected buildings and energy efficiency. Each day, innovative Legrand solutions deliver safety, reliability and comfort, making life better for building industry professionals and end users around the world.
Around 3,700 active patents in over 60 countries
Around 19% of R&D staff dedicated to software
Around 2,700 employees in R&D
33% of sales from faster expanding segments
New products with greater value-in-use
The entire Legrand workforce keeps up the pace of innovation with a steady stream of new-product launches. New developments include both cutting-edge technologies and related features and services for our offers. Ranges in faster expanding segments exemplify these innovations. We are taking our place as a vital player in the buildings of tomorrow, thanks to connectivity, open-source technologies, features that track energy consumption in all types of building, and support for booming data center infrastructures. With Legrand, buildings are more connected, more sustainable, more comfortable and more secure.
Innovations that change lives
Throughout our history, Legrand has introduced any number of pioneering innovations. In France and beyond, some are now used as generic names—Colson clamps and Plexo waterproof switches and sockets, for example. More recently, Legrand launched Drivia with Netatmo, the first smart, connected electrical panel, as well as cutting-edge smart switches with no wires or batteries. In another breakthrough, we pioneered mission-critical lighting systems designed to disinfect sterile environments under the Kenall brand.
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Drivia with Netatmo: the first smart electrical panel |
Indigo-Clean: solutions that use light to disinfect sterile rooms |
Innovating for greater safety and comfort
User expectations change. And for 150 years, we’ve harnessed innovation to meet our customers’ needs, making life more comfortable and secure along the way.
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CLASS 300EOS with Netatmo : much more than a door-entry system |
Innovative support for assisted living |
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Managed manually, with an app, or—for the first time—by integrated voice command, the new Classe 300 EOS lets users control every component of Legrand’s connected universe. |
IP Quiatil easy (Intervox), Reach IP (Tynetec) and Novo (Neat) terminals provide remote assistance, delivering comfort and safety and letting seniors and people with special needs stay in their own homes as long as possible. |
Innovating for increasingly connected buildings
As work and life patterns evolve and become more digitalized, Legrand is responding with new equipment that can meet the growing need for connectivity in buildings.
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Our smart power distribution units (PDUs) control energy distribution in data centers |
Our connected emergency lighting optimizes installed-base maintenance |
Our Nexpand cabinets and Infinium acclAIM connectivity solutions optimize white space equipment in data centers |
Home + Control lets users manage power consumption from anywhere |
Incara offers integrated power and data solutions for office furniture |
Innovating to boost energy efficiency
We’re also harnessing innovation to make buildings more energy-efficient. Our offer includes solutions for every type of building—from day-to-day use of smart homes to data centers to commercial spaces and offices. We can help all of them shrink their environmental footprint.
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Tracking consumption |
Making data centers more energy-efficient with GreenT dry-type transformers |
Managing home energy consumption with Smarther AC thermostats |
Innovating to break new ground
Every year, Legrand dedicates around 5% of sales revenue to Research & Development. This gives us the resources we need to explore new areas and anticipate emerging needs in buildings. Our Legrand’s Design team also does pioneering exploratory work to create avant-garde concepts in digital and electrical infrastructures.
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Expanding built-in voice assistance |
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Innovating for better technologies |
SHOWROOMS FOR INNOVATION
Legrand’s global showrooms highlight our innovative capacity, giving visitors a single space to explore unique new experiences and immerse themselves in a world of innovation and design. Interactive and connected, they are an ideal place to get inspired and share ideas. Some locations also offer training on our pioneering solutions. We now operate nearly 100 showrooms, open to all Group customers and to everyone in the electrical sector.
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