TE Connectivity ranks among Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2025

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TE Connectivity has been recognized among the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2025, marking its 12th recognition since the program's inception in 2012. The company demonstrates its commitment to innovation through impressive metrics, including over 15,000 patents granted or pending and an investment exceeding $750 million in research, development and engineering in the last fiscal year.

With a workforce of 9,000 global engineers, TE Connectivity maintains a culture of innovation that drives technological advancement and customer collaboration. The company recently published its annual Industrial Technology Index, providing market insights on innovation management.

The Clarivate Top 100 rankings are determined through the Derwent Strength Index, which evaluates the influence, success, rarity, and investment in inventions. According to Clarivate, innovation has seen an 80-fold increase in volume since 2000, highlighting the significance of this recognition in today's hyperconnected and technologically convergent global marketplace.

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GALWAY, Ireland, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TE Connectivity, a world leader in connectors and sensors, has been named among the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators, an annual list of organizations that prioritize innovation as a business strategy.

Innovation is a core value at TE, which has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator 12 times since Clarivate created the recognition in 2012. As part of ongoing initiatives to deliver new innovations to customers around the world, TE has more than 15,000 patents granted or pending and invested more than $750 million in research, development and engineering in the past fiscal year. Additionally, the company last week published its annual Industrial Technology Index, a research report that provides the marketplace with insights into how companies around the world are managing critical innovation issues. 

"We have a culture at TE that encourages our 9,000 global engineers to consistently bring new ideas to help us be an even stronger partner to our customers, whether it's an iteration that advances technologies to the next level, or a completely new solution," said CEO Terrence Curtin. "Our innovative spirit is a major reason why our customers around the world seek to co-create with us to solve for their technological challenges."

The Top 100 Global Innovators rankings are generated by the Clarivate Center for IP and Innovation Research. Their analyses are underpinned by rigorous research leveraging the proprietary Derwent Strength Index, derived from the Derwent World Patents Index and global patent data to measure the influence of ideas, their success and rarity and the investment in inventions.

"Being recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator is a remarkable achievement given the pace of change - since 2000, we've seen an 80-fold increase in the volume of inventions," said Gordon Samson, president of intellectual property at Clarivate. "Competition is more global than ever before, and developments in one region can have a significant global impact. Hyperconnectivity and technological convergence play a pivotal role in driving innovation. The Top 100 organizations target innovation at the deployment and diffusion of technology and knowledge."

Learn more about the Top 100 Global Innovators 2025.

About TE Connectivity
TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

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FAQ

How much did TE Connectivity invest in R&D during the last fiscal year?

TE Connectivity invested more than $750 million in research, development and engineering during the last fiscal year.

How many patents does TE Connectivity currently hold or have pending?

TE Connectivity has more than 15,000 patents granted or pending.

How many times has TE Connectivity been named a Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovator?

TE Connectivity has been named a Top 100 Global Innovator 12 times since Clarivate created the recognition in 2012.

What recent research publication did TE Connectivity release in 2025?

TE Connectivity published its annual Industrial Technology Index, a research report providing insights into how companies manage critical innovation issues.

How many engineers does TE Connectivity employ globally?

TE Connectivity employs 9,000 engineers globally.