Brussels, 28 March, 2025 – Daikin has again been recognized in two global top 100 innovation rankings, based on analyses of its patent data and technological research advancements. Two influential international information providers, LexisNexis and Clarivate, named Daikin among the world’s 100 most innovative companies. Daikin’s technical and intellectual property (IP) departments work closely together from the early stages of technological development to build a leading heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration portfolio (HVAC-R).
Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2025
Daikin has been recognized among the ‘Top 100 Global Innovators 2025’ by international information services provider Clarivate Plc (London, UK). This is the 10th time Clarivate has honoured Daikin since 2012, following its 2024 and 2021 awards.
Leveraging its extensive proprietary patent data, Clarivate analyses intellectual property (IP) trends and evaluates companies and research institutions worldwide. Eligible companies are selected based on criteria such as the number of innovations filed since the year 2000 that are granted within a five-year timeframe, and their scores on metrics such as influence, success, investment and rarity.
LexisNexis Innovation Momentum 2025: The Global Top 100
For the second consecutive year, Daikin has been selected for the ‘Innovation Momentum 2025: The Global Top 100’ award that identifies 100 leading companies driving innovation globally, based on patent data analysis. Launched in 2022 by the US-based LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, a leading global provider of information and analytics, it focuses on the technological advancements of corporations. This year marks the fourth annual edition of the award, and Daikin's selection for the second time highlights its commitment to innovative growth.
LexisNexis analyses the patent data held by companies worldwide to assess and highlight their momentum and evolution in technological developments over the past two years, based on factors such as the total number of citations and the market size protected by patents. Again, only five Japanese companies were selected this year, with Daikin being noted in last year’s report for its emphasis on sustainability and its prominence in HVAC-R innovations.
Access to patents for refrigerants with low global warming potential
As a leading HVAC-R manufacturer with global business operations, Daikin allows the use of select patents by other companies to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases by the entire HVAC-R industry. For example, in 2011, Daikin granted emerging countries free access to 93 patents related to air conditioning equipment utilizing refrigerant HFC-32 (R32). Daikin expanded access to this refrigerant with low global warming potential (GWP) to all countries worldwide in 2015. Moreover, in 2019, Daikin expanded the scope of patents and pledged the non-assertion of those patents to support conversion to refrigerants with high energy savings and low GWP.
Strengthening R&D on global scale and partnering with industry and academia
Daikin is working to strengthen R&D on a global scale to realise its growth strategies as part of its Fusion 25 plan: achieving carbon neutrality, expanding its customer-centric solutions business and value creation with air. In addition to acquiring intellectual property rights and preventing the infringement of other companies’ intellectual property rights, Daikin will continue to create intellectual properties through partnerships with industry and academia. Daikin is also establishing a network with other companies and researchers by granting free access to Daikin-patented technologies.
Further information
About LexisNexis Innovation Momentum 2025 ‘The Global Top 100’:
https://www.lexisnexisip.com/resources/top-100-global-innovators-for-2025/
About Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2025:
https://www.lexisnexisip.com/resources/top-100-global-innovators-for-2025/
About Daikin Europe N.V.
The Daikin Europe group is the leading provider of heating, cooling, ventilation, air purification and refrigeration (HVAC-R) technology in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Daikin designs, manufactures, and offers customers a broad portfolio of products, maintenance services as well as turnkey solutions for residential, commercial, and industrial purposes. To date, Daikin Europe has over 13,800 employees across more than 59 subsidiaries. It has 14 manufacturing sites in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Headquartered in Ostend (Belgium) for over 50 years, the Daikin Europe group is a subsidiary of the global group Daikin Industries.
About Daikin Industries Ltd.
Daikin Industries (DIL) is a worldwide leader in heat pump, air conditioning, and air filtration technology with more than 98,000 employees. Founded in Osaka in 1924, it is the only manufacturer in the world that develops and manufactures heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration equipment, as well as compressors and refrigerants in-house. Daikin was named one of the world’s top 100 most innovative companies by Clarivate (UK) and LexisNexis (USA), recognized for its leadership in technology research and intellectual property patents. For its fiscal year 2023 Daikin reported a record sales result of € 28 billion sales (1 April 2023 – 31 March 2024).
Media Contacts Daikin Europe N.V.
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