OHL Group among EU’s highest R&D spenders

The OHL Group is listed on the ranking of the top 1000 companies that invest the most resources in R&D according to the data compiled by the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard 2013, a chart of indicators on industry research and development investment published yearly by the European Commission (EC) on the basis of company data from various sectors operating in the EU, USA, Japan and other countries such as China, South Korea, Switzerland, India, Canada, Australia, Israel, Norway and Brazil.

According to the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard 2013, OHL rose two spots to thirteenth in the ranking among European construction companies (R&D Ranking of the top 1000 EU companies by industrial sector) and sixteenth among Spanish companies in all sectors considered (R&D Ranking of the top 1000 EU companies).

It is also worth mentioning that OHL, together with 15 other Spanish companies on the worldwide ranking -including companies outside the 28 EU countries- listing Europe’s top 2000 companies in R&D investment.

The OHL Group holds that R&D+i activities constitute a fundamental strategic pillar as they contribute to the development and improvement of Group productivity and competitiveness through the incorporation of new, more efficient and sustainable products, processes and services. OHL’s policy on research, development and innovation involves the entire Group, including subsidiaries and holdings, whether in Spain or abroad, and the OHL R&D+i Management System is certified under standard UNE 166.002, which enables the Group to undertake projects of greater technical quality while affording transparency and profitability to R&D+i activities.