The introduction of innovative technologies into production always requires the attraction of significant scientific resources. In this regard, the world's leading manufacturers, which are guided by the development of industry in partnership with scientific groups, are increasingly attracting young scientists for cooperation: students, graduate students, researchers. Their non-standard ideas and research enthusiasm often become the basis for the synthesis of industry and science, both to improve the functional properties of existing materials, and to create a completely new product.
Saint-Gobain Corporation, one of the recognized innovative companies in the world according to the Thomson Reuters Top-100 Global Innovators rating, held a scientific seminar jointly with the leading Russian university, Moscow State University. Lomonosov.
During the seminar, specialists from Moscow State University and Saint-Gobain presented their most interesting research and development in such areas of science as SOFC (solid oxide fuel cells), acoustics of materials, multifunctional films, catalysis, scintillation materials and others. The introduction of the results of these studies into wide practice will allow not only to create a comfortable environment for life, work and rest of people, but also to solve such global problems as reducing the load on the environment, reducing the consumption of natural resources, and reducing the volume of CO emissions.2 and many others.
Alexey Khokhlov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-Rector, Head of the Department for Innovation Policy and International Scientific Relations, Moscow State University. Lomonosov noted: “Today the first scientific seminar of Moscow State University -“Saint-Gobain”was held. We set ourselves the task of identifying those scientific directions that could become the starting points for starting joint work. I think the workshop was very successful and such areas were found. I am pleased that Saint-Gobain, as the largest innovative technology company, is interested in those fundamental developments that are being carried out at Moscow State University. I hope this seminar will mark the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship between Moscow State University and Saint-Gobain.
About Saint-Gobain:
Saint-Gobain is an international industrial group of companies headquartered in Paris. The history of the company goes back over 300 years. It is included in the TOP-100 of the largest industrial corporations in the world. Ranked first, according to Forbes magazine, among the world's largest companies producing building materials.
The group currently includes 1,500 companies from 64 countries; in the state - 193,000 employees. The turnover at the end of 2013 exceeded 42 billion euros.
