INPI 2022 Ranking: Latecoere Ranks 1st Innovative Medium-Sized Company in Occitanie

TOULOUSE, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

According to the 2022 regional ranking of patent applicants at the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Latecoere (Paris:LAT) is the first mid-sized company in Occitanie for its innovation efforts in the region, a position that the group has held for several years.

Like every year, the INPI unveils the 2022 regional ranking of the main patent applicants, a ranking which highlights innovative players in the regions.

This new distinction highlights the contribution of the Latecoere group, which has also just opened a new Composites Development Center in Toulouse, to the development of technical innovations in the region. In detail, the group made a total of 19 patent filings over the period: 10 for the Aerostructures division (“Latecoere” in the ranking) and 9 for the Interconnection Systems division.

The dynamism of the region's players positions Occitanie on the podium of the regions of France in the INPI rankings, with Ile-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

More information on the study on the INPI website: https://www.inpi.fr/en/2022-regional-rankings-of-patent-applicants-l-inpi

About Latecoere

Tier 1 to the world’s leading industry manufacturers (Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault Aviation, Embraer, Honda Aircraft Company, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Thales), Latecoere serves aerospace with innovative solutions for a sustainable world. The Group operates in all segments of the aerospace industry (commercial, regional, business, defense and space) in two business areas:

• Aerostructures (55% of sales): doors, fuselage, wings and empennage, struts & rods and customer services;
• Interconnection Systems (45% of sales): wiring, avionic racks, onboard equipment, electronic systems and customer services.

As of December 31, 2022, the Group employed 5,918 people in 14 countries. Latecoere is listed on Euronext Paris - Compartment B, ISIN Code: FR001400JY13 - Reuters: AEP.PA - Bloomberg: AT.FP