Innovation - Randon Companies

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Research and development for future technologies and tools

We have laboratories, research centers and highly specialized professionals in the search for new products and innovative materials to anticipate the future of our business.

Research and Development Centers

Our team researches new materials and creates new products through testing and simulation at one of the largest Research and Development Centers in Latin America as well as in the labs situated at each one of the companies.

Quality Laboratories

Every product that leaves our factories goes through measures and tests that guarantee the quality and traceability of each component.

Strategic partnerships

The Randon Companies create partnerships with the innovation ecosystem, from startups to universities.

HERCÍLIO RANDON INSTITUTEIHR

Those born from the new always have their eyes on the future.

andon Companies have innovative DNA. The Hercílio Randon Institute was created to potentialize, accelerate and share innovation within and outside the company, inspired by the boldness and inventiveness of one of its founders.

Experimentation Collaboration Transformation

The IHR is a private, non-profit institution maintained by Randon Companies, whose main objective is to support all its companies in strengthening the culture of innovation. These are the Institute's five fronts:

with scientific entities, innovation actors, public authorities and other companies.
Opportunities radar and new models that represent gains.
Accelerating the culture of innovation with leaders.
Fostering innovation ecosystems.

A SPACE DEDICATED TO WHAT IS NEW

Created in 2014, the IHR was remodeled in 2018 and transferred to the Oca cell in Caxias do Sul, a collaborative environment connected to startups from all over Brazil.

THE HERCÍLIO RANDON AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY

The Hercílio Randon Award aims to recognize innovative projects by employees from any area or group unit. Any employee can submit their project, which awards initiatives in the New Products and Services, Sustainability, Customer Experience, and Best Practices categories.

RANDON EXO

In 2017, Randon Companies created an innovation cell with employees from different areas and backgrounds. The first class was attended by three people and the second class had six employees. In 2019, the project was reformulated and was absorbed by IHR, with 15 employees in the third class. They are displaced from their areas and companies to seek startup-connected solutions for the company's internal demands, and bring the innovation mindset to their teams.

HÉLICE - COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION THAT TRANSFORMS

An institute that is maintained by the Randon Companies alongside other companies and organizations in the Gaucha mountain range area, Hélice connects local companies to startups, seeking joint solutions to common problems between them.

TALK TO IHR

With a skilled team of engineers, drivers and test technicians, Randon Technology Center is an advanced engineering complex used by domestic and overseas automakers to test different vehicles, implements and auto parts.

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m² structural laboratory

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AN EXCELLENCE TESTING CENTER

TESTING GROUND: TRACKS IN REAL AND VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF USE

The testing ground is an excellence testing center. Located on an area of 87 hectares, it has 20 tracks, totaling 15 kilometers, where several kinds of road surfaces and specific irregularities are reproduced in order to carry out tests, under a wide range of conditions and circumstances.

STRUCTURAL LABORATORY

The Randon Technology Center laboratory provides a framework for the most varied tests, as well as a team capable of analyzing the data collected in the field with the best and most advanced technologies.

CONFIDENTIALITY AREA

The Randon Technology Center allows for testing with a guarantee of complete confidentiality. Three confidentiality areas are provided with the necessary infrastructure to prepare and develop assessments with absolute confidentiality.

Innovation - Empresas Randon

For us, the future is opportunity

Randon Companies invests in innovation to develop new products and to think about the future of the business

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT