XEROX receives The US National Medal Of Technology

Xerox Corporation has been selected to receive the U.S. National Medal of Technology, “recognizing over fifty years of innovation in marking, materials, electronics, communications and software that created the modern reprographics, electronic printing, and print on demand industries.” Xerox joins an illustrious group of past individuals and corporations including IBM, Bell Labs, DuPont and Dow Chemical.
The presentation of the Medal of Technology will take place July 27, 2007 at the White House. The National Medal of Technology is the highest honor awarded by the President of the United States to America’s leading innovators. The medal is given to individuals, teams, and/or companies/divisions for their outstanding contributions to the nation’s economic, environmental and social well-being through the development and commercialization of technology products, processes and concepts; technological innovation; and development of the nation’s technological
Xerox was named the Product Development & Management Association's Outstanding Corporate Innovator in 2006.
Today the company holds more than 8,000 active patents and invests about 6 percent of its revenue in research, development and engineering activities.