The French machine builder has already won numerous awards for its commitment to mechatronics and digitalization and is one of the great hopes for the French government's Industry 4.0 initiative “Industrie du futur.” Thimonnier's ability to innovate is in no small part due to the company investing 15% of its revenue in R&D; this helps the global market leader in packaging technology to continuously achieve an average revenue growth of 10% per year.