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Driving Innovation with Data

Usually, when a company creates a breakthrough product, process, or technology, it seeks to make a profit from it. But The Raymond Corporation, a Greene, New York, warehouse equipment manufacturer and solutions provider, has been known to take their innovation-driven patents and donate them back to their industry. Their goal is to encourage innovation and forward-thinking ideas

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