The Innovation category represents the ability of companies to transform ideas into disruptive, efficient and market-oriented solutions, which increase their competitiveness and generate income for the entire ecosystem. They have spaces that encourage creativity, allow diverse thinking and promote the participation of all members and invest in research and development of new processes, products and services, as well as in better ways of doing things.
Additionally, it rewards collaboration and teamwork, where they tolerate failure and strive to ensure that the innovation strategy is known by the entire organization and supported by the management team.
“For Grupo AG, innovating means anticipating challenges and turning them into opportunities for sustainable growth. This recognition reaffirms that we are on the right path, because we have the right talent, technology and processes that allow us to be more efficient, competitive and closer to the needs of our stakeholders,” concluded Rodrigo Gabriel, CEO of Grupo AG.
Innovation is not only a corporate value, it is also part of Grupo AG’s vision, which supports four fundamental pillars that allow the group to be projected as a leader that contributes to the prosperity of the region. One of the pillars is Innovation and Excellence that seeks to challenge the limits in quality solutions.
In the last year, the company strengthened its ability to operate with greater precision, efficiency and traceability, incorporating artificial intelligence in key production processes. This evolution allowed it to optimize the use of resources in a concrete way, achieving a 7% reduction in bunker consumption and 8% in energy consumption, results that reflect how technological innovation translates into more efficient operational decisions aligned with its environmental commitments.
“This recognition demonstrates a lot of responsibility. Innovation is not the result of a single idea, but of a culture that drives people to continually improve the way we do things. This award belongs to each collaborator who provides solutions for the steel industry and the construction sector,” said Gabriel.
The integration of these systems also transformed the way they manage their production processes. Grupo AG optimized 100% of the continuous castings in the steel process, ensuring precise dosage of materials and guaranteeing quality without rejection.
On the other hand, the company also has purposeful innovation as a competitive differentiator, materialized in its InnovArise business unit, its entrepreneurship factory. The company indicates that the structural challenges of Latin America cannot be solved solely through traditional approaches, which is why it promotes its business vision capable of incubating, testing and scaling solutions with real impact.
It should be added that, in 2025, InnovArise explored different challenges in Latin America, such as access to decent housing and the development of SMEs. A success story is TrabajoYa, a recruiting platform that seeks to streamline hiring – especially for operational positions – that advanced to the Build-to-Automate stage, projecting its operational break-even point for December 2026.