“No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered.”
– Winston Churchill
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
– Maya Angelou
“There’s a way to do it better – find it.”
– Thomas Edison
“Success is on the far side of failure.”
– Thomas Watson
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
– Walt Disney
“The future of cars is coming swiftly, and if you can’t innovate or differentiate, you won’t survive.”
– Sergio Marchionne
“The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present – the decline will be fast.”
– Peter Drucker
“The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.”
– Thomas Watson
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
– Alan Kay
“When all think alike, then no one is thinking.”
– Walter Lippman
“The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.”
– John Maynard Keynes
“I am looking for a lot of people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.”
– Henry Ford
“It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out of date.”
– Roger von Oech
“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got.”
– Albert Einstein
“if you are not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you are not anything very innovative.”
– Woody Allen
“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”
– Albert von Szent-Gyorgy
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led and how much you get it.”
– Steve Jobs
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
– Steve Jobs
“if you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.”
– Peter F. Drucker
AGS has created a fluid and connected organization where its employees can truly collaborate. Each business area has a focus on innovation, whether it be R&D, Manufacturing, Sales or Purchasing.
We work to empower our people to help them build open minded solutions together.
Innovation Culture
Our people hold the right combination of technical skills and entrepreneurial spirit to undertake the most challenging projects. AGS employees come from a number of diverse industries and we rely on their expertise to help us seize the opportunities of tomorrow. The culture at AGS is one that fosters an inclusive environment, equally respectful of all ideas, to ensure continuous improvements to our products and processes.
Collaboration
AGS is dedicated to developing new processes, materials and technologies to support our customers. We are proud to work with North America’s leading universities, technical business innovators and partner with government, to undertake award-winning research and development activities in areas in advanced manufacturing and new materials.
Practical Innovation
AGS is always finding new ways of applying existing technologies. In particular, we are excited about using the know-how of outside industries such as aerospace and morphing their technologies to drive advancements in our automotive business.