TNO: Innovation for life A safer, healthier, and more sustainable life. That's what we are all about. As an independent research organisation, we are the driving force behind innovation. We make knowledge serve the common good. TNO connects people and knowledge to create innovations. This is how we strengthen the competitiveness of companies and the welfare of society in a sustainable way. The organisation also conducts contract research, offers specialist consulting services, and grants licences for patents and specialist software. Priorities in implementation In order to maximise our contribution to the societal challenges, we focus our research and innovation on: developing system solutions creating innovation ecosystems achieving technological breakthroughs dynamic innovation