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SALT LAKE CITY- Eight innovations were announced as winners in the 11th annual Utah Innovation Awards program, presented by Stoel Rives LLP and the Utah Technology Council. This statewide program, is designed to recognize innovations and the Utah companies that created them. Winners were announced during a sold out Awards Luncheon today at the Marriott City Center.
The 2013 Utah Innovation Award winners are:
Category | Nomination Name | Company Name |
Clean Technology and Energy | PK Clean | PK Clean |
Computer Hardware/Electrical Devices | Compact SurveillanceRadar | SpotterRF |
Consumer Software and Web Services | AncestryDNA | Ancestry.com |
Enterprise Software and Web-Enabled B2B Solutions | Canvas | Instructure |
Life Science: Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical | GenGlide™ Nanoinjection System | NanoInjection Technologies LLC |
Life Science: Medical Device | E-Fix & E-Thotic | Fixes 4 Kids, Inc. |
Mechanical Systems / Chemicals / Manufacturing | Technology for Stiffening Composite Airplane Parts | ATK Aerospace |
Outdoor and Consumer Products | The Sleek 4G | Wilson Electronics, LLC |
SpotterRF is a marketing and public relations client of PilmerPR.
A committee of approximately 60 professionals from private industry, government and higher education evaluated and voted on program finalists and winners. The more than 100 nominations were put through a rigorous evaluation process during which committee members evaluated each innovation against a wide range of criteria addressing elements such as novelty, market need, market disruption and potential/current economic impact. Votes were tallied by the accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP.
Approximately 320 individuals attended the Awards Luncheon at the Marriott City Center. The program receives support from the Association of Corporate Growth, Grant Thornton LLP, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, MountainWest Capital Network; the Wayne Brown Institute, and the Women Tech Council. For more information about the Utah Innovation Awards program please visit www.stoel.com/utahinnovation.
About Utah Technology Council
Visit www.utahtechcouncil.org or call 801-568-3500.
About Stoel Rives LLP
visit www.stoel.com.
About the Author:
As founder of PilmerPR, John Pilmer, APR serves as a PR and marketing communications advisor for both emerging and established companies. He offers customers more than 20 years of results-driven business PR and marketing experience. John and the firm have provided PR consultation and campaigns for clients such as Mozy, Novell, AdvancedMD, Certiport, NextPage, ElectraTherm, Altiris, Avamar, EmergeCore Networks, FSLogic, INVISUS, 10x Marketing, MWI, Project Insight, REIC, Seastone, US Synthetic and Funding Universe (now Lendio), among others.