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Winners Named in the 2007 Idaho Innovation Awards
10/2/2007
CONTACT: Nicole Kershaw, Marketing Manager, (208) 389-9000
BOISE - Six innovations and the Idaho companies that created them have been selected as winners in the second annual Stoel Rives Idaho Innovation Awards program. This program is presented by the Idaho Department of Commerce Office of Science & Technology, and sponsored by Hewlett-Packard and the Idaho Business Review.
The six winners were announced at an awards luncheon Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at the Boise Centre on the Grove. Dean Klein, Micron vice president of memory system development delivered the keynote address.
The entries were judged by a Selection Committee comprised of approximately 40 leaders from private industry, government and higher education, many of whom are experts in the eight fields of invention represented. Votes were tallied by the accounting firm Cooper Norman.
The table below identifies the winners in each category:
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Category |
Company/
Innovation Entity |
Innovation Name |
Agriculture/
Environmental/Bioscience |
E.B. Meyer Inc. dba Meyer Industries |
Rodenator |
| Computer Hardware/Electrical Devices |
Comtech AHA Inc. |
World |
| Energy |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Syntrolysis |
| Enterprise Business-to-Business Software |
Idaho National Laboratory |
Critical Infrastructure Modeling Suite |
| Other |
2Moto, Inc. |
Radix and Rogue Snowbike |
| Semiconductor Manufacturing |
AMI Semiconductor |
Ezairo 5910T |
"This years finalists and winners are a great representation of the variety of innovation taking place throughout the state among companies of all sizes from small start-ups to well established, large corporations," said Stoel Rives Boise Office Managing Partner Kris Ormseth. "We hope that the recognition that comes with being an Idaho Innovation Awards finalist and winner will contribute to the success of these companies."
** Photos of the winning innovations are available upon request.
About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing counseling and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has more than 350 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
About Idaho Department of Commerce Office of Science & Technology: The Office of Science & Technology coordinates the efforts of the state’s science and technology resources, including public and private colleges and universities, technical research institutions, and the Idaho National Laboratory. The Office is committed to growing the state’s technology sector and assisting emerging businesses to succeed. For more information, visit http://technology.idaho.gov/.
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