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Winners Announced in the 2009 Utah Innovation Awards
4/30/2009
CONTACT: Nicole Kershaw, Marketing Manager, (801) 715-6657
SALT LAKE CITY - Nine innovations were announced as winners in the seventh annual Utah Innovation Awards program, presented by Stoel Rives LLP and the Utah Technology Council. This statewide program, the first of its kind, is designed to recognize innovations and the Utah companies that created them, and is sponsored by Issimo Productions and Webb Audio Visual Communication. Winners were announced during a special Awards Luncheon today at the Little America.
A committee of more than 70 experts from private industry, government and higher education selected the award winners. Votes were independently tallied by the accounting firm Tanner LC. The table below identifies the winners in each category:
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Category |
Company/Innovation Entity |
Innovation Name |
| Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals |
Axial Biotech, Inc. |
ScoliScore™ |
| Chemicals/Materials |
Amedica Corporation |
Valeo™ Spinal Spacer |
| Clean Technology and Energy |
Sustainable Energy Solutions, LLC |
Low Cost High Efficiency CO2 Separation |
| Computer Hardware/Electrical Devices |
Fusion-io |
The ioDrive |
| Consumer Software |
Control4 |
Control4® Home Automation |
| Enterprise B-2-B Software |
VisTrails, Inc. |
Provenance Explorer for Maya |
| Mechanical Devices |
Fertile Earth Corporation |
The WaterStik |
| Medical Devices |
Thermimage, Inc. |
Non-invasive Detection of Pediatric VUR-Thermaflux Scanner |
| Outdoor Products |
Vortex Outdoors |
Zip/No Magnetic Closure System |
The program also benefits from the oversight of a Steering Committee consisting of leaders from Utah's business and technology communities.
Approximately 350 individuals attended the Awards Luncheon at the Little America. Governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr. provided welcoming remarks and Greg Butterfield, Managing Partner of SageCreek Partners, delivered a keynote address.
The program receives support from the Association of Corporate Growth, FundingUniverse.com, Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Utah Manufacturers Association, the Utah Science, Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR), and the Wayne Brown Institute. For more information about the Utah Innovation Awards program please visit www.stoel.com/innovation.
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 12 offices in eight states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in corporate and intellectual property law, energy, natural resources, environmental, and litigation. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
About Utah Technology Council
The Utah Technology Council is the essential resource for Utah's over 5,200 science and technology companies seeking to develop management talent, improve Utah's business environment and raise investment capital. Members can connect and share insights with industry peers, venture capital firms, professional service providers and government and academic leaders. Visit www.utahtechcouncil.org or call 801-568-3500.
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