3M, the innovation company that never stops inventing, announced that two of its recent technologies have been honored by the prestigious Edison Awards, a global competition for honoring exceptional creativity and ingenuity. At the black-tie award gala last night in San Francisco, the company’s 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System received a silver Edison Award in the Science/Medical area’s “Detection” category while the Two-Phase Immersion Cooling Technology using 3M Novec Engineered Fluid earned a bronze Edison Award within the Applied Technology section’s “Industrial Productivity” category.
Nominees were judged by a panel of more than 3,000 leading business executives including previous winners, academics and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science and medicine. The evaluation criteria used for this comprehensive, peer-reviewed process emphasized themes of concept, value, delivery and impact.