3M, the innovation company that never stops inventing, today 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.
Silver Award-Winning 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System
The
3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System is an all-in-one test
method for the rapid detection and biochemical confirmation of Salmonella
in enriched food and food process environmental samples. Developed out
of a global customer demand for a less time-consuming and affordable Salmonella
detection method, the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System
offers food processors both environmental and financial benefits by
reducing costs of supplies, and eliminating the need for agar plates and
room to store them. Food processors around the world have adopted the
technology thanks to its ability to maximize lab productivity and
deliver accurate results in as little as 44 hours.
“We were very excited to launch the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella
Express System last year because we knew it would be a breakthrough for
food processors around the world and their ability to rapidly detect Salmonella,
bacteria that are responsible for one of the most common forms of food
poisoning,” said Tina Bauman, global marketing supervisor with 3M Food
Safety. “To be recognized with a prestigious Edison award is a
meaningful validation that this new technology offers unprecedented
benefits for our customers.”
Bronze Award-Winning Two-Phase Immersion Cooling with 3M Novec
Engineered Fluid
As the growth of data traffic in the cloud
spikes, data centers must deliver more performance and storage with less
energy consumption. To help meet this goal, 3M has pioneered a
revolutionary two-phase immersion cooling technology that can reduce
energy costs by 95 percent. In the new solution, equipment is placed
directly into 3M Novec Engineered Fluid, an efficient dielectric that
keeps the hardware cooled with minimum additional energy, maximum
performance and better reliability. The technique has been shown to
require 10 times less space than conventional air cooling, making it
cost effective for large-scale data center hubs. Heat can also be
harvested from the system and reused for heating and other purposes. The
technology is currently being utilized in a proof-of-concept
supercomputer developed in collaboration with Intel and SGI.
“We are truly honored by this recognition,” said Joe Koch, business
director for 3M Electronics Markets Materials Division. “The Edison
Awards winners are a prestigious group of leaders in product and service
innovation. At 3M we are always innovating and to be recognized for our
two-phase immersion cooling technology – which we believe will
revolutionize data center design – is exciting.”
About the Edison Awards
The Edison Awards, conducted by the
non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization Edison Universe, are sponsored by
Ipsos and dedicated to fostering future innovators including projects
bridging students to industry. The awards are named after Thomas Alva
Edison (1847-1931) whose inventions, new product development methods and
innovative achievements literally changed the world, garnered him 1,093
U.S. patents, and made him a household name. For more information about
the Edison Awards and its lists of winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.
About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms
them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative
collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies
that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops
inventing. With $31 billion in sales, 3M employs 89,000 people worldwide
and has operations in more than 70 countries. For more information,
visit www.3M.com
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