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Edison Awards Announces 2012 Finalists(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) CHICAGO, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/13/12 -- The Edison Awards, celebrating its 25th year, has announced its finalists for the internationally renowned 2012 Edison Best New Product Awards. Since 1987, The Edison Awards have recognized ideas at the forefront of new products, services, marketing, design and innovation. Winning an Edison Award has become one of the highest accolades a company can receive in the name of innovation and business. "The Edison Awards provide an exclusive platform for honoring innovation, recognizing innovators, and encouraging ongoing innovation among today's development teams, researchers, designers, 'intrapreneurs' and entrepreneurs," says Thomas Stat, the 2012 Edison Awards Steering Committee Chairman. "We're inspired by our 2012 finalists and delighted to have this opportunity to recognize and promote the outstanding accomplishments they represent." The awards are named after Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) whose extraordinary new product development methods and innovative achievements garnered him 1,093 U.S. patents and made him a household name around the world. The ballot of nominees for the Edison Best New Product Awards™ is judged by a panel of more than 3,000 individuals, including members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), an organization comprising America's top marketing professionals and academics. The panel also includes professionals from the fields of product development & design, engineering, science and education. This year, the nominees were judged on a new set of evaluation criteria developed in partnership with Nielsen. These new criteria establish a new definition of innovation, leveraging the primary themes of Concept, Value, Impact and Delivery. Winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Edison Awards will be announced April 26, 2012 at the Capitale in New York. The annual Edison Awards program encompasses multiple events over a two-day period including an Opening Reception, Meet the Innovators Forum, Innovator's Showcase and the Awards Gala, where the Awards will be presented. About the Edison Awards The 2012 Edison Awards are sponsored by Nielsen, Discovery Communications, Science Channel, USA Today, CSRware and Applepeak. For more information about the Edison Awards visit www.edisonawards.com. The Finalists are as follows: ENERGY & SUSTAINABILITY Automotive/Transportation Energy Xtreme Independence Package KLD Energy Technologies Electric Motor System Transportation by Total Transportation Services Building Materials Indow Windows® FORTECO by Lightweight Structures DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingles Power Generation/Utilization Kiverdi Carbon Engineering PolyPlus Lithium Air and Lithium Water Batteries Tremont Electric nPower® PEG Smart Systems The Panoptix™ Solution by Johnson Controls Nest Learning Thermostat SWITCH75 SCIENCE/MEDICAL Analytic Systems 3M Food Satefy Aerobic Testing Procedure for Lactic Acid Bacteria CardioDX Corus® CAD blood-based gene expression test Invivo Sciences Tissue-based compound screening Apps/Online Tools QRS and the Centre for Innovation in Complex Care Clinical Message Telcare Blood Glucose Monitoring System ZocDoc Assistive Devices Ekso by Ekso Bionics GEAR4 Renew SleepClock Midmark SleepView Monitor and SleepView Portal Starkey Laboratories AMP™ Diagnostic Aids EyeNETRA MelaFind by MELA Sciences SCALEVIEW by Olympus Pharmaceuticals Adimab Human Monoclonal Antibody Discovery Platform Intersect ENT PROPEL™ Mometasone Furoate Implant pharmaCline Diabecline Selecta Biosciences Synthetic Vaccine Particles (SVP) ™ Surgical Aids Abbott ABSORB CardioKinetix PARACHUTE Endo-Ethicon Percutaneous Surgical Set (PSS)TRANSPORTATION Technology Systems Boomerboard WaveJet Propulsion System ECOtality Blink Level 2 charger SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft Safety/Security HeistProof Keyless Information Security System Nissan Back-up Collision Intervention OnStar For My Vehicle (FMV) Electric Vehicles Fisker Karma EVer 2012 Ford Focus Electric Vision Motor Corp. 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EDISON MARKETING AWARD powered by MENG HubSpot All-in-one Inbound Marketing Software Nielsen Catalina Solutions Single Source + Performance Analytics The Domino Project YouTube Space LabFor More Information, Contact: Kimberly Eberl 773-697-4280 [email protected] Source: Edison Awards |