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Ecolab Receives MHTA Tekne Award

Ecolab Inc. has received the 2011 Cleantech Tekne Award from the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) for its new Aquanomic™ laundry system. Designed for use in hotels and other institutional settings, the Aquanomic laundry system utilizes innovative wash formulas and low-temperature chemistry to reduce water and energy consumption by up to 40 percent while providing clean, white and soft results. READ MORE

Maverick Software Consulting Wins 2011 Tekne Award

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) honored Maverick Software Consulting with the 2011 Innovative Collaboration of the Year Tekne Award during a ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center on November 3rd. The Tekne Awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership. READ MORE

Opticom™ Multimode System Receives Innovative Electronic Device Award at the 2011 Tekne Awards

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Global Traffic Technologies, LLC (GTT) as the recipient of the 2011 Tekne Award in the innovative electronic devices award category. Held November 3rd at the Minneapolis Convention Center, the Tekne Awards honor companies and individuals who have played a significant role in developing new technologies that positively impact the lives and futures of people living around the world. READ MORE 

High-tech poultry firm wins Tekne award

Nova-Tech Engineering of Willmar, Minn., which designs, manufactures and services precision-processing equipment for poultry hatcheries around the globe, was named the advanced-manufacturing award recipient at the 2011 Tekne Awards Thursday by the Minnesota High Tech Association. READ MORE

Sophia Receives 2011 Tekne Award

Sophia, a first-of-its-kind online social teaching and learning platform that offers academic content to anyone, anywhere, free of charge, was the recipient of a 2011 Tekne Award in the Edutech category. The awards, sponsored by the Minnesota High Tech Association, recognize the best and brightest in innovation, development, commercialization and management of technology in Minnesota and were distributed at an event November 3. READ MORE 

Global Traffic Technologies, a 3M spinoff, wins Tekne award

Global Traffic Technologies, a recent spinoff of 3M Co., won the Tekne Award for Computer Hardware and Electronic Devices on Thursday, the Minnesota High Tech Association said.

The Oakdale company, formed in 2007, makes traffic-control systems that give priority at intersections to emergency and transit vehicles. READ MORE

Imation Wins Tekne Award for Secure Mobile Storage Innovation

Imation Corp. a leading global technology company dedicated to helping people and organizations store, protect and connect their digital world, was presented a 2011 Tekne Award for its Defender Collection software suite. The Tekne award recognizes Minnesota companies and individuals for superior technology innovation and leadership. READ MORE

Eight Selected for Induction into Minnesota Science & Technology Hall of Fame

They are inventors, researchers, engineers and, in all instances, innovators.  Eight people will be inducted into the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame during the Tekne Awards ceremony November 3rd.  The Hall of Fame is located at the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul and was created in partnership with MHTA. READ MORE

Capella University, an Accredited Online University, Named Finalist for 12th Annual Tekne Awards

Capella University, an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing high quality online degree programs for working adults, has been named a finalist for the EduTech Tekne Award by the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) for its Riverbend City simulation. READ MORE

Cantel Medical's Minntech Subsidiary Named Finalist for 2011 Tekne Awards

Minntech Corporation, has been named by the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA), as one of three finalists in the Life Sciences Award - Established Companies Category for the 2011 Tekne Awards. The Tekne Awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership.  READ MORE

Dick Peterson Named to Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame

Bethel University Professor of Physics Emeritus Richard (Dick) Peterson has been named to the Minnesota Science and Technology Hall of Fame. Peterson is one of eight inductees who will be honored at the Annual Tekne Awards celebration on November 3. READ MORE

Finalists for Tekne Awards include 2 Duluth companies

Two Duluth companies are finalists for the 2011 Tekne Awards, considered the Emmys of Minnesota’s technology industry.

GeaCom Inc. and Ikonics Corp. are among 42 finalists in 14 categories, vying for the awards given out annually by the Minnesota High Tech Association. The awards honor technologies that educate and improve people’s lives and their futures. READ MORE

IKONICS Corporation Named 2011 Tekne Award Finalist

IKONICS Corporation, a Duluth-based imaging technology company, has been named a finalist for the Advanced Manufacturing Tekne award for its Digital Texturing (DTX) technology. DTX combines the company's expertise in ultraviolet (UV) photo-reactive chemistry and industrial inkjet printing to create a revolutionary system for creating textures on a variety surfaces. The patented DTX system increases productivity and substantially lowers costs for much of the texturing industry. READ MORE  

Naiku, Inc. Named Finalist for 12th Annual Tekne Awards  

MHTA will recognize Minnesota’s top technology companies and individuals at the Nov. 3 awards ceremony Minneapolis, MN, Sept. 14, 2011 – The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Naiku, Inc. as a finalist in the EduTech category for the 2011Tekne Awards, which will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, Nov. 3. The Tekne Awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership. READ MORE  

Avtex Garners Recognition as a 2011 Tekne Award Finalist

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Avtex a 2011 Tekne Awards finalist in Mobile and Communications Technologies.
According to a release, Avtex and other finalists will be recognized at the annual ceremony hosted by the MHTA on November 3, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. The awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership. READ MORE    

Nova-Tech in running for Tekne Award

Nova-Tech Engineering of Willmar is among 42 technology companies in 14 categories that are named as finalists in the 2011 Tekne Awards competition. The winners will be announced during the 12th annual Tekne Awards program Nov. 3 in Minneapolis. READ MORE    

Barrier1 Named Finalist for 12th Annual Tekne Awards

The Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) has named Barrier1 as a finalist in the Computer Hardware & Electronic Devices category for the 2011 Tekne Awards, which will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday, Nov. 3. The Tekne Awards recognize Minnesota companies and individuals who have shown superior technology innovation and leadership. READ MORE