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3M Awarded Top Honor at 14th Annual TEKNE Awards

3M LED Advanced Light selected as category winner

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World


3M announced its 3M LED Advanced Light received the Advanced Manufacturing Award at The Minnesota High Tech Association’s (MHTA) 2013 Tekne Awards. The Tekne Award acknowledges technology innovations and leaders in Minnesota’s technology businesses.

The Tekne Awards recognize the best and brightest technology users and developers whose leadership and dedication to technological development help demonstrate how Minnesota is a global leader in technology.

The 3M LED Advanced Light, the company’s first-ever light bulb, advances lighting technology by utilizing light-emitting diodes (LED). Developed with 3M multilayer optical film, adhesives and heat management technologies, the bulb provides energy efficiency and long-term cost savings over an impressive 25-year product lifespan. In addition, with the new federal standards phasing out incandescent light bulbs, the 3M LED Advanced light provides an option that is just as bright as a traditional bulb at a fraction of the energy.

“What an honor to be seen as an innovator by our peers in Minnesota,” said James Medek, business development manager, 3M Corporate Ventures. “The 3M LED Advanced Light was not only conceived in our Minnesota labs but is also made in Minnesota proving that the state is a hub for global technology.”

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