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NEWS RELEASE

Governor Bob Taft

GOVERNOR TAFT AWARDS BATTELLE WITH
2005 THOMAS EDISON AWARD
Ten Other Technology Oriented Companies Also Recognized Across the State

COLUMBUS (November 21, 2005) – Governor Bob Taft today announced that Battelle, a Columbus-based global leader in innovation, will receive the 2005 Thomas Edison Award during a ceremony at the Ohio Historical Society this evening. Ten small, technology-oriented Ohio companies will also be recognized with Emerging Technology Awards.

“This year’s winners continue to build upon Ohio’s legacy as a worldwide leader in innovation," Taft said. “These businesses have demonstrated a strong commitment to product development and job creation in Ohio, paving the way to a stronger, brighter future for Ohioans and the world at large. I commend these companies on their outstanding achievements.”

Awarded annually to a single entity, the Edison Award recognizes an organization’s global leadership in fostering or implementing innovation and in positively utilizing technology to impact its operation and the community. The Edison Award was first presented in 1993 to Procter & Gamble. It has been presented each year since, including last year when Ethicon-Endo Surgery, Inc., of Cincinnati was recognized.

Taft will also award ten Ohio companies with the Emerging Technology Awards, recognizing their valuable progress in either advancing existing technologies or pursuing cutting-edge, emerging technological developments. The 2005 Emerging Technology Award winners are:

Applied Sciences, Inc. (ASI), Cedarville, is a leader in manufacturing technology development that complements the scientific breakthroughs demonstrated with carbon nanofibers and nanotubes.
entrotech, Columbus, is a cutting-edge, creative and proactive technological leader in developing film form advanced material solutions for a variety of high-tech industries.
Imaging Systems Technology, Inc., Toledo, has developed the world’s first flexible plasma display using gas encapsulated micro spheres (Plasma-SpheresTM) as the pixel element.
Midwest MircoDevices, Toledo, is a silicon foundry, developing and manufacturing customer specific products. MMD is one of four such foundries in North America.
NanoSperse LLC, Akron, is a leader in design, development and supply of nanocomposites, including thermoplastic, thermoset and elastomeric polymers.
Peerless Technologies Corporation, Dayton, provides expert business and logistics, intelligence, and financial management services and solutions.
Queen City Forging Company, Cincinnati, a metal components producer, utilizes Rapid Infrared Heating (RI), a revolutionary thermal technology, to increase processing speed and reduce costs while providing improved mechanical properties in aluminum components.
Transmissions, Cincinnati, an international software publisher, works with translation agencies and marketing groups to streamline the localization of Photoshop and Illustrator based material such as packaging, marketing collateral, and web sties.
Velocys, Inc., Plain City, is developing revolutionary processing systems that will provide chemical and energy companies with substantial capital cost savings, improved product yields and greater energy efficiency.
Zethus Software, Youngstown, is committed to bringing advanced computing solutions to businesses, focused on computer modeling for technology and engineering companies.

“In an increasingly competitive and technology-based economy, the success of our award winners proves that Ohio has the right business climate to help companies develop and commercialize new products,” said Lt. Governor Bruce Johnson, who also serves as the director of the Ohio Department of Development. “From world-class research institutes to a highly trained workforce, we continue to demonstrate to observers around the world that Ohio Means Business.”

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Media Contacts: Ohio Department of Development, Merle Madrid at 614.466.4133, or
Mark Rickel, Governor’s Office, at 614.644.0957.

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