The Water Council, based in Milwaukee, was named the winner of SSTI’s 2015 Excellence in TBED award for Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries.
The Improving Competitiveness of Existing Industries’ TBED (technology-based economic development) award is presented to initiatives that expand the innovation capacity of existing companies or industries to develop new leading-edge products or services or significantly enhance the competitiveness of their existing operations.
“The 2015 SSTI Excellence in TBED award winners have cultivated economic prosperity in their region through impressive initiatives that support science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Dan Berglund, SSTI president and CEO. “This group, along with past winners, exhibits that sustained economic prosperity can be achieved through excellence in tech-based economic development.”
Awards were presented on Oct. 27 during a ceremony at SSTI’s Annual Conference in Oklahoma City attended by more than 250 local, regional and national leaders in economic development from 43 states, Ontario, and the District of Columbia.
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The Water Council
247 Freshwater Way #500
Milwaukee, WI 53204
