3M's Cubitron II abrasives technology platform has won the TechAmerica Foundation's American Technology Award in the manufacturing category at the Foundation's annual awards dinner held in Washington, D.C.

The Foundation's awards -- also known as "Termans" in honor of Frederick Terman, the late Stanford University engineering professor who is widely regarded as the father of Silicon Valley -- are presented annually to signify American industry's best technological achievements in various categories.