Dunedin-based company Scott Technology has won a national innovation award.

It won the agriculture and environment category of the New Zealand Innovators Awards, announced in Auckland last night.

The company's automated lamb boning room secured its prize.

It's an x-ray system that automatically scans a carcass and separates it according to the x-ray data, reducing bacteria and labour.

Scott Technology was one of four Dunedin finalists in the awards, but the only one to receive a prize.

The overall winner was Precision Seafood Harvesting.

The annual awards attracted 60%(sixty percent) more entries this year.