Category Archives: manufacturing

Solving Environmental Problems without Business?

2012-7-4 – 12:16 pm

Andy Hoffman. “If business isn’t developing solutions to our sustainability issues, they won’t be developed,” says Andy Hoffman. “If business is not part of the solution, there will be no solution.” Yes and No, Andy. Hoffman is director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. “The reality is that [...]

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Southwestern Solar Farms

2010-12-2 – 1:14 pm

“Theoretically deserts of the Southwest could power the entire nation.” But, Stacy, that would require sharing!

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Fantastic Plastic Gets Organic

2010-11-16 – 10:41 am

George, George, what is in that pile of rubbish in those kid’s back yard?

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1366 Technologies Simple

2010-10-21 – 11:12 am

A PV solar farm has yet to produce electricity than a coal-fired power plant; 1366 Technologies is one company that could change the game.

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Flexible Thin Film Solar Cells on Polymer Film

2010-9-16 – 9:40 pm

Successful development has closed the efficiency gap between the solar cells on polymer and metal foils.

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Get in line, Texas City Residents

2010-9-3 – 1:41 pm

???????? which is Hindi for what goes around, comes around

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Thermoplastic Resin Transfer Molding

2010-8-19 – 1:12 pm

The cost of the thermoplastic matrix material T-RTM processing can be 50% lower than the equivalent costs for thermoset structures.

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5-HMF

2010-8-11 – 7:16 pm

5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) is a substrate for plastics.

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TFPV Transfer Printing

2010-5-19 – 7:35 pm

“A single Master can be used tens to hundreds of times, depending on application, to produce tens to hundreds of molds, and each mold can be used to transfer the pattern tens to a hundred times depending on application. And each mold can also act as a Master from which we can again accurately replicate tens to hundreds of molds. The result is a highly scalable and economical process.”

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DESERTEC Powered Audi Concept Hybrid

2010-4-29 – 12:48 pm

Audi has expanded a commitment to sustainability by allying with DESERTEC.

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