Utilities Embrace Renewables, Especially Solar Energy

Caption: Electric Vehicle Day — San Diego: A National Drive Electric Week Event, was held in September 2014. SDG&E, Cleantech San Diego, and the Center for Sustainable Energy featured free test drives for the public of the latest EVs on the market. Photo: CleanTECH San Diego

By Rachel Duran…

Auto OEMs Deal With Changes in How We Move

Caption: The 2011 Range Rover Evoque featured a 35 percent overall weight reduction compared to Land Rover’s 2010 Range Rover Sport model. The company used resins from Innovative Plastics, a business unit of SABIC, in areas such as the front fenders, and in the pedestrian energy absorber. Photo: SABIC…

Food and Beverage Processors Look Forward to a Winning Year

Caption: Garlic production line at Christopher Ranch LLC in Gilroy, California. Photo: Christopher Ranch.
By Mark Kleszczewski

Communities and companies are ready to meet the demands for specialty foods.

Heading into 2015, the U.S. food and beverage industry — which accounts for roughly one-fifth of the nation’s economic…

Co-Working Spaces Invigorate Downtowns

By Rachel Duran

Hubs assist the “dots” in connecting with each other.

The re-emergence of America’s downtowns is luring talent to once again work in, live in and play in these sections of town. In the middle of it all are co-working spaces and hubs, where entrepreneurs…

Additive Manufacturing on the Make

Caption: Cooling fan built in AlSi10mg. The diameter of the part is 380mm (15”).

Photo: citim AM

By Mark Kleszczewski
Manufacturing can push the limits with 3-D printing.

The terms stereolithography, selective laser sintering, fused deposition, multi-jet fusion and even “additive manufacturing” may not mean much to…