Source 2005 Issue 1
Supply Lock Down Endocardial Solutions, Inc. knew the answer to high supply costs wasn't putting a lock on the supply closet.
Air Alert Season Air quality alerts are an issue year round, triggered by four air pollutants. Help keep Minnesota cities from being designated "non-attainment" areas.
Site Visit—Port Placement Precision Fiberglass experienced 50 to 60 percent defects when testing Light RTM. Kyle Bartholomew helped by improving port placement.
Peddling Electronics in the EU Manufacturers whose electronic or electrical products are sold in Europe or whose components are in products sold in Europe need to comply with RoHS and WEEE.
Ingredients: Raw Material, Wastewater... No product label is likely to list "wastewater" as an ingredient. But, wastewater might be dilute product that can be formulated into the next batch.
TrueRide Tweaks,* Reduces Scrap This Duluth company spun off two new companies in an effort to reduce waste.
Beneficial Reuse: Chips and Eggs What do wood chips, chicken eggs and incinerator ash all have in common? They are all candidates for beneficial reuse.
Minnesota
Materials Exchange A materials exchange program
lists one company's unwanted material and makes it
available for use by another company. The listings
in Source are examples of available and wanted listings,
and successful exchanges from the Minnesota Materials
Exchange.
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