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💴 This Week in Manufacturing

Innovation doesn’t have to be big and flashy to make a lasting impact. In the case of our feature company, a small, but unique creation could help restore order to our global oceans! Today’s newsletter dives into multiple such bright spots within American manufacturing.

Our feature company, Clearflow Group, is tackling ocean cleanups and fish livelihood with a fresh tool: gel flocculant. Puzzled? Check out the article!

Next, this week’s headlines throw the innovation net wide from controlled agriculture to AI in chip production, and even low-emission aluminum production!

Our latest episode of The Manufacturing Executive highlights the importance of focusing on your customers to drive those new product innovations.

Finally, our Fun Fact continues the optimistic outlook by outlining how to reduce the environmental impact of such product creation.

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⚙ Manufacturing Headlines

• US govt allocates $285m for chip-focussed digital twins institute [Total Telecom]

• Local Bounti opens high-tech agriculture facility in WA [Produce Grower]

• Arizona company creates unique ocean cleaning product [CompanyWeek]

• Asendia USA boosts automation capabilities at expanded Chicago facility [Parcel & Postal]

• New U.S. Aluminum Smelter Could Cut Production Emissions by 75% [Gizmodo]

• Energy America Brings High-Quality Solar Modules to Africa [Azo CleanTech]

INDUSTRIAL & EQUIPMENT

♨️ Clearflow Group

With a mission to protect aquatic environments across the globe, President and CEO Jerry Hanna is looking to bring his proprietary product to a variety of industries in the years ahead.

In 2005, Hanna began tinkering with a solution that has since been described as a gel flocculant. He ultimately received funding and support from universities and the National Research Council of Canada to advance the research. The company reached a significant milestone in 2019 when a 7,000-square-foot U.S.-based manufacturing branch opened in Phoenix.

The company has maintained a small staff size for the foreseeable future, opting to outsource sales and other functions to companies that distribute the product.

Upshot: “When it comes to the regulatory environment, we’re about 10 years in advance on our technology, versus what the regulatory demand has been.”

FROM THE FEED

📱Making a colander

 🤨 Did You Know?

Product development decisions are reducing

 over 80% of all

product-related environmental impacts.

^{Source: Contec}

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