Industry/Sector: Automotive and Transportation
By Katie Daly
An analysis of safer options to F-gas refrigerants to mitigate PFAS pollution and climate change.
By Katie Daly
An analysis of safer options to F-gas refrigerants to mitigate PFAS pollution and climate change.
TURI provides grants to academic researchers to support efforts to find and develop safer alternatives to harmful chemicals.
TURI offers grants to help Massachusetts businesses adopt safer alternatives to toxic chemicals.
Acushnet Rubber Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts is the first company in Massachusetts to
obtain certification in ISO 14001, an international standard for environmental management.
The objective of this project is to synthesize single crystal
silicon carbide fibers without the use of any toxic chemicals. This
would be accomplished by following a two step procedure. The first
step is to grow single crystal silicon fibers using the Czochralski
technique.
Fit To Print Advertising Inc. found many benefits when it converted from conventional printing
processes using solvent-based inks to ultraviolet (UV) cured inks. The UV process is now used
in 80% of the company’s production and, as a result, Fit To Print has increased productivity,
opened new markets, reduced labor-intensive cleaning processes, and achieved compliance with
wastewater regulations.
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The Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School Automotive Technology (Auto Tech) Program is
creating a safer and healthier work environment for students by replacing harsh solvents with a
microbe-based (bio-based) technology to clean dirty parts.
Perchloroethylene (PCE) has both acute and chronic adverse health effects.