Process manufacturers are under pressure. Growing pressure, in fact. (For our purposes, process includes companies in the rolled goods, woven goods, packaging, extrusion/injection molding and ...

The thorny and politically charged issue of the sustainability of the food system is once again front and center in the debate over the government's dietary guidelines. The Agriculture Department and ...

If you’re using process mass intensity (PMI) to gauge sustainability of continuous and batch manufacturing processes for biologics, you’re only seeing part of the picture. Recent research shows that ...

The environmental impact of drug production has been under the spotlight in recent years. Initially, the small-molecule sector was the focus with reports linking the poor treatment of wastewater at ...

The textile and meat-processing industries produce billions of tons of waste annually in the form of feathers, wool and hair, all of which are rich in keratin—the strong, fibrous protein found in hair ...

Companies are increasingly making claims of sustainable production part of their public communications. However, the related ratings and seals of approval tend to focus primarily on CO₂ emissions and ...

Sustainability non-profit GreenBlue’s Advisory Services Group has begun employing a strategic process to help companies walk through a ten-step course of action that strategically links sustainability ...

Andreas Eschbach is the founder and CEO of eschbach, a software company that helps production teams work smarter and enhance collaboration. Manufacturers are quickly understanding the strategic ...

Coordinators: Prof. Laura R. Conde (lrconder@unal.edu.co), Prof. Alvaro Orjuela (aorjuelal@unal.edu.co) Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Professors David E. Bernal Neira from ...

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