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Making Green: Sustainability In Manufacturing And The Clean-Tech Economy

Now that the green marketplace has firmly taken root, many manufacturers are looking to improve efficiency and develop best business practices to enable sustainable operations. Others are developing products to aid this transition for business and society.

In this section IndustryWeek will explore the latest developments in this growing global green economy. If you have information to share, please contact Making Green Editor Brad Kenney at bkenney@industryweek.com.

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Making Green: Sustainability In Manufacturing

GE to Offer Electric Vehicle Chargers in 2010
Company teams with technology provider to meet electric-vehicle market demand.
2/17/2010

The Fight for a U.S. Industrial Policy
What should a U.S. manufacturing policy entail? Does the United States even need one?
2/16/2010

GE Transportation Delivers Locomotives to Nigeria
Company plans to ship 20 more before end of the year.
2/5/2010

Is High-Speed Rail on the Horizon?
Increased funding could present opportunities for manufacturing, but viability questions remain.
1/25/2010

Zap Partners to Build Electric Vehicles in China
Europe and North America also market targets
1/21/2010

UTC Completes Clipper Windpower Deal
Company purchases stake in wind-turbine manufacturer
1/14/2010

Novozymes Receives Tax Credit for Biofuels Facility
Plant expected to create more than 100 jobs
1/11/2010

New Federal Smog Standards Proposed
EPA seeks to reduce ground-level ozone formed by industrial facilities, power plants, landfills and motor vehicles.
1/7/2010

New SAP Solution Helps Companies Achieve Sustainability Goals
The application features a library of key sustainability performance indicators.
12/18/2009

Green Data Centers
Green technologies such as virtualization, cloud computing, and power management techniques are capable of significantly lowering the energy consumption of a data center.
12/18/2009