Industry & Manufacturing

Soil washing generally involves removing contaminated soil from its point of origin and cleaning it. There are several cleaning options but they all aim to remove contaminants from the soil, allowing it to be put back where it came from.

The process is complex as chemicals are often used to aid contamination removal. Obviously, the right chemicals need to be used to prevent further contamination.

Soil washing isn’t a new thing. However, it has become much more popular in recent years as the environmental effects of contamination are exposed. In severe cases the...

The world, in recent years, has found itself in a state of critical urgency pertaining to the alarming issue of plastic waste. Shockingly, according to the United Nations, a whopping 8 million metric tons of plastic waste are recklessly dumped into the ocean every year, wreaking havoc on our planet and severely endangering its fauna. Among the most significant culprits of this egregious problem is the fashion industry, which persistently churns out clothing items accompanied by an overwhelming abundance of plastic hangers. These plastic hangers, inevitably, find themselves confined to...

It's the incredibly awesome direct conversion of sunlight into energy, with no moving parts, no radioactive waste or radiation, no chemical processes, no greenhouse gasses released, no noise, and no maintenance (unless you want to wash them off every once in a while).

It seems to be too wonderful to be true, but it isn't. The biggest disadvantage in the past was simply the high cost. But everything has changed now. Around the previous decade, manufacturers all over the globe have increased manufacturing capacity, and the cost of solar has plummeted by almost 80%! As a result, it...

For manufacturers, one of the biggest limitations on efficiency and speed of production is the need to have spare parts readily available. Organizations have to balance their specific spare parts needs, or if a single component falls behind in production – often because dozens of organizations make each of those individual products – the entire production process stops. Startup Immensa aims to change that with its digital platform focusing on additive manufacturing technologies, also known as 3D printing.

Many manufacturers need thousands of small components to build...