Emissions of the toxic gas carbon monoxide are a common byproduct of the steelmaking process. A New Zealand company that's figured out a way to transform this gas into ethanol is partnering with a Harrisburg-area metals industry contractor.
In January Reading-area contract manufacturer RLC Electronic Systems bought nearby ECI Cables. The partnership will be complete come April, when they expect to move into shared headquarters.
This fall, science- and technology-based startups will have a new place to set down roots in the western part of the state. The eCenter@LindenPointe business incubator is designed to attract entrepreneurs from western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio.
Penn State University is creating more opportunities for scientists to interact in its newest building. About 300 researchers from the university's Materials Research Institute and Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences will move in this fall.
In the business world, workers expect to be recognized for hard work. One manufacturer based in the Philadelphia suburb of Paoli has extended that idea to thousands of students by rewarding them for developing a love of reading.
Research by scientists at Lehigh University is leading toward the development of a new type of solar cell that could power pocket-sized electronic devices.
GreenCircle Certified, based northwest of Philadelphia, certifies whether products contain recycled components. Now it's partnering with the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center to certify more Pennsylvania-made products.
A group of researchers at Penn State University is trying to come up with a compostable coating for paper products. This could mean the development of paper utensils, dishes and packing material that could be buried underground and turn into compost.
Inspired by a student rendered paraplegic after a mountain-biking accident, a Lehigh University professor developed an improved monoski so he could ski again. A new company is making a prototype for a monoski more people can use.
This month High Concrete Group started selling its newest formulation of concrete made with white cement rather than conventional gray cement. The mixture is notable because of its ability to reflect heat rather than absorb it.