Flexible resources be they microgrids, energy storage, generators or buildings are the new disruptors as the DOE's Connected Communities program shows.
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A temp agency, a mysterious entertainment company and a medical clinic are among the Utah businesses that last year snagged federal relief loans of $10 million, maxing out on the funding available to them through the Paycheck Protection Program.
More than 52,000 Utah companies received an infusion of cash during the first round of the small-business lending program, with 824 of those employers getting more than $1 million from the government.
For some of these businesses, the forgivable loans served as a financial life raft to get through COVID-19, helping them stave off employee layoffs or insolvency even though their profits were tanking. The payments could be used for costs from payroll to rent and utilities to interest due on existing loans.
Packsize
The waste industry hears it often: spent packaging is a problem, and with ecommerce increasing by double-digit figures year over year, that problem is growing even more rapidly since the pandemic with more people shopping on-line. In recent months, some markets have seen a 63% increase in residential cardboard alone, according to Republic Services. This trend continues to drive new packaging designs to reduce waste. But a few companies, rather than spin new designs, are innovating in other ways.
They have developed technology that makes packages automatically in the quantities, and at the time, they are needed. And they’re configured to fit snuggly around whatever they contain. These concepts are often described as on-demand and rightsize packaging.
Report: Innovative New Machinery at PACK EXPO Connects
PMMI Media Group editors covering a virtual event instead of an in-person exposition divided and conquered to collectively take in as much of PACK EXPO Connects as possible. Here’s what they saw in the machinery category.
Jan 25th, 2021
NOTE: Machinery wasn’t the only area of interest at PACK EXPO. Click the links that follow to read more about innovations in: As flexible packaging continues to grow in popularity partly due to its sustainability bona fides, it comes as no surprise that innovations in both vertical and horizontal form/fill/seal systems were on full display at PACK EXPO Connects. Here we take a brief look at seven notable developments, beginning with one from Triangle Package.