EWI Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio
Surface engineering is a vast and growing field characterized by an array of processes, materials, markets, applications, and service environments (wear, corrosion, combinations thereof, etc.) for which cost-effective solutions are required. A surface engineering analog in terms of size and deposition rate may be from ion implantation to explosive cladding. Based on the very wide array of possibilities, the market tends to be fragmented and daunting, particularly to anyone new to the field. The need to independently assess the ever-growing array of existing and new materials joining solutions is now greater than ever.
Cargill, an international, multi-billion-dollar annual producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services, made a decision and a commitment to develop additional connections and linkages with selected universities because Cargill wants to focus its efforts to attract students and to develop research and commercial relationships. The Ohio State University was identified as one of five targeted universities. This decision coincides with Ohio State’s formation of an Office of Industry Liaison (ILO) within its College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) and the ILO’s focus on founding and fostering longstanding relationships with industry worldwide.
Feb
Recent news that eastern Ohio’s natural gas deposits could be worth $20 billion was big news when Gov. John Kasich announced this prediction recently in conjunction with the jobs potential it represents. His much-quoted line, “I don’t want any foreigners working on wellheads…that is, people who come from Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky, and those distant foreigners from Texas,” spurred humor and a tone of seriousness. Although Ohio is a long way from a massive natural gas industry, the U.S. Geological Survey did update its estimates in August 2011 for the Marcellus Shale region underlying New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, saying it contains 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas. Chesapeake Energy Corporation would play a key role in the Marcellus Shale venture.
Jan
Bobbi Alkire Noe has recently joined The Ohio State University Industry Liaison Office (ILO) as Associate Director. In this role, she will foster expansion of the ILO mission, which is to link business and industry needs to the university’s immense assets and create sustainable innovations, new partnerships, and expand the research enterprise. Ms. Noe holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio State and has spent the majority of her career with Owens Corning (OC). She holds five patents and is the inventor of numerous trade secrets.
Jan
Following their participation in the tradeshow, NPE 2009, and the “The Ohio Polymer Summit” sponsored by PolymerOhio in 2010, three French competitive clusters (IAR, Elastopole, and Plastipolis), associated under the name of France Green Plastics, wanted to continue forging the bonds created with American polymer industry organizations and their industrial collaborators.
Companies participating in PolymerOhio’s Smart Energy program have saved $100,000+ per year on energy bills.
Special offer for small companies, please call for details (866-996-9296).
PolymerOhio energy partner, PCX Energy Services, have identified energy saving measures for Ohio polymer industry manufacturers that so far have averaged over $100,000/yr with an average annual payback on total investment of 1.3 years. Much of this average investment is below 1 year payback. The only way to go wrong is to miss out on the opportunity to find out for yourself what your company’s savings could be. The state of Ohio even subsidizes the cost of the custom study and report for your company up to 50% of $5000.