New Member: Solana Center for Environmental Innovation

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Solana Center for Environmental Innovation as a new Affiliate Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Solana Center for Environmental Innovation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit mobilizing the San Diego community through innovative outreach and consulting services for businesses and jurisdictions in order to address the region's most pressing environmental issues and enact impactful change. They envision a region where all cities collaborate to preserve resources through a closed-loop system that keeps materials out of landfills and waterways, returns nutrients to soils, and helps create systemic change at all levels that addresses the climate crisis.

New Member: Reverse Logistics Association

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Reverse Logistics Association as a new Affiliate Member to our ever growing membership base.

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The Reverse Logistics Association is the authoritative body for best practices related to reverse logistics. RLA is a member-driven, global trade association for the returns and reverse industry. They offer information, research, solutions, and facilitates networking introductions for manufacturers, retail companies, and third-party providers. Their goal is to educate and inform reverse logistics professionals globally and be the voice of the reverse industry.

New Member: County of Monroe, NY

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome County of Monroe, NY as a new Affiliate Member to our ever growing membership base.

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The County of Monroe, NY is made up of a community of innovators on the cutting edge of scientific research and discovery; a community of artists featuring world-renowned performers, a top-flight orchestra and one of the nation’s premier schools of music; a community of entrepreneurs home to some of the world’s best known brands and fastest growing startups.

New Member: Pratt & Whitney

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Pratt & Whitney as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Pratt & Whitney designs, manufactures and services the world’s most advanced aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems for commercial, military and business aircraft. Their large commercial engines power more than 25 percent of the world's mainline passenger fleet. The company continues to develop new engines and work with its partners in International Aero Engines and the Engine Alliance to meet airline customers'​ future needs.

New Member: Mississippi State University

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Mississippi State University as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Mississippi State University is a comprehensive, doctoral degree-granting institution with a nationally and internationally diverse student body. To individuals, it offers a wide range of opportunities and challenges for learning and growth; to the world of knowledge, vigorous and expanding contributions in research, discovery and application; and to people in every region of Mississippi, a variety of expert services.

New Member: University of Wisconsin-Madison

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome University of Wisconsin-Madison as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s highly ranked graduate schools include the School of Education, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, College of Engineering, School of Business, School of Medicine and Public Health and Law School. The school’s legacy of public service was founded on the "Wisconsin Idea" that education should influence and improve people’s lives beyond the classroom.

New Member: University of Connecticut

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome University of Connecticut as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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The University of Connecticut is a national leader among public research universities, with more than 32,000 students seeking answers to critical questions in classrooms, labs, and the community. A culture of innovation drives this pursuit of knowledge throughout the University's network of campuses. Connecticut's commitment to higher education helps UConn attract students who thrive in the most competitive environments, as well as globally renowned faculty members. They foster a diverse and vibrant culture that meets the needs and seizes the opportunities of a dynamic global society.

REMADE Releases New Circular Economy Workforce Development Roadmap & Funding Opportunity

EWD project proposals are requested for projects that align with the EWD Roadmap and are seeking to develop short courses that can be used to educate, train, and develop the incumbent workforce for careers in the circular economy.

Short courses can be taken individually and are stacked together with other relevant short courses to form a Tiered Certificate Pathway. Each individual short course and Tiered Certificate Pathway addresses one of three distinct competency levels:

• Awareness level training is intended to provide participants from a broad audience a high-level introduction to the subject matter. Individual Awareness level short courses may last 1- 2 hours.

• Practitioner level training is intended for incumbent workers that currently work with Re-X technologies or in adjacent technology domains who wish to broaden their knowledge. Individual Practitioner level short courses may last 4-8 hours.

• Expert level training is intended to provide in-depth coverage of advanced Re-X concepts or technology and is targeted toward engineers or scientists trying to deepen their expertise. Individual Expert level short courses may last 1-2 days.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION TOPICS:

• Advanced Materials Separation Technologies

• Design for Remanufacturing, Recycling, and/or Reuse

• Condition Assessment for Remanufacturing

• Reverse Logistics for Remanufacturing

• Simulation Techniques to Optimize Material Use in Manufacturing and Recycling

New Member: Casella Major Accounts Services, LLC

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Casella Major Accounts Services, LLC as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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With a clear strategy to serve their customers with integrated services, Casella Major Accounts Services, LLC continues to lead the solid waste industry with an innovative business strategy that seeks to create sustainable value beyond the traditional waste disposal model. They view waste as a resource for producing renewable energy and as a raw material for manufacturing new products.

Join REMADE at the Upcoming Webinar: Dynamic Systems Analysis of PET & Olefin Polymers in a Circular Economy

Join REMADE at the Upcoming Webinar: Dynamic Systems Analysis of PET and Olefin Polymers in a Circular Economy: Project Update

March 6, 2023 | 12:00-1:00pm

This webinar will provide an update on progress made after the first year of the project. The goal of this R&D project is to conduct a systems analysis of a circular economy of PET and olefin plastics (HDPE/LDPE-LLDPE/PP) with a U.S. scope and with a Michigan case study. In doing this, the project team will apply the conceptual modeling framework developed earlier in a REMADE exploratory project. 

The project team will predict energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions for a circular economy of plastics and compare results to the current baseline linear economy.

The team has convened and engaged with experts from the plastics supply chain in an advisory board for the project. The baseline linear economy for PET and olefin plastics in the U.S., representing over 70% of plastics flows, was completed and showed that the system emitted 1.5% of annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, contributed 5.1% to U.S. industry emissions, and accounted for 3.1% of U.S. energy consumption. Emissions and energy demand are mostly from virgin resin production, and secondly from semi-manufacturing processes such as extrusion, injection stretch blow molding, and blow molding.

Only 7% of the end-of-life waste PET and olefin plastics were collected for recycling, and PET was the resin with the highest recycle rate of 19%. As the project enters its second and final year, this webinar will highlight progress toward the final deliverable: a systems analysis of a future circular economy for plastics in the U.S. and the state of Michigan. 

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New Member: Washington State University

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Washington State University as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Washington State University is a public research university dedicated to improving lives by serving the public good. For more than 130 years, they have strived to unlock possibilities by empowering students, faculty, and others to create a world where all people can thrive.

REMADE Announces Call for Papers!

Bringing together, for the first time, all aspects of the Circular Economy into one unified, in-depth, multidisciplinary, action-based scientific conference

The REMADE Institute, in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, will host the first REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference will take place on Monday and Tuesday, March 20-21, 2023, at the National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., in the nation's capital. This conference will serve as a national thought-leadership event on the Circular Economy.

The objective of the REMADE Circular Economy Technology Summit & Conference is to advance the national conversation on a circular approach and how sustainable manufacturing can support the nation in meeting its multiple energy, environmental and economic goals.

The conference will be open to REMADE members and non-members alike. It will feature experts highlighting emerging technologies and research that will advance and accelerate the nation’s transition to a Circular Economy. REMADE’S annual Tech Summit, which is exclusive to members only, will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at a separate venue. 

REMADE is excited about bringing all aspects of the Circular Economy together in one unified conference. To that end, REMADE is issuing a Call for Papers. Submissions from academic researchers, industry innovators, and others, including international experts, are strongly encouraged. Papers will be peer-reviewed and published in the conference proceedings, which will be available after the event.

For more detailed information on the REMADE Circular Economy Tech Summit & Conference, as well as the conference Call for Papers, which includes a list of topics and an anticipated schedule and deadlines, go to General Conference Info — The REMADE Institute.

Abstracts are due Wednesday, Nov. 16! We look forward to reviewing your submission.

New Member: Lehigh University

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Lehigh University as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Lehigh University’s history is inherently linked to America’s rise as an industrial power. Their founder, the industrial pioneer, entrepreneur and philanthropist Asa Packer, laid the foundation for a university that has since educated generations of students and served as a force of positive societal change

New Member: Energy Materials Corporation

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Energy Materials Corporation as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Energy Materials Corporation is the global leader in the development of high-speed roll-to-roll printing of configurable, high performance solar PV material and products. Innovated and manufactured in the United States with a 100% U.S. supply chain, the company is rapidly becoming a key component for the global solar industry to meet 20% or more of emissions-free energy generation by 2050.

New Member: TruckPay, Inc.

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome TruckPay, Inc. as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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TruckPay, Inc. is the first complete enterprise solution that manages all aspects of earth moving logistics. Their easy to use platform is perfect for managing large government earth-moving infrastructure projects, such as extending highways, building light-rail systems, or for building schools and stadiums. It is also ideal for small independent owner-operators to use on any size job.

New Member: University of Dayton

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome University of Dayton as a new Academic Member to our ever growing membership base.

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The University of Dayton is a top-tier Catholic research university with academic offerings from the undergraduate to the doctoral levels. They are a diverse community committed, in the Marianist tradition, to educating the whole person and linking learning and scholarship with leadership and service.

New Member: Coperion

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Coperion as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Coperion is an industry leader in compounding and extrusion, feeding and weighing, bulk material handling and service, bringing a wealth of know-how and experience to the market. Their customers benefit from divisions of Polymer and Strategic Markets / Aftermarket Sales and Service that are optimally networked on a global basis to offer ultimate support in the design, manufacturing and implementation of ideal systems. Staffed by engineers, chemists, technicians and a variety of industry experts, these Divisions form a powerhouse of process solutions for their customers.

New Member: Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, LLC

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, LLC as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, LLC, which is the US-based operating company of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Global, Inc., has been a global industry leader in hybrid and additive manufacturing since 2012. Pioneering a solution to marry the freedoms of additive with the precision of CNC machining, Hybrid has developed an unprecedented line of compact interchangeable deposition and inspection heads with elegant integration methods. This extends the capabilities of the everyday CNCs and robots without compromise, accelerating the adoption of the next wave of digital manufacturing.

New Member: BigBattery, Inc.

The REMADE Institute is pleased to welcome BigBattery, Inc. as a new Industry Member to our ever growing membership base.

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BigBattery, Inc. is the largest supplier of surplus batteries in the United States specializing in new cost-effective energy solutions. Their core purpose is to promote mass adoption of renewable energy. While the cost of renewable energy has decreased substantially within the past decade, batteries have remained expensive. Lowering the cost of energy storage remains the single greatest hurdle to the mass adoption of a clean and independent energy future; BigBattery, Inc. aims to solve this problem. 

2022 REMADE Member Meeting Adjourns

REMADE members nationwide were cordially invited and encouraged to join us at the Institute's Annual Member Meeting this fall - our first in-person gathering in three years!

During the event, members heard insights from renowned keynote speakers, explored emerging technologies, discussed industry trends, heard the latest innovation updates from project teams, and learned more about the Institute's newest education and workforce development offerings. 

Member Meeting is exclusive to REMADE Members.

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