Innovation Grown from Oranges

Photo by Max on Unsplash I have written over the years about sustainability; you may remember Ford & Jose Cuervo. Today, I'm writing about a new idea for sustainable innovation grown from the rinds and seeds of Sicily’s most famous citrus fruit — the orange. The orange, which Sicily harvests…


4 Key Differences between Filtration and Centrifugation

  Photo by Amritanshu Sikdar on Unsplash I'm always looking to collaborate and explore ideas with others in our filtration technology business. Happily, director of Oriental Manufacturers Jigar Patel, has offered this guest blog discussing differences between filtration and liquid…


Chemical Process Optimization needs Out of the Box Thinking

Photo by Ra Dragon on Unsplash Loyal readers of this blog know how much I value innovation and creativity. So, you can't be surprised that I want to share with you a chemical process optimization success story. We partnered with a client to develop an optimized filtration process for a zinc…


Lessons Learned from Nathan's

"You can take the boy out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn out of the boy."   Photo by Paulo Silva on Unsplash Growing up in Brooklyn, I could bicycle about 5 miles to the ocean and Coney Island. I would always stop at Nathan’s Famous. The stop was always for a hot dog, some…


The Inspiration of Travel

Photo by Eva Darron on Unsplash In mid-April, I attended GasTech 2017 in Tokyo. The focus of GasTech was Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and its impact on the world’s energy balance, carbon emissions and technology. At the same time I was focused on all the interesting characteristics of Japan…