We have our eye on another sphere of innovations that may create VC opportunities for physical products in the energy space: manufacturing innovations.
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That is damping demand for office space from manufacturing companies, which are a crucial tenant base, just as more new buildings are being completed.
The investment led to the creation of Steiner Studios, a 15-acre film production facility that includes five soundstages and office and support space, hundreds of thousands of square feet of new light-manufacturing space, the planned 220, 000-square-foot green manufacturing center, and the planned redevelopment of Admiral's Row into a supermarket and retail center.
Tiller says his company uses about one-third the manufacturing space that First Solar needs.
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So far they've done extraordinarily well: Dell has increased production by a third over the past two years while cutting manufacturing space in half.
Thursday's announcement comes on the same day that Spire announced it has expanded its solar-equipment manufacturing space at its headquarters to meet growing worldwide demand.
Thursday's announcement comes on the same day that Spire (nasdaq: SPIR - news - people ) announced it has expanded its solar-equipment manufacturing space at its headquarters to meet growing worldwide demand.
Early signs of economic recovery in 2012 are appearing with muted analyst opinions in the transportation space, even as manufacturing data are showing improvement.
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The suit was manufactured by the David Clark Company, which is based in Worcester, MA. The company has been manufacturing flight and space suits for over 50 years.
It said that against a background of fragile recovery in manufacturing, business needs a breathing space to allow tentative signs of improving conditions to take a firmer hold.
Well, well, well -- it seems that Toshiba's been up to more in the portable media space lately than just helping Microsoft out with the Zune manufacturing.
But, before we get there, the company hopes to revolutionize space exploration in the same way that 3D printing and microfunding have revolutionized manufacturing.
Dell now owns 12 manufacturing and distribution centers, including 5 million-square-feet of space and 850, 000 square-feet of leased space, according to its latest annual report.
In this space, I frequently write about the many misperceptions folks have about the state of US manufacturing.
Normally, Elyissia holds parties there but now, in a fraction of the former space, she and her staff will make, package, and ship chocolate until a new manufacturing location can be found.
Ellison has been supported by top equipment manufacturing companies in the archery performance sector, but has had no support from companies from outside of that space.
Last week, McWilliams published his latest State of Technology report on the electronic manufacturing services industry and singled out Flextronics as the stock he considers a "strategic investment" in the space.
The SLS rocket will incorporate technological investments from the Space Shuttle program and the Constellation program in order to take advantage of proven hardware and cutting-edge tooling and manufacturing technology that will significantly reduce development and operations costs.
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