Inspiration

Baseball is a challenging sport to play.  Even the best hitters fail to reach base safely more than half the time.  It can be even tougher at night on a poorly lit field, when an outfielder can have trouble seeing the ball as it moves through…

Dutch Phalaenopsis orchid breeder Sion Young Plants B.V. operates according to three core values: Inspire, Innovate and Connect. Growing on an area of 6,7 hectares and shipping to more than 30 countries around the world, Sion is committed to…

Finnish tomato grower, Agrifutura is looking to the future of food production in greenhouses. With a total growing area of 45,000 square meters under glass, the team produces 3.2-3.3 million tons of the highest-quality tomatoes each year, to be…

Micro Greens, Big Impact: Current Helping Urban Farm Generate Wealth, Food + Education in Underserved Part of Chicago 

Sustainable agriculture is all the rage, but Garfield Produce in Chicago is adding a unique twist: generating wealth in…

“Current and Fifth Season represent the future of vertical farming.” - Austin Webb, Co-Founder & CEO, Fifth Season

Does annually producing up to 1,000,000 pounds of amazing, non-GMO and pesticide-free produce while using up to 97%…

Based in Houston, Texas, Signco America is an industry-leading fabricator of custom signage, architectural elements and large-format graphics in the Southwest region. Founded in 1980 as Sparkle Sign, Signco became a big name in…

The Opportunity

Cast Nylons Limited is a premier producer of cast nylon in North America and sells cast nylon stock shapes and custom cast parts through an international network of distributors. When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, Cast…

When the City of Toledo, Ohio, was looking to enhance the safety of its streets, it turned to LEDs to light the way. Toledo was ready to upgrade its lighting infrastructure, but it needed a solution that would positively impact…

Atlantic Grown Organics on Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been in operation since 2001 and is run by Marc and Krista Schurman, with assistance from their three children. In their greenhouse operation, the family grows tomatoes…

When a British telecommunications giant upgraded their London headquarters to include LED lighting, controls and sensors, they knew they would be able to streamline the management of their building, reduce costs and minimize environmental impact…

At first glance, nothing would have suggested Marc Vincent would become a farmer barely 15 years ago. Up to that point, this engineer by trade had been a plant manager for a major industrial company, where electromechanics, automation and state-…

Bruce Farkas, the President at Signature Sign Company, has a reputation for creating unusual designs as part of his signage projects. What began as a passion for art morphed into creative ideas for signs, and it eventually led…

The Opportunity

Ascent Aerospace inspires the next generation of flight with tooling and automated assembly systems that help customers conquer blue skies and beyond.

For Supply Chain Management Director Ryan Saling, conquering…

The Opportunity

TC Dental Partners, a Cordental Group practice in West Des Moines, Iowa, wants patients to have fewer concern about germs. Active virion can be spread throughout a room by the aerosol used during dental procedures―some…

The Opportunity

As employees and residents expressed concern over the growing pandemic, the Southbury Emergency Management team investigated new approaches to providing additional layers of protection against germs in public buildings to…