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EcoStatic Inc. introduces Slickynotes line to US


May 2, 2013 11:28 am ET

LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Startup firm EcoStatic Inc. of Thousand Oaks, Calif., showed its Slickynotes line in a tabletop display at the IDSA western district conference in Long Beach.

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Refillable bottle comes with app to find water fountains


April 19, 2013 1:30 pm ET

CHICAGO — A newly designed bottle is only part of Merijn Everaarts business plan to get consumers to ditch disposable water bottles. The rest relies on a smartphone app that leads consumers to public water spots.

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New IDSA leader aims to lay 'solid foundation'


April 18, 2013 11:33 am ET

CLEVELAND — In a sense, Daniel Martinage has trained his entire career for his latest challenge. He has spent the past 33 years learning and practicing skills related to running nonprofit associations, assessing management best practices and...

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Modern Edge's Angell offers lessons in creative thinking


April 12, 2013 2:22 pm ET

TAMPA, FLA. — Creativity at a business has to be a process that involves people from different departments, tied together by an innovation culture, Charles Austen Angell, chairman-elect of the Industrial Designers Society of America, told an...

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Pepsi tries new look with first package redesign since 1997


April 1, 2013 12:57 pm ET

PURCHASE, N.Y. — PepsiCo Inc. will introduce a new bottle shape for the first time in 16 years, along with new graphics, this month.

Newell Rubbermaid creating design center in Kalamazoo, Mich.


March 28, 2013 3:37 pm ET

KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Newell Rubbermaid Inc. will create a $2.3 million design center in Kalamazoo, as part of a planned corporate increased focus on design and new product development.

Gates Foundation offers grant for improved condom


March 26, 2013 12:48 pm ET

SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 grant to anyone who can come up with an improved “next generation” condom.

Rumors hint at plastic-body iPhone


March 25, 2013 12:04 pm ET

SAN FRANCISCO — Speculation is rising that one of the next models of Apple Inc.'s iPhone will feature a plastic rather than metal case.

3-D printing institute awards $4.5 million to six projects


March 21, 2013 12:20 pm ET

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO — The new 3-D printing institute in Youngstown has awarded $4.5 million to six research projects designed to help turn the process into a more mainstream manufacturing technique.

Autodesk acquires Firehole Composites


March 20, 2013 3:00 pm ET

SAN RAFAEL, CALIF.—Autodesk Inc., the maker of three-dimensional design and engineering software, has completed its acquisition of Firehole Technologies, doing business as Firehole Composites, which specializes in design and analysis software for composite materials.

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