Mamma Chia
www.mammachia.com by Chris Lindstrom, an early investor in Mamma Chia When many people hear the word “chia” they think of little ceramic pets that sprout green leafy “hair.” But a growing number of people know it as a miraculous seed that is one of the most nutritious whole foods in the world – and soon, they will know it as a delicious vitality beverage. Mamma Chia is an organic, chia-based food and beverage company based in San Diego, backed by a provisional patent that will be launching its first-to-market chia vitality beverage later this year. Mamma Chia contains hundreds of …
Cummins, Inc.
500 Jackson Street, Box 3005 Columbus, IN 47202 www.cummins.com Cummins Inc. (NYSE – CMI) is the technology leader in the manufacture of diesel, natural gas, and hybrid engines in the U.S., working to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Cummins has outperformed peers in meeting the demand for lower-emissions engines, which has given the company a strong competitive advantage, as customers replace older vehicles to meet new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines. Cummins’ technological solutions comply with both the stringent U.S. EPA 2010 emission standards and Tier 4 regulations, which take effect in 2011. The latter will require a 90 …
Owens-Illinois, Inc
One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg, OH 43551 Phone: +1-567-3365000 www.o-i.com/ Glass is a true cradle-to-cradle material. Unlike plastics, glass does not degrade in the remanufacturing process, enabling a continuous cycle of use and reuse. Owens-Illinois, Inc. (OI—NYSE) is the largest global player in glass containers, with the technology to use 90% recycled glass in its manufacturing. OI is also the largest user of recycled glass containers in the US, recycling approximately one million tons per year. Although virgin glass forming is an energy-intensive process, with energy costs contributing 15-20% of total container cost, recycled inputs lower the cost substantially. Further, …
Sigma Designs, Inc.
1778 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas, CA 95035 United States Phone: 408-262-9003 www.sigmadesigns.com Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ-SIGM) is a fabless provider of integrated system-on-chip solutions used to “power the digital media generation.” The stock is a play on the shift toward higher quality, consumer-centric, digital video technology. Several trends favors Sigma’s products including the shift from analog to digital TV, increasing demand for HDTV and Internet enabled television content, video conferencing, and centralized home energy management systems. Sigma is a first mover and market share leader in the IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) market with 75 percent share. Telephone carriers such as Verizon …
ABB, Ltd.
P.O. Box 8131 Affolternstrasse 44 Zurich, 8050 Switzerland Phone: +41-43-317-7111 www.abb.com Efficient power transmission is essential as we move toward a more sustainable energy economy. ABB Ltd (NYSE-ABB) is the global leader in electricity transmission, focused on greener, smarter, more cost-efficient power infrastructure. The potential for efficiency gains between power production and consumption is believed to be 80 percent, and ABB invests heavily in R&D to create next generation energy technologies. Innovative products and strong project execution position the company to benefit from several long term trends: renewable energy transmission, an aging infrastructure replacement cycle, and international growth. Revenues are …
Royal Bank of Canada
200 Bay StreetRoyal Bank Plaza Toronto, ON M5J 2J5 Canada http://www.royalbank.com/ With all of the turmoil in the financial sector over the past year, one major bank has managed to avoid any bombshells to date – Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE – RBC). It happens to be one of the world’s best managed banks with respect to sustainability issues, and its stock has held up remarkably well. It is down about half as much as the S&P 500 financial sector over the past year (-27 percent versus -56 percent). Royal Bank of Canada is a diversified financial services company. It is …
Becton Dickinson
1 Becton Drive Franklin Lakes, NJ USA 07417 201.847.6800 http://www.bd.com/ by Alison Haight, Simmon MBA candidate Founded in 1897, Becton Dickinson (NYSE – BDX) pioneered the hypodermic needle. Today, BDX is a medical device company best known as a producer of needle-free safety products, safe-needle devices, and other surgical tools. BDX also manufactures a wide variety of laboratory research tools and clinical diagnostic tools. The company has four strategic areas of interest: reduction in the spread of infection, advancement of global health, improvement of therapeutic capacity, and progress toward disease management, particularly infectious diseases, cancer, and diabetes. With 28,000 employees …
American Superconductor
American Superconductor (Nasdaq: AMSC) is emerging as a leading player in the wind energy hardware market, particularly in China. The company’s core technologies are programmable power systems, including electronic converters, and high temperature superconductor (HTS) wires. AMSC has quickly grown into a leading wind energy grid connection company, particularly in emerging markets. Its two main wind energy products are an inverter and soft-switch capacitor that maintains fluid voltage, and a scalable converter of wind energy into electricity accessible to the public electrical grid. In 2007 AMSC acquired Windtec and Power Quality Systems to enable further growth in the wind and …
Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) designs, manufactures, sells, and services analytical instruments involved in high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC), mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry. Got that? Waters’ clients include pharmaceutical, life science, biochemical, and industrial companies as well as academic institutions and government agencies. Instruments produced by Waters are used in processes such as identification of new pharmaceutical drugs, food safety analysis, and environmental and water testing. Waters is the world’s largest manufacturer of HPLC instruments, chromatography columns, and related consumables and is one of top three players in mass spectrometry. Waters holds the largest …
Prologis ((NYSE: PLD)
ProLogis (PLD – NYSE) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates the world’s largest portfolio of warehouses and distribution centers. The company has a notably strong environmental profile, with an emphasis on energy efficiency and green building. PLD owns almost 2,700 properties in 20 countries in North America (73 percent), Europe (19 percent) and Asia (8 percent ). In November 2007, PLD announced its first development in the Middle East (Dubai). Almost 80 percent of organic growth is outside of the U.S., and 80 percent of planned development spending is in international markets. PLD’s global network …
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