This past Friday, the Boston Business Journal hosted the Green Business Summit, which focused on the emergence and growth of the cleantech cluster in Massachusetts.  The event included a full spectrum of business and policy thought leaders discussing topics ranging from renewable energy to sustainable manufacturing to green construction.

While there is no firm definition of cleantech - actually, wikipedia has one - renewable energy technologies tend to get the most attention.  Increasingly, there is an appreciation for the potential of sustainable manufacturing practices and technology that can improve industrial energy efficency that also gets included in the cleantech umbrella.

AEB's role in this sector is unique in that it provides a several-fold sustainability benefit:  Traditional manufacturing industries are replacing conventional thermal and chemical processes with electron beams in order to reduce pollution, decrease energy consumption, reduce raw material usage, and improve overall productivity across a wide range of applications. 

In conjunction with the summit, the BBJ also released a special report titled Sustainable Boston: 2008 Green Business Report.  AEB is included twice in the publication:

• Our CEO, Mitch Tyson, is featured in an article on the dynamics around finding strong business leaders for the sector.
• AEB is listed amongst the largest employers in the state for this new and growing cluster.

While there is not an online version of the report, you can contact the Boston Business Journal to receive a copy.

Following on this cleantech theme, AEB will be presenting a paper on the Benefits of Electron Beam Adoption in Indusrial Processes at the upcoming Clean Technologies & Sustainable Industries Conference in Boston.

Hope to see you there.