(Toledo)--Sometimes the best ideas just need a little help to make them become a reality.
One local agency's mission is to do just this, for the benefit of everyone not to mention the environment.
Jim Matzinger is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure northwest Ohio is in the forefront when it comes to green manufacturing and overall products. The company he works for, Northwest Ohio Green Products Center, is constantly searching for good people and ideas to make this all happen.
Spartan Chemicals and Lott Industries are just two well known local companies receiving help either in producing or promoting their eco-friendly initiatives. Matzinger tells me there are so many others waiting to be discovered.
Matzinger works with an advisory board with members from UT, OSU, and the USDA. To learn more about the Northwest Ohio Green Products Center, log onto www.nwohiogreenproducts.org. You can also call 419-724-8343.
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NW Ohio Agribusiness Breakfast Forum Goes “Green”
Toledo, OH… Northwest Ohio has the perfect blend of manufacturing capacity and agricultural components creating a natural center for bio-based product development initiatives. The Center for Innovative Food Technology’s (CIFT) monthly agricultural breakfast forum takes place on Thursday, August 20, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Agricultural Incubator Foundation, 13737 Middleton Pike, Bowling Green, OH 43402 and will focus on the Northwest Ohio Green Product Center and the programs and services available to advance the production efforts of bio-based or “green” products throughout the region.
The Northwest Ohio Green Products Center (NOGPC) is a collaborative effort among several partnering organizations as well as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its affiliates, in the management of new discoveries relating to renewable green resources, including the development of bio-based products and bio-energy. This support includes the management and commercialization of new discoveries and products having commercial applications, as well as the management of corporate research agreements leading to new discovery. The NOGPC provides business and technical assistance to manufacturers, through its partners, in producing bio-based products in NW Ohio. It is NOGPC’s mission to create a resource for the private sector by providing an aggressive one-stop assistance center and in promoting the USDA through the BioPreferredSM Procurement Program.
Jim Matzinger, director for the Northwest Ohio Green Products Center, will provide information on the Northwest Ohio Green Product Center’s programs and services including the USDA BioPreferredSM Procurement Program, the new Ohio Green Product Company Locator and provide an update on the progress of the Center thus far. Mr. Matzinger graduated from The University of Toledo with a Masters degree specializing in Economic Development, Bachelors specializing in Business and Technology Development, and Associates specializing in Mechanical Engineering Technology. He has provided consulting engineering, technical assistance, new product, process and project development, creative problem solving, business start-up consulting and commercialization assistance to firms all over NW Ohio.
If you are a farmer, agribusiness owner, or supporter of Ohio’s agricultural economy, join us on the third Thursday each month from 7:30-9:00 a.m. for breakfast and informal networking opportunities. Cost is $10 per person. Sorry, no credit cards accepted; cash or check only. Each month will feature a different speaker and topic. For more information and to register, call or e-mail Paula Ray at 419-823-3099, or pray@eisc.org.
The Center for Innovative Food Technology provides technical solutions to companies involved in the nation’s largest and most economically significant industry – food processing.
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