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Industries of the Future-WV and TechConnectWV will host “Innovation & Entrepreneurship Day” on March 11, 2013 at the State Capitol. As part of the event, a wide variety of West Virginia companies, organizations, groups, and agencies will be at the Capitol to showcase West Virginia’s economy of the future. “We are thrilled that 35 entities […]
TechConnectWV partnered with the Chemical Alliance Zone (CAZ) in 2012 on implementation of the blueprint for growth in the chemicals and advanced materials sector. With funding from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, the partnership will (1) revamp CAZ’s incubator and create a new Incubator-Accelerator at the West Virginia Regional Technology Park and (2) create a […]
Column in the Charleston Gazette, December 12, 2012 By: Anne Barth CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Research is the bedrock of economic growth, and a quick look at major innovations over the last 50 years in this country proves the point. Lifesaving medical breakthroughs, computers and fiber optics represent three areas of development born from basic research […]
The Chemistry Department at West Virginia State University has a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer that is available for use. As part of the grant to set it up and run it, it is considered a “regional” instrument with funding provided for other academic and industry users. Throughout an initial trial period and until usage […]
At the recent Energy and Innovation Conference, the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and its university partners explored the role of innovation and technology commercialization in advancing energy options to drive economic development, strengthen national security, and improve the environment. NETL’s Regional University Alliance for Energy Technology Innovation is a consortium of five nationally recognized […]
The inaugural TransTech Energy Business Development Conference, held Nov. 14-16 in Morgantown, attracted more than 130 participants from 13 states. The goal of the event was to promote investment in, and nurturing of, new companies and commercializable projects that provide solutions to energy, environmental, and economic challenges such as creating new jobs and more competitive […]
The Southern West Virginia Rural Jobs Accelerator targets the nine (9) southernmost counties of West Virginia – Fayette, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, Logan, Mingo and Wyoming. It is a partnership of five key organizations that have existing strengths and capabilities to assist businesses and to accelerate success: Marshall University Research Corporation, Robert C. Byrd Institute […]
Walhonde Tools, Inc. manufactures and markets patented tube and pipe alignment tools to heavy industrial construction projects. The company produces and markets 10 patented precision tube and pipe fitting tools for the power, pulp & paper, petro-chemical, food and drug processing and shipbuilding and repair industries worldwide. Based in South Charleston, W.Va., Walhonde is one […]
This event will bring together regional manufacturers, key business leaders, leading scientists, venture capitalists, and environmentalists from the region and will provide a forum to accelerate technology development and assist in commercializing new technologies and products
TechConnect’s mission to promote innovation-based economic development and redevelopment of the state’s brownfields go hand-in-glove, Anne Barth noted in an address to the annual West Virginia Brownfields Conference. Excerpts of her remarks follow. Technology innovation and brownfields redevelopment are both part of the redevelopment puzzle in West Virginia. In many ways, both address the legacy […]