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Tim Bell, owner of Craft-Totes by Bell, stands with the patent certificate that his company received recently from the U.S. Patent Office. Bell’s company designs and manufactures carry containers for tools and other items used by plumbers, electricians and other construction workers. The Dunbar, W.Va. company has been a participant in TechConnect’s StartUp WV […]
West Virginia’s leadership in the area of 3-D printing took another major step forward recently. The Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing announced May 9 that it has a new, leading-edge 3-D metal printer, which is one of the most advanced in the region. The $750,000 printer is located at the RCBI Advanced […]
NG Innovations of Cross Lanes, West Virginia was among four companies selected as winners in the 3rd Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest. The contest, which was held on May 15 in Southpointe, PA, provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs and early-stage companies in southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia to submit business ideas and technology innovations connected […]
TechConnect West Virginia honored its founding Chairman, Russ Lorince, at the group’s May board meeting. Lorince served as Chairman of TechConnect from its formation in 2006 until February 2014. He is Vice President of External Affairs for Arch Coal’s Eastern Operations.“Russ’s early commitment to creating an organization devoted to technology-based economic development in West Virginia […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE West Virginia Company Among Four Winners In 2014 Shale Gas Innovation Contest CHARLESTON, WV – NG Innovations of Cross Lanes, West Virginia was among four companies selected as winners in the 3rd Annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest. The contest, which was held on May 15 in Southpointe, PA, provides an opportunity for entrepreneurs […]
Save the date for the 2014 TransTech Energy Business Development Conference: November 12-13, 2014, Morgantown, WV
A senior from John Marshall High School has won a $10,000 college scholarship after her idea was chosen as the best in a field of 103 entries in West Virginia’s inaugural high school business plan competition. Sierra Cook of Glen Dale, W.Va., was one of eight finalists from high schools across West Virginia who traveled […]
Students at South Charleston High School (SCHS) successfully launched and recovered a near space satellite that traveled 98,425 feet above Earth’s surface on April 19, after months of study, design, and preparation. Carrying a payload of weather station, Geiger counter, GPS locator and two GoPro cameras, the high altitude balloon delivered excellent video showing the […]
The only incubator in the nation focused solely on commercializing chemistry-based technology, ChemCeption is an innovation hub for any technology involving chemistry, from traditional to green, water to plastics, biotechnology to energy, and more. The Chemical Alliance Zone (CAZ) in conjunction with TechConnectWV officially launched the new incubator on Tuesday, April 1st in Building 2000 […]