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The "Technology Innovation Studio (TINS)" is a physical space at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square that brings together business leaders, scientists and researchers, serial entrepreneurs, angel/VC investors, industry experts, corporate innovation teams and also policy experts to explore and apply tools, methods and models in innovation.
West Coast Community Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Santa Cruz, California, serving Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties since 2004. The bank is dedicated to community involvement, actively supporting local well-being through participation and donations to regional nonprofit organizations. In 2024, it merged with 1st Capital Bancorp to enhance its capabilities and better serve the community, with plans to rebrand all branches as West Coast Community Bank by 2025. The bank offers a variety of financial services for both businesses and individuals. These include business loans, commercial real estate financing, asset-based lending, construction lending, and agricultural loans. It also provides SBA and USDA government guaranteed loans, credit cards, merchant services, and digital banking solutions. For personal banking, West Coast Community Bank offers competitive deposit solutions and consumer banking services. The bank is recognized as a leading SBA lender in Santa Cruz County and Silicon Valley, reflecting its strong support for local businesses.
NFW is a circularity platform for plastic-free performance materials. NFW follows three Ground Rules in everything we develop: start well, stay clean, end well. While nearly everything in the built world relies on some type of plastic that began as crude oil and that will become plastic pollution, we are establishing a new material reality. We believe all materials should begin and end as nutrients, ready for the next growth cycle—true circularity. Our multi-material platform serves a wide range of industries—from fashion and footwear to automotive and upholstery. NFW technology embeds seamlessly into existing supply chains, enabling the worlds most iconic brands to design and scale products with high-performance, plastic-free materials. NFW makes global brands more sustainable, empowering them to create without plastics. Alongside the boldest brands and visionary designers, we are pioneering a naturally circular, post-oil economy.
SMSI is a small business providing management and technical/engineering services to the DOE/NNSA, national laboratories, and industrial clients. Our work with nuclear facility operations and safety has set the standard for excellence. We are the resource for highly technical engineering and nuclear safety basis development, review, and implementation at the national laboratories. SMSI has a demonstrated record of success providing superior people developing and implementing innovative solutions, delivering projects on time and within budget. We build productive relationships by being highly responsive to our customers. Operations began in 2000 with headquarters in Albuquerque, NM, and currently operating offices in Los Alamos, NM and Oak Ridge, TN.
AXIS Automation is an industry leading manufacturing company backed by over 35 years of experience and global reach. We provide a wide range of innovative automated decorating and finishing solutions for the baking and snack food industry. Our drive is our customers. Weve worked with over 400 clients, including Fortune 100 and 500 companies around the world, to perfect their product and streamline their process for greater output and less waste. We are committed to providing reliable, accurate, and efficient systems that deliver better quality product at higher production rates and lower cost. PRECISION With our machinery, consistency and quality always come first. When your product comes out just as expected, every time, you waste fewer ingredients and save more money. Our engineers work with the unique requirements of your product to achieve accurate and precise decorating and finishing solutions. FLEXIBILITY When we design our equipment, we keep in mind that giving you more possibilities allows you more control over your product. Thats why we incorporate flexibility of use into all of our machines so that you can manage which ingredients you use, application rates and production volume. INNOVATION Working with AXIS means finding the solution to your unique production requirements and achieving the consistency and accuracy your product demands. Each machine is designed with both functionality and footprint in mind to streamline your process at an economical and eco-friendly price, ensuring you the highest return on investment. The success of our customers is the result of our dedication to the precision, flexibility and innovation of our equipment that is Built to Last and Designed to Deliver.™