Taking The Risk Out Of Hazard Management

Posted on December 8, 2015September 28, 2020

This article excerpted from Industry Today was written by Jay Bolus (President, Certification Services at MBDC) and explores why improving material health effects is a big part of modern product innovation.

“As we get more sophisticated in designing products from the molecule up, the opportunity to make products healthier during manufacturing, throughout product use, and into reclamation becomes absolutely critical – a whole new way to impact sustainability. The future of product innovation is really tied to assessing and improving the stuff they are made of so we have to look into measuring product health. But how…”

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