Simple economics have been pushing manufacturers to find less energy-intensive ways to make things, and companies that make the machinery to power a greener economy are benefiting too. “You go where the dollars go,” sums up Elfrun von Koeller, an analyst with Boston Consulting Group. “Trillions of dollars of value creation will move into renewable spaces.” Take the oldest enterprise on Fast Company’s list of the most innovative companies in manufacturing, Timken. The Ohio-based ball-bearings... Read this story
