Most salespeople love to be active—out in their territories, seeing people, solving problems, putting deals together. This activity orientation is one of the necessary characteristics of a sales personality. A day sitting behind a desk is their idea of purgatory.

Projects in all industries and of all sizes are complicated, ever-changing, almost organic endeavors. From the initial planning stage through to project closing, a myriad of decisions determine a project’s success or failure.

Over the last 10 years, patent pendency measured from U.S. filing date until allowance of a patent application has been just over three years.

Many manufacturing companies and executives are looking for ways to differentiate their processes, products and services while competing to win customers and market share.

Rio Tinto will begin mining big data at its Analytics Excellence Centre in Pune, India, to enhance equipment productivity across its global operations.

Acme Brick Co.’s free app, Acme Brick Vision, allows users to view the company’s brick product line on both residential and commercial building elevations, or as a brick sample in a close-up view.

A new video detailing Washington Mills’ 100% closed-loop recycling process for spent aluminum oxide is now available on the company’s website.

A new landmark building in downtown Miami is saving energy and making a dramatic architectural statement using dynamically tintable SageGlass®, a product of Saint-Gobain.

A worldwide supplier of precision-machined industrial graphite components provides parts in a variety of shapes and sizes for use in multiple industries, including mining, aerospace, transportation and power generation.

Our editorial team will evaluate all of the nominations and choose a winner (to be announced in the June issue of CI)!