Archive for March, 2008

MMA Invests in CleanTech

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Through Mennonite Retirement Trust (MRT), MMA has investments in eight cleantech companies:

Consumer Powerline http://www.consumerpowerline.com/default.asp
Assists customers (inc. Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, and others) in energy asset management, particularly through increasing efficiency; the company collects no fees - it shares in the incremental savings or revenue it generates through efficiency measures.

Element Labs http://www.elementlabs.com/company
Provides LED lighting for the entertainment industry, which mostly uses inefficient incandescent lighting.

Powerit Solutions http://www.poweritsolutions.com/
Helps industrial customers manage their peak load demand to significantly lower energy costs.

SensorTran http://www.sensortran.com/
This company does distributed temperature sensing using fiber optics in many different industries including oil and gas (monitoring of down hole activity and pipeline integrity).

Agile Systems
Specialty electronic motor drives - more efficient, quieter, and longer lasting than conventional

Biroem
Biofilters for odor and volatile organic compounds

Orion
Efficient lighting systems and ancillary services for high-bay warehouse environments

Tiger Optics
Chemical sensors used in industries from medical diagnostics to environmental monitoring

These companies are not startups; rather, they are mature companies on the cutting edge of their fields and in the expansion stage of their operations. They are part of Expansion Capital’s CleanTech II fund, which MRT invests in through its alternative investment portfolio.

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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Hormel Dialogue

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008