POTSDAM — FuzeHub recently awarded seven collaborative projects through its Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund, including one to Clarkson University and KLAW Industries.

Clarkson University and KLAW Industries are partnering with FuzeHub to bring a new recycling technology leveraging artificial intelligence to market in the Southern Tier.

KLAW Industries is expanding to alternative recycling markets to source waste glass for use in high-performance, low-carbon concrete projects with the New York State Department of Transportation and the City of Binghamton.

The partnership builds on federal investment by the Environmental Protection Agency to overhaul the recycling industry and demonstrates FuzeHub's ability to help scale industry-changing technologies.

FuzeHub is a not-for-profit organization providing small to medium-sized manufacturers with guided access to an extensive network of industry experts, programs, and resources to solve business growth challenges.

The Innovation Fund, consisting of more than $1 million annually, supports a set of activities designed to spur technology development and commercialization across New York State and is made possible through funding and support from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA).  

As part of the Fund, FuzeHub offers Manufacturing Grants to New York State not-for-profit organizations, including higher education institutions, that propose innovative projects in partnership with a New York State small to medium-sized manufacturer. Project categories cover adoption of new technology to enhance a process and/or product, prototype development, design for manufacturing, proof-of-concept manufacturing, certain equipment purchases, manufacturing scale-up, and other projects to advance manufacturing capabilities.