Originally published: October 10, 2018
Innovation Park is proud to announce that one of its former incubation companies, Tandem Technical, was recently named a finalist in the Fast Company 2018 World Changing Ideas in the Energy category for carbon recycling. The company and its founder, Jerry Flynn, collaborated with several of the Park’s partners in 2016 and 2017 to develop early funding and partnerships to prove out Tandem’s carbon-dioxide emissions technology.
About Fast Company’s 2018 World Changing Ideas Awards
Fast Company’s second-annual World Changing Ideas Awards drew nearly 1,400 submissions in 12 categories; 240 entries made it to the final round of judging. These awards celebrate the businesses, policies and non-profit organizations that are helping shift society to a more sustainable and equitable future.
About Tandem Technical
Tandem is a startup helping greenhouse gas emitters across multiple industries capture and convert pollution from a liability into an asset. It’s patented process recycles carbon dioxide emissions into marketable calcium carbonate byproducts, used in products ranging from health supplements to paint, toothpaste, fertilizer and building materials. Tandem is benefiting from significant cross-sector partnership and collaboration to rapidly commercialize and scale its clean technology innovation, and meet an exploding global market demand while at the same time making a major impact on industrial pollution.