New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program Pairs Inventors with National Labs

Northern New Mexico forests are characterized predominantly by small (i.e. around 10 cm diameter), densely populated conifers. Land managers, both private and government, often thin the forests to reduce the risks from wildland fire. Thinned residues typically amount to approximately 20 to 50 tons per acre. With no obvious market use for these small thinning residues, they are presently either discarded on the ground, or burnt as waste. Through a small business assistance initiative, Sandia National Laboratories is helping to identify and promote process improvements. Several productive uses of the residues have been evaluated, and are presented. The concept of a mobile pyrolysis unit is presently being examined in more detail for several pragmatic reasons. It could remove a significant fraction of the mass as a dense liquid that could be shipped to a refinery for conversion to a fossil fuel additive or substitute. Also, it is a process that is sufficiently well self contained that it could be reasonably sized for a mobile system. Present issues with the concept are addressed, including yield, benefit, and cost.

Summary of Work Performed for Beyond Laundry Inc, Fall 2018, A New Mexico Small Business Assistance Project

10.2172/1485382 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Mark Leonide Bibeault

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Small Business ◽

Assistance Project

NIOSH Small Business Assistance Program.

10.26616/nioshpub2019150 ◽

2019 ◽

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Assistance Program

2017 New Mexico Small Business Owner Survey: Hispanic Supplement

10.26419/res.00218.002 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Brittne Nelson

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Small Business ◽

Business Owner ◽

Small Business Owner

Small Business Assistance Program.

10.26616/nioshpub2016145 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Assistance Program

2017 New Mexico Small Business Owner Survey

10.26419/res.00218.001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Brittne Nelson

Keyword(s):

New Mexico ◽

Small Business ◽

Business Owner ◽

Small Business Owner

Small Business Assistance Program.

10.26616/nioshpub2018164 ◽

2018 ◽

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Assistance Program

Small Business Assistance Program.

10.26616/nioshpub2017163 ◽

2017 ◽

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Assistance Program

Perancangan dan Realisasi Produk Petit-Pot Bersama UMKM Rattancious

Wikrama Parahita Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat ◽

10.30656/jpmwp.v3i1.1176 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 27

Author(s):

Sabrina Versika Gosang ◽

Finalia Finalia ◽

Elizabeth Gina Mitayanny Salim

Keyword(s):

Small Business ◽

Market Share ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Product Innovation ◽

Service Program ◽

Assistance Program ◽

Business Partners ◽

Multiplier Effect ◽

Service Activities ◽

Made In

The purpose of the service program is to develop small businesses that are economically independent with creative and innovative ideas. The business partners in this program are small business MSMEs that produce local wicker-based handicrafts named Rattancious which was founded by Erick Budiman Soetanto. The problems faced by partners are the lack of product innovation with the mindset of less innovative small entrepreneurs, lack of market share and promotional activities, lack of understanding of management management and allocation of operational funds. The method of implementing service activities is in the form of assistance to optimize management management with creative and innovative ideas and entrepreneurial values. The results achieved are the creation of Petit-Pot which is a local rattan-based handicraft product made from creative ideas of collaboration with partners. Petit-pot is a mini-sized container made of rattan where the pot is made in the form of simplification of cute and cute animals. This assistance program is expected to be able to facilitate the development of partner businesses and then be able to provide a multiplier effect for similar businesses and other related businesses.