Kevin Karpinski is dying to make things. As President and CEO of the
Pine Needle People, an ambitious bio refinery and manufacturing company, Karpinski is ready to get his product in the marketplace for many reasons. "We can help the economy, help feed more people, and help farmers," Karpinski says.
The Pine Needle People, or PNP, are Karpinski, Waylon Sanford, Mansour Ashtiani, and Nader Ashtiani. By trade, they represent a variety of fields: chemical and manufacturing engineering, urban planning and infrastructure, and bio matter technology. The team has developed a number of products intended for patenting, the most prominent being the Cellulosic Residue Refinery for Advanced Manufacturing, or CRRAM.
"CRRAM essentially allows us to make products from agricultural scraps; we take corn stalks to carbon fiber," Karpinski explains. The refinery system allows PNP to create a Bio Energy Pathway system, which is a sidewalk system manufactured from biomaterials produced by the CRRAM. Karpinski hopes to have the pathway system in production soon.
Things are ramping up for PNP as they work with investors and industry. Karpinski anticipates being able to hire 30 to 50 employees over the next 2 to 3 years.
Source: Kevin Karpinski, Pine Needle People
Writer: Veronica Gracia-Wing, Innovation News.
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