Brentwood company recycles oil from used asphalt shingles

By Michael McCord
business@seacoastonline.com

January 29, 2012 2:00 AM BRENTWOOD — A local company is on a profitable, green track to solve not one but two familiar problems — disposing of asphalt shingles and finding an affordable way to fill potholes.

Recycled Asphalt Shingles Technology LLC of Brentwood was founded in 2007 by Tom Zickell. The patented processes were the result of serious, angel investor-funded development since 2007, but the dilemma of properly disposing of and recycling asphalt shingles has been around for decades.

“Every year, millions of tons of asphalt shingles are torn off roofs and 90 percent end up in landfills. This is not good for the environment because they are not biodegradable,” said Bob Zickell, chief financial officer of RAS-Tech.
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Londonderry pharmacy puts focus on custom-made prescriptions


Published Jan 11, 2012

Pharmacist Jean Puleo and pharmacy technician Evelynne Kinsella held an official grand opening and ribbon cutting Tuesday at Londonderry Compounding Pharmacy, where some pharmaceutical products are custom-made for customers.

At the grand opening event, the public was invited to stop by and tour the facility. Guests were also treated to some of the facility’s custom concoctions, including handmade lip balms.
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Laurel Bistany, Executive Director of REDC, to be panelist at the Small Business Day on January 31, 2012

Small Business Day Agenda 2012

Resonetics Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Resonetics Opens New Facility



Resonetics, LLC. proudly announces the company’s relocation to a new facility in Nashua, NH. Because of the significant growth of its medical division, the new facility is 50% larger than the previous facility. Further expansion plans call for a doubling again by 2012; therefore, Resonetics has reserved surrounding space to accommodate this future growth.
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PSNH donates $25K to REDC’s business training center

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  • Pictured left to right:
  • David Bickford, Director of Customer Operations, PSNH
  • Laurel Bistany, Executive Director, REDC
  • Patrick McDermott, Economic and Community Development Manager, PSNH

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January 27, 2011
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from Public Service of New Hampshire, the Regional Economic Development Center is one step closer to developing a business training center, with a goal of providing a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs, existing businesses, lenders and community leaders seeking assistance to help them stimulate economic activities in their communities.

“This grant is being given by PSNH to the REDC business training center in the spirit of continuing our long term commitment to the diversification of New Hampshire’s economy and the economic prosperity of its communities,” said Pat McDermott, PSNH economic and community development manager.  
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Grant lets firm expand in Nashua

October 27, 2010

By CAMERON KITTLE Staff Writer
More jobs are coming to Nashua, and most are geared to benefit the lower middle class.

The local manufacturing company Resonetics, LLC has made plans to expand and will soon move into a new building on Simon Street in Nashua, which the company estimates will bring 25 new jobs in the next year and 103 total over the next five years.
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REDC facilitates grant for expanding Smuttynose Brewery

Smuttynose receives $250,000 federal grant for sewer extension
By Patrick Cronin
pcronin@seacoastonline.com

September 24, 2010 2:00 AM
HAMPTON — Smuttynose Brewery was recently awarded a $250,970 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce to aid the company in its efforts to construct a brewery in Hampton.

Town Manager Fred Welch said the economic development grant will be used to pay for sewer line extensions for its proposed facility on Towle Farm Road.

“The town sponsored the grant for the company last year,” said Welch. “The law requires that a town or city government apply for these grants. All we did is handle the paperwork from an outside party — to us — to the federal government.”
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Town to sponsor Nashua business

MERRIMACK – Help is on the way from across town lines for a Nashua manufacturing firm looking for a new home.

The Merrimack Town Council agreed Thursday to support a $500,000 grant for Resonetics LLC, a Nashua-based laser machinery manufacturer that is looking to move to a new Nashua office.

The company, which produces medical devices and other products, has outgrown its headquarters on Bud Way, near the Nashua airport. But it needed a local city or town to sponsor the application for the Community Development Block Grant to help secure the new office space.
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REDC awarded EPA grant

EXETER — The Rockingham Economic Development Corporation received a revolving loan fund grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. The $1 million award comes through the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2001, through which the EPA helps states and communities nationwide clean up and revitalize brownfield sites.

The EPA estimates there are more than 450,000 brownfield sites in the country.
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Ideas may help draw development money

NASHUA – One of the first stages in a new regional economic development plan concluded Wednesday at the Radisson Hotel Nashua.

Rockingham Economic Development Corp. held its fourth and final public visioning session to gather input from community members and economic leaders. The ideas will help drive the nonprofit’s update of its five-year plan for southern New Hampshire’s economic future.
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