BRAINTREE, Mass. (May 24, 2012) – Altra Holdings Inc., a global designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electromechanical power transmission products, was recently ranked No. 3 in Boston Globe’s  “100 Best Performing Public Companies in Massachusetts.” Altra, headquartered in Braintree, Mass., was the top industrial company on the 2012 list.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (May 16, 2012) – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces the 2012 state winners of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP)—the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project (see complete list below).

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program recently awarded $2 million to 25 companies in support of technology development toward sustainable solutions for the environment. The SBIR program is part of EPA’s Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress: An EPA Roadmap, which focuses on linking research and development, policy and finance.