In our latest blog post, we feature an interview with Andy Stevenson, a trailblazer in the sustainable industrial transition. Andy shares his journey from Tesla to the founding team at Redwood Materials, emphasizing the crucial role of battery recycling. Currently leading the commercial team at Twelve, he discusses the company's strategic pivot to producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and the decision-making processes behind it. Andy's insights highlight the importance of innovative CO2 reduction technologies and the need for strategic site selection and government incentives in driving sustainable solutions.

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Today, We'll discuss why the first step in planning an industrial reawakening should be integrating operational strategy with financial engineering. This piece is the positioning post for a series of future interviews with industrial leaders on how they shaped their operational strategy to open additional sources of capital. In essence, how they built their manufacturing operation to acccess a thoughtfully curated and diverse capital stack.

As we walked into Commonwealth Fusion’s giant magnet manufacturing facility, I couldn’t help but reflect on my own beginnings when I first found my way into the newly acquired Tesla factory in Fremont, California. The challenge of transforming the vast 5.2 million square feet into Tesla’s production powerhouse for the Model S was as daunting as it was exhilarating.

With the growing number of startups entering the manufacturing field, it is important we share these hard-won insights. As we get the NextGen Industry Group off the ground, I invite you to join and tell us about the hard-won lessons you’ve learned as we pursue a new kind of advanced manufacturing excellence together.