We need your vote! Carbonixx is in the running for a grant from Chase and we need a few more people to vote for us. Your vote will help Carbonixx save endangered elephants, rhinos, tortoises, and forests, plus put disabled US military veterans to work. It’s simple and takes only a minute, so please vote now. Please visit https://missionmainstreetgrants/business/detail/131414 and click VOTE. If you have to input a company name, please input Carbonixx and then be sure to click VOTE at the next screen. THANK YOU!!!! The Carbonixx Story Carbonixx is a social entrepreneurship company focused on saving endangered species through advanced materials science applied initially to musical products. We also hire paraplegic US military veterans who are paralyzed and in wheelchairs, giving them the ability to operate custom machinery designed for people with limited use of their upper bodies. Instruments of the violin and guitar family and woodwinds are usually constructed from rare woods: endangered species like pernambuco; ebony, which has toxicity and scarcity issues; and old growth forest maple and spruce. Extinct or endangered animal by-products like mammoth tusk, ivory, and tortoise shell are often used. Illegal trafficking in these materials is on the climb. Wood species sought for instrument construction include old growth forest maple and spruce, typically a minimum of 100+ years old; ebony which has seen an increase in illegal logging for decades and is perpetuated by extreme poverty and government corruption; and cocobolo, Spanish cedar, Cuban mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Mexican mahogany, Madagascar rosewood, Brazilian rosewood, Mun ebony, Gaboon ebony, African walnut, Peruvian walnut, and Pau Ferro, all of which are utilized in modern instrument making. An international agreement between governments was formed in 1973 called the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species, or CITES for short. CITES has listed most of the previously mentioned species as restricted and endangered. Historically, violinmaking has been one of the most ecologically disastrous endeavors related to cultural expression. For example, makers use pernambuco, along with elephant tusk, walrus tusk and rhinoceros horn sourced ivory or tortoise shell and ebony to create tens of thousands of bows each year. Pernambuco, the wood used primarily for the construction of violin bows, is listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and it is cited in the official list of endangered flora of Brazil. In 2010, the export of pernambuco was banned by the Brazilian government, creating significant materials challenges in the bow-making industry which highly values this wood. The shortage of pernambuco has made the cost of such wood skyrocket and has since helped the illegal trade and non-wood, composite bow industry thrive. Wood poaching, the cutting down of old growth trees by thieves who then sell the wood on the grey market, has increased dramatically in recent years with some jurisdictions now designating dedicated patrols by officers and deputies in an effort to protect forests. Understanding these challenges, in 2000, we invested over $3.2 million to date investigating alternative materials for instrument and accessory construction. Meeting with and learning from leading instrument makers, my team developed the parameters of how to craft instruments and accessories in an ecologically friendly manner that would eliminate the need for endangered woods and animal by-products. The result is what we call Carbonixx, a proprietary carbon fiber based manufacturing process that also utilizes multi-density balsa wood, along with crystalline structures and resins to create an amazing acoustically resonant material. There is nothing else like it. Carbonixx uses proprietary advanced carbon fiber composites to replace these environmentally disastrous materials. The results of 9 years of scientific studies have led to a low cost manufacturing solution that can be adopted by makers and musicians around the world and that form the basis of Carbonixx products. With the Chase grant, Carbonixx can begin shifting manufacturers and consumers away from increasingly scarce materials. This will provide consistent acoustic results, slow the destruction of rare species and old growth forests, and lessen the environment impact of the slaughter of elephants, rhinoceroses and tortoises for instrument manufacture. The grant would let us bring to market guitar picks, bridge pins, and drum sticks online and at major retailers and bring manufacturing from Beijing, China to America, creating jobs and ensuring we can hire as many disabled veterans as possible. You can see the Carbonixx Blxx drums and Storyline Stxx drumsticks here: youtu.be/jIK4ycmgzwg and the Carbonixx Pxx guitar packs here youtu.be/UuAZLzctFcY Press release prlog.org/12234638-carbonixx-seeks-votes-from-facebook-members-for-chase-mission-main-street-grants.html Thank you for your vote. Bill
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:12:04 +0000
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