NTIC-Northern Technologies International Corporation

Northern Technologies International Corporation is in the business of converting unique environmentally beneficial material science into value added products and services for industrial and consumer applications.



NTIC was founded in 1970 in Linolakes,Minnesota. It was started as an oil analyzer instrument business. Later on it expanded to corrosion inhibiting products and corrosion control management services.NTIC is certified to both ISO 9001:Quality Management andISO 14001:Environmental Management Standards. It recently started biodegradable plastics and renewable resource engineering plastics as an extension.

These are the various plants initiated by the National Technologies International Corporation.

Corrosion Management Solutions
Zerust Excor is the greatest firm in the world regarding the corrosion prevention products and the corrosion management services. www.zerust.com


Turning Waste Plastics into Renewable Energy
Polymer Energy is the plant which gives highly efficient and economical process to convert waste plastic into energy. It also won many awards and pocess ISO certifications.www.polymerenergy.com


Biobased and Biodegradable Products

Nature-Tec is the proprietary bio-based and biodegradable plastics and products tailored for single-use disposable consumer and industrial packaging, and durable industrial engineering plastics applications.www.natur-tec.com

Innovative Solutions for Oil, Gas, and Process Chemical Industries
This is a part of the Zerust Excor company which deals with the corrosion and control services and the products.
www.zerust-oilgas.com

Companies like NTIC are best examples of the grreen companies and firms that support the eco friendly concepts and green technologies to prevent our planet from unsustainable state and help to reduce the destruction of the our nature and the wonderful environment which is at the verge of destruction and dilapilation due to the various human activities and the technological advancements.

X-Rider eletric ride

X-treme green Products Inc. introduces the new eco green electric motorcycle called the X-Rider.It is assumed to be one of the best electric ride around.This machine can travel up to 95 miles for a single charge.It can speed up to 65 miles per hour.This is efficient but powerful engine drived vehicle.It got a 4000 watt - 72 volt proprietary hub motor which can carry a load of about 330 pounds.

The battery system is Proprietary, computerized Battery Management System for safety and long life which is of the Lithium ion battery which last for nearly 7 years or 2000 charges.It is 40 Amp Hour, 72 Volt Lithium Ion (LFP) Battery System.It takes about 2 to 3 hours forone complete charging from empty. The ride is about 6.5 feet long with 4.5 feet wheel base. The motorcycle is beautifully designed with front and rear disc brakes.

Xtreme Green Products

Xtreme Green Products, Inc., is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based eco-vehicle company developing revolutionary, green electric powered, land and watercraft.Under the logo, “Xtreme Green”, these green powered products include extreme sports vehicles such as Jetboards, jet skis, ATVs, and snowmobiles as well as everyday products such as motorcycles, light trucks, police mobility vehicles, motor scooters, go carts, people movers, and golf cars.

Gadgets go green at CES

The world recognize the importance of the greenery of our planet and the dangers coming for avoiding that.The best example is that the international Consumer Electronics Show, the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics, starting Monday in Las Vegas, dedicating 3,000 square feet of floor space and companiestouting the energy-saving, earth-friendly attributes of their gadgets.

There will be numerous amount of green gadgets and products which comes to this show which can range from "eco-buttons" that reduce your computer's power consumption, e-lanterns that produce an hour's worth of light if you crank them for a minute, luminous TV screens that use far less energy than standard TVs and even mercury-free batteries that are 94 percent recyclable.


One of the 2,700 exhibitors at the International Consumer Electronics Show will be Japan's Fujitsu Ltd., which will show off a laptop with a plastic case made from corn rather than petroleum products. The company has sold such a model in Japan since 2006, but is now considering taking it to the North American market

Another important company which comes into role here is Z-Power, which has developed a battery technology that it hopes will replace the lithium-ion batteries that power today's laptops and cell phones. Its silver-zinc batteries will show up in laptops from a ''major'' manufacturer in the summer, according to the Camarillo, Calif., company's chief executive, Ross Dueber.

Green peace's assessment of about 50 electronics products found Lenovo Group Ltd's L2440x wide computer monitor, Sharp Corp's LC-52GX5TV, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 's F268 mobile phone, Nokia's 6210 smartphone and Toshiba Machine Co Ltd's Portege R600 laptop were the greenest in their categories.


Samsung Electronics introduced a flat- screen TV that uses 40 percent less energy because it uses light-emitting diode technology rather than the traditional cathode lamps. LG Electronics Inc devoted part of its CES display to showcasing green products, including a Bluetooth solar car kit and recyclable packaging materials.Toshiba showcased an ion battery designed for bicycle maker Schwinn's electronic bike, which gives up to 30 miles on a single charge.

This year, manufacturers are also touting the energy efficiency of their products to draw consumers who are spending fewer dollars on discretionary products due to the recession.Anyway the gadgets are going to be more greener this year.Even the show itself is changed to green the show this year as changes include working with CarbonFund.org to offset the emissions created by the show, including exhibition space, shuttle buses and 600,000 hotel rooms. 75% of the food containers and utensils used at the Las Vegas Convention Center will be fully biodegradable, attendee literature will be printed on recycled paper, and the number of recycling containers on the floor will be increased.

Recycled dress and jewellery

The recycled products are always of prime importance for us as these products are made from materials that otherwise will be wasted and would be a head ache for the trash managements.The recycled products are more on the daily using stuff which would be very attractive as well as economical in the ways.The recycled products can be called more or less as green products itself.Because anything that help us tomake our earth more greener can be called as a green product.Here let us check out some of the interesting recycled products.

1.Gowns and dress from recycled materials.

This beautiful ball gown was made from the recycled men's ties.Nobody would have thought that old trash ties could be used for such a beautiful purpose which can make dress for the ladies.

Another amazing creation from the recycled materials.This gown is made with approximately 12,000 pieces of crushed glass which were individually clued to a 1930s style ball gown made from upholstery fabric remnants.No one can stop admiring its beauty.


This is another beautiful work of art from the recycled materials.this green product is made from colorful junk mail which was folded into fans and sewn onto a skirt and dress made of scrap canvas.


Created by the awesome and talented Jamie K. McIntosh from twisted Textiles.This dress is made from waste sheets of plastic film which were recently used to protect the pieces of plexi glasses.This is the best made use of plastic ever.

2.Earings from recycled aluminum

Tornado

This little piece of aluminum can be mould to such a wonderful jewellery is a good art of work and a great push for the green products revolution.

Hearts

Multi-Discs

Made from recycled aluminum. Aluminum doesn’t tarnish like silver often does. Reasonably priced eco-friendly good looks!The prices are as follows.
Hearts: $20.00
Tornados: $32.00
Multi-Discs: $48.00

Recycled Green Products

Recycled products are called green products with surety.Every product which is made from the recycled materials are of great importance to us.Each recycled products reduce some amount of the garbage waste from the surface of the earth. Also the utilization of the raw materials are taken care of with the maximum extend.

Here we are listing some of the recycled products which are very cheap and adorable.

1.Jewelery from wire industry


What about a bangle from the wiring industry.This one you can't avoid to look at.It will be the most precious recycled bangles.These area kind of bangles with resistors and transistors and wires.There are necklaces also.


2.Recycled Handbags

Every day using things like handbags are very common in the recycled products which can be economical as well as attractive.Here are some of the recycled handbag collection.This one is made from the coconut shells and husk.It is more attractive as well as hard and reliable than other ones of its contemporaries.

This handbag is made from the old telephone books and directories.It is best method to dispose the unnecessary directories and the paper books.



This one as seen in the picture is made from the old magazines and the weeklies. So it can be made in such a way that it can be designed with good pictures and the designs.

3.Recycled Brazillian Hats and bags


Crafted from tarps that once covered the beds of cross-country cargo trucks, this fabric has endured every kind of rain, heat, and wind. Since these tarps gets replaced often, one company, The Real Deal, found a way to re-purpose this stylish fabric and keep it out of the waste stream.These were used to make the stylish brazillian hats and the bags.

More Green Dog Products

Here are some more green dog products that can make your dog more greener.....

1.Organic Cotton Quilted Car Seat Cover

Now there won't be no fear oabout dismantling your car cushion by your pet dog.Harry Barker Organic cotton squilted car seat cover for pets comes to your rescue.These 100% organic cotton, azo-free dyed car seat covers protect your car's interior from dirt and pet hair. Lightly padded, the seat cover stays put with 1" Velcro straps that attach around head rest and bench seat legs. Another 1" nylon safety strap attaches in back at the middle. The seat cover is machine washable.

2.Freeze Dried Treats - Pot Roast


This is a product from Grandma's Luzy's.These treats are freeze-dried meatballs. Grandma Lucy's pet treats are formulated to give your dog a great tasting, healthy alternative to processed pet treats.They claim that whatever ingrediants they use are USD approved meat to fresh herbs which makes not only the food tasty but also good for health.It is a 10 oz pack with $8.99 price.

3.Earthbath All Natural Shampoo

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It is a good news for the dog groomers as these shampoo can make your pet hair more fluffy and soft and you can feel them on your fingers.These shampoos are scented so that your pets won't stink any more.These are all natural green product for the good of your dogs.There are a lot of flavours in which the shampoo comes

Ingredients:
Purified water, natural cleansers, aloe vera, olive oil squalene. All ingredients are natural, 100% biodegradable, and gentle for humans & animals.

The description of the various flavours given by the company........
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Mango Tango Shampoo & Conditioner in One
With the irresistible scent of exotic tropical mangoes, this exceptionally mild shampoo adds brilliance and shine while the extra-gentle conditioner softens and detangles.

Oatmeal & Aloe Shampoo
Oatmeal and aloe are recommended by veterinarians to effectively combat skin irritation, promote healing, and re-moisturize dry skin. Combine these natural wonders with vanilla and almond oils and your pet will smell as good as she feels and looks.

Eucalyptus & Peppermint Shampoo
The fragrant oils from eucalyptus trees and peppermint plants help relieve pets of their most common topical skin problems while acting to cool and relieve irritated skin associated with flea bites and other dermatitis. Great for everyday use.

Tea Tree Oil & Aloe Vera Shampoo
Natural anti-inflammatory oils and soothing emollients help speed the healing of itchy, chafed skin and hot spots caused by flea bites, dandruff, or other dermatitis. Your pet will be healthier and happier after just one use.

Light Color Coat Brightener Shampoo
Lavender-scented brilliance enhancer adds extra sparkle to light-colored coats. Natural minerals, known as optical brighteners, combine with lavender oil to leave your pet's coat shiny, bright, soft, and smelling naturally fresh. ""

Item # Description Price 253001 Mango Tango Shampoo & Conditioner $14.89 253002 Oatmeal & Aloe Shampoo $17.69 253003 Eucalyptus & Peppermint Shampoo $14.89 253004 Tea Tree Oil & Aloe Vera Shampoo $14.89 253005 Light Color Coat Brightener Shampoo $14.89

All the above said products are described according to the manufacturer displayed qualities and every one seems to be organic and purely natural with the features of the green dog products.

Green dog products

What about spending some dollars for the green products for your pet dogs.Why should you hesitate to buy a green product for your dog.It also makes our dog greener and more natural.

1.Ruff Rider Dog Safety Harness

Here is the first green product which makes your dog feel more safe while you are driving with your pet.Ruff Rider's Roadie Canine Vehicle Safety/Training Harness keeps the dog you love safe while you are driving, braking or turning and affords the best protection in extreme situations.It easily attaches to any vehicle's seatbelt system, and it includes a built-in short walking lead for all-around use.The Roadie Elite Dog Safety Harness is tested to US human seatbelt standards.The price will come around only $40.

2.Organic Blueberry Biscuits

Grandma Lucy's biscuits are 100% USDA organic ,baked with human -grade ingredients all originating in the United States or canada.

Ingrediants:Organic Wheat flour,organic dehydrated cane juice,organic soyabean and organic sunflower and organic canola oil,organic rice starch,organic blueberry,organic vanilla extract.

3.Chilly Dog fair trade sweaters

Now don't let your dogs go out in winter with coldness.chilly Dog Fair Trade sweaters are here for their rescue.Variety of colors and quality is the advantage of these sweaters.Each sweaters is made from 100% wool and was crafted in the Northern Highlands of South America by descendants of the Inca Indians. The Incas have handed down the craft of knitting through many generations. Chilly Dog directly employs two families to knit their sweaters and practices within the guidelines of Fair Trade.

Mini Kin Green Power Generator

The very first non conventional source of energy which will comes into our mind is that of the solar energy of course.But on cloudy and rainy days its of no use.So here comes our next alternative wind power.Solar energy battery chargers are so common nowadays but wind powered battery chargers are not.So this is a new one.Mini Kin green Power Generator comes to play the role over here.

The main advantage of this battery charger is that it can be clipped onto anything that can be clipped.It can be clipped on to your arm or your bicycle,windows or somewhere else. So if you are going for a bicycle ride or an evening walk you can just make use of the green potential using this Mini Kin Green Power Generator.It also can be clipped onto your windows or something ,rest will be carried out by your wind.If your phone need some charge you can attach the mobile to this device.60 mins attached to this charger can provide you with up to 150 mins of call time.This adds practically nothing to your carbon footprint, unless you charge the battery pack using the USB connection.

Mobile phones of Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorola x2, iPhone all are compatible with the charger.All the mp3 players including iPods can be charged with the device.PDA's Blackberrys and most of the digital cameras can be charged using this charger.In general anything with a mini USB port can be charged using this wonderful instrument with the help of wind power.So try to be clean and green in your ways of life.Let this small device may help you to do so.

Cool Green Gadets

4-in-1 Water Powered Multifunction Clock

This 4-in-1 Alarm clock runs on a replaceable water battery. Upright, it displays the time, day and date. Rotate the clock 90 degrees and it displays the alarm settings; rotate 90 degrees again and the clock shows the countdown timer; rotate a final time and it shows the temperature. Amazing is it?Yes all the green gadgets can now be called cool gadgets as they deserve it.

Water Powered Calculator
Is it a cool thing to hear that a calculator can work on water.Yes it is true that the calculator works on water.We just need to fill some water after a while to use our wonderful calculator through its antenna.

Its working can be said as this.Two electrodes consisting of specially formulated alloys, one positive the other negative, are immersed in water. As soon as water comes in contact with both electrodes an electrochemical reaction takes place resulting in the production of electrical energy.


Shake TorchAnother wonderful equipment that can actually reduce the pressure for the energy source on non renewable sources.This is shake torch.You need only to shake a few times to get light.Yes it will get charged through shaking.15-30 sec shaking can give you a 5 minutes light.It is absolutely
maintenance free gadget which deserve the name cool green gadget.The Shake Torch is waterproof, floats if dropped overboard, visible for up to a mile!


All these gadgets can be proudly called our cool green gadgets .Is it??
Yes all these devices don't use any non renewable resources for the source of energy.

Canon Digital Rebel XT-the new green gadget

You know what, like the famous animated film Ratotuile saying any one can cook I would like to rephrase it as any thing can go green.The best example is this little camera Canon Digital Rebel XT.It is a clear example of green gadgets or green product or eco friendly device.

It uses 35 percent less power than the 300D model, due to its low-power circuit design. In addition, it's 13 percent lighter.

specifications:

• Price as Tested: $999.99 List
• Type: D-SLR
• Megapixels: 8 MP
• Maximum Resolution: 3456 x 2304 pixels
• Media Format: Compact Flash
• Battery Type Supported:Lithium Ion
  
• Included Batteries: Yes
• Interface: USB 2.0
  
• Video Record and Playback: No
• 35-mm Equivalent (Wide): 28
• 35-mm Equivalent (Telephoto): 88

Nine custom functions

• Customizable SET button
• Control noise reduction
• Flash sync speed in Av mode
• Shutter button / AE button
• AF-assist beam control
• Selectable 0.3 or 0.5 EV exposure steps
• Mirror lock-up
• E-TTL II mode
• Flash shutter curtain sync (1st or 2nd)

If even Canon thinks about the eco friendly effects or the products Its a green signal to all of the companies and firms to turn their interest on the eco friendly green design of the future.

Aleutia E2 -the power saving computer

Do you people realize how much power is mugged up by your PC?.It can go up to 500w of electricity.
Here is the solution for all your worries regarding the expensive electricity bills which often give you an electric shock whose lion's share is your so called computing device PC.Aleutia E2 is introduced keeping in the mind of the power consumption details.It takes only a few watts ,precisely 8W which is only a 2% of the actual consumption of a standard PC.

The computer uses solid-state memory cards rather than hard drives for
storage, no high energy consuming CD or DVD drives, and uses energy efficient
memory and processors. Aleutia runs at 500MHz with 1GB of RAM which can be considered a better performance with the existing technology.It can run all the basic applicatios like firefox and open office and all in the ubuntu Linux.The new release contains a windows XP version with a wifi enabled one.Its size is about only 11.5cm x 11.5cm x 3.5cm.of course it won't be a very efficient in streming videos like in the youtube or in google earth.
But it would be a very good for any other common applications like word processing or blogging or mailing.


Aleutia inttroduced its first PC Aleutia E1 keeping the mind of thee developing countries where power supply is not adequate.It had the solar cells even.Als this PC will be of course a very good example for green product or so called green gadgets.It doesn't take too much of resources for its construction also.
For more information log on to aleutia.com.

Green Cycler

We all know this is a situation of global crisis for food as most of the asian and african countries are consuming lions share of the food produced.At this stage of inflation and price hiking there is a high need of avoid the food wastage.The food wastage i9s one of the most unacceptable move in this situation.


Here I would like to introduce an interesting gadget called GREEN CYCLER.It is a gadget used to recycle the wasted or abandonrd food.It can helps to create fertilizers from the waste food to help the growth of some other vegetable plants.Yes it is a concept of recycling food to produce more food.there won't be any odour .Don't worry about that,because air and the soil will absorb it.

Amazing isn't it?Why can't we do our part in reducing food crisis which is becoming a global issue which needs solution. If each one of us think in this way there won't be any food shortage problem to sort out.This is a device or product which uses the concept of food recycling mechanism.All the recycling methods used are of green importance to us.It can actually make the concept of reuse.

Dell Vostro comes with the greenest monitor

We are all in the campaign of getting back the greenery of our earth.Greenery now has a broader meaning not only indicating the forest.Yes it means the new trend of living without destroying our mother earth.So all of us must play our part in that.Here Dell once again showing their respect for the green technology
with its introduction of new desktop Vostro 410 with its greenest monitor.

Dell has announced its first EPEAT Gold-certified monitor, the 20-inches E207. The monitor has earned EPEAT's highest recognition in terms of environmental impact as at least 25 percent of the plastic used in the monitor is recycled says the reports. The monitor comes with a HDCP-ready DVI port and a 1,680 x 1,050 (WSXGA+) resolution.

Apart from the green monitor it satisfies all the new features that must be in a new desktop.It comes with the Intel Core 2 Quad processors,512 MB graphi9cs card and 800 MHz system memory. It can go upto 3TB of local storage and memory with a space to include four hard drives in its body.It has more expansion slots and more bays holding up to six PCIe/PCI cards.

Cool Green Products

Here are some more cool green products for you.........

Mini Sun power

This is a special type of voltage stabilizer which reduces the power usage from 10 to 20 %.IT can improve the efficiency and power factor of the electricity we use.This device has a particular feature to store electricity for 5 to 10 secs.It also helps in reducing the heating of electrical wiring. It also reduces the reactive power generated by inductive loads.One unit of this power saver can reduce the consumption of electricity by 3 to 4kwh.It would be more useful where the voltage fluctuation is more.

Voltaic backup


Tired of stopping for charging your mobile devices while you are on a journey.Here is the solution.The new Voltaic systems product voltaic backup is a bag packed with solar panels to solve the problem of charging.This bag can be used for charging your devices and is able to deliver a power up to 4 watts.This uses Li ion battery so that we can even charge the devices even though its a cloudy day also just like in the solar powered houses.

TED energy detector

This is a most popular complete real time electricity usage monitoring system.Designed for a typical North American residence with a single 200-amp (max) service panel.This monitor helps us to regulate and use our power consumption effectively and suitably.We will get the finite details of the power usage.Any step to reduce or save sources of energy like electricity can be considered as a green concept or greening our life.