Worcester Business Journal

14 Worcester Business Journal | April 3, 2023 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G E X C E L L E N C E A W A R D S THANK YOU... Worcester Business Journal for awarding BMP Medical with the "Manufacturing Excellence Award 2023" for its collaborative work with its customer, Rhinostics®, in manufacturing a new fully plastic nasal swab for its automated analytical system. Multiscale Systems relies on geometry to create products with lower carbon footprints A t just five years old, Multiscale Systems has already made its mark on the world of research and development. Multiscale Systems is a small- er Worcester company contracting with NASA, the U.S. Department of Energy, and a number of other federal institutions. e company focuses on creating advanced materials, such as its MetaCORE material, as it tries to reach its goal of a low-carbon future, with improvements in transportation being where its efforts have led them. MetaCORE, otherwise known as metamaterial composites, are a patent- ed material created with a wide range of uses in mind, allowing more extreme responses to external forces, energy absorption, temperature control, and a minimization of vibrations. MetaCORE relies on geometry to make it work, rather than a chemical reaction, which helps its flexibility and its potential to be used with just about anything that may require this material, as the base can range from traditional materials like metals, composites, and polymers to paper, if necessary. Now focused on the transportation sector, MetaCORE material is being used to reduce more than 1,500 pounds of weight off of semi-trailers by replac- ing conventional foam and honeycomb BY KAITLIN YAZBEK Special to WBJ Multiscale CEO Jesse Silverberg (right) and Chief Technology Officer Art Evans study one of the company's composites.

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