ChopValue is a pioneer in the circular economy and a model of sustainability, creating useful, attractive, and long-lived products not by harvesting woodlands but by diverting ubiquitous waste material from landfills. Distributed manufacturing in local microfactories simplifies logistics, minimizes transport miles for both raw materials and finished products thereby ensuring the smallest possible carbon footprint, and creates local jobs.

Course Correctors is our series of exhibits confronting negative aspects of industry’s legacy by spotlighting companies whose people, processes, and/or products seek to profitably mitigate at scale historically destructive effects that various industries have had on our world.

A visual chronicle of two centuries of industrial history from Boston Manufacturing Company to Francis Cabot Lowell Mill

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This collection of images captures the evolution of the Boston Manufacturing Company site, its long-standing buildings, and the structures lost to time. Together these images create a timelapse of the mill as it was and what it became, its impact on the landscape and the city of Waltham.

A CUT ABOVE THE COMPETITION:
The Precision Surgical Products of the RUDOLPH BEAVER COMPANY

With many original artifacts, We tell the story of Rudolph Beaver’s journey, leaving his comfortable position with Gillette to pursue his innovative vision.

His company, whose impact has grown over the course of nearly a century, is now an important global specialty manufacturer.

Virtual Mini Tour:
The Waltham Watch Collection
”Time to Get a Watch” a six-part video tour exploring the innovations of the Waltham Watch Company

Measurement
With contributions and assistance from many of his Museum Volunteer colleagues, this exhibit was curated by Robert W. Timmerman, PE