Designing support for manufacturing SMEs approaching ecodesign and cleaner production - Learning from UK survey results

Proceedings of the 13th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 281-286

  Woolman, Tim ^a   Veshagh, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cleaner production; Drivers; Ecodesign; Environmental; Manufacturing; SME; Survey

Indexed keywords

ECODESIGN; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURVEYING; SURVEYS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

BARRIERS; CLEANER PRODUCTION; DESIGN CRITERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL; EXTERNAL FUNDING; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PRODUCT INNOVATION; WARWICK MANUFACTURING GROUPS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 80052115198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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