For IndustryWeek’s 50th anniversary issue, thinkers and doers shared their prophecies for manufacturing’s next 50 years. They had big predictions about where tech will take us, how work will change, and how what matters today might be very different in 2070.
Industry Week: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
Consider the Lobster Trap
The Wall Street Journal
James Knott Pioneered Modern Lobster Traps and Fended Off the EPA
James Knott helped build a better lobster trap.
Massachusetts Lobstermen's Association
The Modern Lobster Trap Turns 35
Riverdale Mills revolutionized the lobster fishing industry when founder James Knott, Sr. created Aquamesh, a first of its kind marine-grade welded wire mesh fabric designed specifically to create a more durable lobster trap for New England lobstermen. Thirty-five years later, over 80% of all lobster traps in the U.S. are built with Aquamesh.