We hear these words and fear these words at the same time—SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.  From the standpoint of manufacturing, sustainable design conjures up visions of added expenses, the inability to compete relative to others in the same or similar industry, longer design times, delays in launching the product, greater product costs, etc.  We also seem to feel that any product that addresses sustainable design methods will appeal to a much smaller segment of our society; i.e. “tree…