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MSU’s MilTech Featured in GAO Report on Programs Helping Small Manufacturers

In a recently released report to Congress, the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed 254 federal programs that provide
services to support the US business sector. In this survey, it discovered
that only five programs provide services specifically to small businesses
engaged in manufacturing. Notably, one of the five programs is MilTech,
based at Montana State University in Bozeman.

MilTech is a three-year-old partnership between TechLink and the Montana
Manufacturing Extension Center, also based at MSU-Bozeman. MilTech helps
small companies to overcome key technical and manufacturing hurdles so that
they can deliver innovative technology to the US military more rapidly,
reliably, and cost-effectively. Over the past three years, MilTech has
provided substantial manufacturing assistance to over 35 companies in
Montana and the Northwest.

Examples of Montana companies that have been assisted by MilTech include (1)
Scientific Materials in Bozeman, which manufactures a miniature ³monoblock²
laser used in rangefinders by the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan; (2)
Dr. Down, Inc., of Polson, which produces an innovative ³Rescue Wrap² that
increases the survival of injured US troops and other trauma victims; and
(3) PFM Manufacturing of Townsend, which manufactures an amphibious unmanned
ground vehicle used in remote, rugged terrain by the Air Force.

Other Montana companies assisted by MilTech include Precision Lift
(Monarch), Nomad Technologies (Kalispell), Mystery Ranch (Bozeman), Spika
Welding (Lewistown), and Phillips Environmental (Belgrade).

TechLink URL: http://www.techlinkcenter.org

MilTech URL: http://www.miltechcenter.com

Scientific Materials URL: http://www.scientificmaterials.com/

Dr. Down Rescue Wrap URL: http://www.doctordown.com/

PFM Manufacturing URL: http://www.landtamer.com/

Precision Lift, Inc. URL: http://www.precisionliftinc.com

Nomad Technologies URL: http://www.nomadtechs.com/

Mystery Ranch URL: http://www.mysteryranch.com

Spika Welding URL: http://www.spikawelding.com/

Phillips Environmental URL: http://www.thepett.com/

The GAO is the audit, evaluation and investigative arm of Congress. It
exists to support Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities
and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal
government for the American people. The report, GAO-07-714, is not yet
available in electronic form. When available, the document can be accessed
online at:
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-714 .

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