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Demand swamping SmartLam production in Columbia Falls, Montana

The Columbia Falls City Council agreed last week to go to bat one more time for SmartLam http://www.smartlam.com/ , the high-tech wood manufacturing business that set up shop at Western Building Center last year.

Last year, the city and Flathead County each applied for a $400,000 economic development block grant from the Montana Department of Commerce to help SmartLam purchase production equipment from Germany. But Gov. Brian Schweitzer diverted the $800,000 to areas in eastern Montana impacted by the Bakken oil-patch boom. On March 18, the council unanimously agreed by resolution to apply again for the grant.

By RICHARD HANNERS Hungry Horse News

Full Story: http://www.flatheadnewsgroup.com/hungryhorsenews/article_1ae626ca-96ed-11e2-886f-001a4bcf887a.html

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