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Montana business leaders see potential for manufacturing hub in Flathead Valley

October 22, 2025/

The Flathead Valley has the potential to become a global manufacturing hub, business officials said Tuesday at a Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

“We do have an incredible opportunity in front of us,” said Clay Binford, chief of people and development at Nomad GCS, which sponsored the Oct. 21 luncheon at Flathead Valley Community College. “Imagine the Flathead Valley being not known just for its beauty … but for breakthrough, innovative products that we already build here in the Flathead Valley and will continue to build.”

Manufacturing already plays a vital role in the local economy, encompassing 28% of Flathead County’s basic industry earnings, according to the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

 

by KATE HESTON

 


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