Montana Business

"That’s the heck of it," said Hurst, who employed 170 people at the mill’s peak in the late 1990s. "We’re not going down because the creditors are at our doors."

"They have probably the best patterns in the industry, especially for this area," says Matt McGinnis at Grizzly Hackle Fly Shop http://grizzlyhackle.com/ in Missoula. "Every year they seem to come up with cooler stuff than anybody else has. We have two guides who have had patterns picked up by them, and they’re hugely popular now."

Valued at over $550,000, the contract is for research and development of precise automatic image alignment tools, which NASA will use with satellite imagery and other imagery sources.

“We believe that the next few years will prove to be some of the best ever for ILX Lightwave in particular and the optics industry in general,” said Dr. Larry Johnson, President and CEO.

Despite the scarcity of seating, a grand opening celebration is planned for Saturday 1/29/05 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to welcome beer lovers to the new facility. Bozik reminds people that entry and parking to the new brewery is on the west side of the building adjacent to the railroad tracks.

“We were pleased that IMC chose GCS Research to build this innovative ArcGIS extension,” says Alex Philp, President of GCS Research.

According to Dun and Bradstreet, as of January 2004, 2,028 companies in Montana are engaged in creative industries, and these companies employ 8,055 people.

"We are currently remodeling the basement to house state-of-the-art biochemical and chemical laboratories to conduct research for clients," McKee said. Clients include the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Army and industrial clients.

MSE-Tetragenics, an automation, control, and monitoring company, announces the award of three projects for controlling water levels on the Genesee River in Rochester, NY. These SCADA projects will provide water flow and level control capability…

Ecological restoration is nearing a $10 billion per year industry and annual spending in the U.S. for mitigation of erosion and sedimentation is estimated at an additional $13 billion.