Montana Business

The WorkSafe Montana promotional campaign has called attention to the issue of workplace safety through sobering TV commercials and the http://www.WorkSafeMT.com website.

What would happen if you tried to build one of the world’s foremost web solutions companies in the middle of nowhere?

In the next two years, the company plans to expand its operations and its workforce more. "Our plan is to expand here to hire 80 people," said Chief Executive officer and president Kelly Ogilvie. They are green collar jobs that come from all sectors, he said. "Chemistry, biology, business, you name it."

After making a few trips to the Silicon Valley, Mike Ferrucci, sales manager for Parsec Data Management of Billings, is enjoying success in attracting business from California.

"We used to be the best at carpentry and manufacturing and now we make crap," Kobelt said of the state of industry in the United States.

Blue Marble http://bluemarblebio.com/ is a renewable chemical company. We take plant material and go through a process of feeding it to bacteria. The bacteria in-turn manufactures chemicals that are replacements for petrochemicals. So we are really manufacturing specialty chemicals from plant material, whereas it would traditionally come from petroleum.

Bridger Photonics http://www.bridgerphotonics.com Ranks 1st in the Engineering Sector and 164th overall on Inc. Magazine’s 2011 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies with 3-Year Growth of 1,795.6%

Montana businesses are discovering that engaging in sustainable business practices increases worker productivity, reduces costs, preserves the environment, offers opportunities and provides competitive advantages, according to the latest issue of the Montana Business Quarterly.

The facility allows companies to move away from the traditional work environment to encourage cooperation and innovative problem solving.

Alex "Papu" Rincon has spoken before business leaders from across the state and even South America. On Thursday, he had a chance to do it before an audience at the White House.