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TechLink helps the Department of Defense to commercialize leading-edge new technology by partnering DoD labs with private sector companies for technology licensing, transfer, and research and development

Experts to listen to Laurel, MT residents through community assessment

Session participants will collect responses from community members and use that data to determine the direction community members want for Laurel’s downtown area. The assessment is done at little cost to the community, because the BSEDA is supported with county and city mill levies to promote local economic development.

Industrial service firm plans Billings branch. Timec Co. Inc. will generate 300 jobs

Timec specializes in services such as catalyst handling, training, safety support, construction, specialized welding and supplemental maintenance

Montana Ambassadors Summer Newsletter

The “Signature Summer Ambassadors Event” tagged as the Montana Ambassadors’
Business Open Golf Tournament will be held on August 16, 2007
at the award-winning Jack Nicklaus “Old Works” course in Anaconda.

“Montana World Trade Center offers a certificate program in Global Trade & Strategy”, 9/13-14, Bozeman, Montana

MWTC is taking a proactive approach to educate individuals, service providers and businesses by offering the Global Trade Certificate Program. Our goal is to provide the tools and resources needed to advise and support businesses looking to enter or expand their presence in global trade.

Worldwide search for employees

Frustrated with the tight Helena labor market and eager to try something different, the general manager of the Wingate Inn used an international exchange service to locate three sets of hands for the busy summer season — a pair of young men from Ukraine, and a woman from eastern Russia.

Netflix signs Butte, Montana lease.

Netflix, headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has 44 hubs/distribution centers across the country, according its Web site. It employs 1,300 at its corporate headquarters and shipping centers.

July MEDA Online News

http://www.medamembers.org/medanews.html

Panel OKs support for ‘Last Best Place’

The unofficial Montana slogan "The Last Best Place" could not be trademarked under a provision approved Thursday by a key Senate committee, says Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.

"Repowering Montana- A Blueprint for Homegrown Energy Self-Reliance

How all of Montana’s power needs can be met using conservation and clean, renewable energy while creating jobs, saving money, and revitalizing rural and urban communities."

Governor’s Office of Economic Development and MT World Trade Center Team Up to Help Montana Businesses Secure International Work

“Montana businesses have an excellent reputation and array of capabilities in the environmental services, technology and products sector,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer.