Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

February 2008 Issue

• Cheers star profiles Kennewick wheelchair manufacturer
  John Ratzenberger, formerly "Cliff" from the TV show Cheers, was in the Tri-Cities in January to tape a segment about a Kennewick, Wash. manufacturing company for his current TV show, Made in America. more...
• IsoRay says "da" to Russian company
  IsoRay Medical of Richland, Wash., recently became a 30 percent owner of Ural-Dial LLC, a new medical isotope manufacturing and distribution company based in Yekaterinburg in southwest Russia. more...
• Richland biodiesel firm "on track" for locomotive fuel
  Green Diesel, Inc., an associate firm of the Tri-City & Olympia Railroad Co., has begun research and development in biodiesel production for its own locomotives. more...
• Educational technology firm achieves record sales
  Spearheaded by its Marcraft brand, Educational Technologies Group, Inc., an educational technology company, significantly increased its U.S. more...
• Agreement signed for new U.S. supply of medical isotope indium-111
  In January, Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation of Kennewick, Wash. signed a five-year agreement with New-York-based Central Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. more...
• Vista Engineering among Washington best companies to work for
  In January, Kennewick-based Vista Engineering Technologies, LLC was ranked 33rd in Washington CEO Magazine's 2008 100 Best Small Companies to Work For. more...
• IET to move headquarters to Oregon
  Integrated Environmental Technologies LLC, which has developed technology that coverts waste into clean fuels and commercial products, will move its Richland, Wash. more...
• A fix for broken bones
  "In the developing world, deaths and injuries from orthopedic trauma now outnumber malaria, TB and AIDS combined." Thus starts a story from American Public Media about the work of Dr. more...

• R&D funding available
  Applications are due April 24 for Washington Technology Center's Spring 2008 Research & Technology Development funding. more...
• Manufacturing assistance available to NIH SBIR winners
  Applications are due February 14 for the National Institutes of Health's free Manufacturing Assistance Program, which is a partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership program. more...
• Life sciences funding
  The Life Sciences Discovery Fund has published a request for proposals for its LSDF 08-01 project competition. more...
• Grants and training available for Oregon small businesses
  The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department is offering a new round of grants and training opportunities to help Oregon small businesses gain access to federal funding opportunities via Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grants. more...
• Nominations sought for Mid-Columbia Small Business Awards
  Small businesses are welcome to apply for the 13th Annual Mid-Columbia Small Business of the Year Awards to be presented by the Three Rivers Alliance of Chambers on May 7. more...

• Using quality to ensure a safe and healthy food supply
  FEBRUARY 5, RESERVE BY FEBRUARY 4. The February 5 meeting of the American Society for Quality, Section 614, will address quality assurance in food safety. more...
• SBIR seminars for tech entrepreneurs
  FEBRUARY 15 and 20. The Washington Technology Center presents two seminars on Small Business Innovation Research Programs for Technology Entrepreneurs in February. more...
• Career expo
  FEBRUARY 21. Employers are invited to attend the Columbia Basin College 23rd annual Career Expo on February 21 from 8 am to 2 pm in the Byron Gjerde Center on the Pasco, Wash. more...
• Seminars for small businesses
  The Columbia Basin College Institute for Professional Development offers the following workshops in February, from 6 to 9 pm. more...

• Ethics from an ex-con
  MARCH 19. DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION BY MARCH 12. The Tri-City Development Council, with presenting sponsor CH2M HILL, will hold the TRIDEC 44th Annual Meeting at the Pasco Red Lion from 11 am to 1:30 pm on March 19. more...
• Valuation and portfolio strategies for angel investors
  APRIL 14; EARLY REGISTRATION UNTIL FEBRUARY 15. Valuation of pre-revenue companies is one of the most important issues in the angel investment process. more...

• EDO Resources from PNNL
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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.