Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

December 2008 Issue

• HPM Corporation wins NASA contract
  HPM Corporation, based in Kennewick, Wash., has been awarded the Occupational Health Services contract to provide occupational health and safety services to the site employees and contractors at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. more...
• Areva wins $65 million contract with Canadian firm
  Areva's Richland, Wash. plant will produce uranium powders for some Canadian nuclear power reactors under a new contract with the Cameco Corporation. more...
• *Medical isotope product receives favorable clinical review, hires new vice-president
  IsoRay Medical, based in Richland, Wash., was featured in the November 2008 edition of the peer-reviewed journal Brachytherapy. more...
• Vista Leak Detection to receive technology licenses
  Vista Leak Detection, Richland, Wash., will be granted a revocable, nonassignable, exclusive patent license from the Navy for a portable fuel storage tank leak detection system to develop tank leak detection for industrial markets both within the United States and certain foreign countries. more...
• *Senator Cantwell touts the Tri-Cities' green entrepreneurism
  During a recent visit to the Tri-Cities, Senator Maria Cantwell said the region is uniquely positioned to develop alternative energy sources. more...
• *TV story highlights "fuel of the future"
  A new bio-engineering laboratory at the Washington State University Tri-Cities campus was featured in a local television news story. more...
• *Energy Northwest adds two more utility members
  Energy Northwest's Board of Directors unanimously approved two new members for the public power Joint Operating Agreement. more...
• MEIER Enterprises, Inc. receives honorable mention
  MEIER Enterprises, Inc., in Kennewick, Wash., received an honorable mention on the ZweigWhite 2008 Hot Firm List of Fastest-Growing Architecture, Engineering, and Environmental Firms. more...
• *PNNL's technology assistance program awarded honorable mention
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Technology Assistance Program received an honorable mention in the entrepreneurship category in the 2008 International Economic Development Council's Excellence in Economic Development Awards competition. more...
• Imageworks wins animation awards
  Imageworks, of Pasco, Wash., received two 2008 Telly Awards, which honor the best local, regional, and national cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web. more...

• Port of Benton Commission adopts master plan
  The Port of Benton Commission has approved the Tri-Cities Research District master plan and visioning report for 71 acres known as the Richland Innovation Center. more...
• Medical device magazine touts Research District enterprises
  The Research District was featured in an article about the benefits of research parks in the September/October issue of MX: Business Strategies for Medical Technology Executives. more...
• New logo and website
  The Tri-Cities Research District has adopted a new logo, designed by Lockheed Martin, Richland, Wash., to reflect the sustainable goals of the district. more...

• Call for applications to present at Invest Northwest 2009
  Life sciences companies from Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and Alberta are encouraged to submit their applications to present at the eighth annual CEO and Investor Conference, Invest NorthwestTM, organized by the Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association. more...

• *Washington clean technology documentary
  DECEMBER 2. REGISTER BY DECEMBER 1. The Tri-Cities Research District will host the premiere of a new documentary, Evergreen: The Washington Clean Tech Story, that highlights companies and institutions that are significant contributors to clean technology in Washington State. more...
• TRIDEC luncheon features William D. Ruckelshaus
  DECEMBER 9. REGISTER BY DECEMBER 1. The Tri-City Development Council is hosting a luncheon featuring speaker William Ruckelshaus. more...
• Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network seminar
  DECEMBER 16. REGISTER BY DECEMBER 12. The topic of the Three Rivers Entrepreneur Network December seminar topic will be "How to Succeed in a Startup Despite 7 Lawyers on your Board and a Crummy Economy." The speaker will be Skip Walter, an entrepreneur and independent consultant. more...

• Ron Kysiak to speak
  JANUARY 14. Ron Kysiak, the former CEO of the recently completed Northwestern University/Evanston Research Park, will be the next speaker in the Tri-Cities Research District Speaker Series. more...
• Regional Economic Outlook
  JANUARY 28. RSVP BY JANUARY 12. The Tri-City Development Council will hold the 2009 Regional Economic Outlook for the Tri-Cities, Washington region January 28 at the TRAC Facility in Pasco, Wash. more...

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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.