Tri-Cities Tech Business Update

December 2009 Issue

• InnovaTek receives research funding for biomass technology
  The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Richland, Wash.-based InnovaTek a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract. more...
• Dade Moeller acquires environmental company
  Dade Moeller & Associates, based in Richland, Wash., has acquired environmental data management and assessment company Environmental Quality Management, Inc., which also has a base in Richland, Wash. more...
• IsoRay to distribute technology in Canada
  IsoRay, Inc., based in Richland, Wash., has signed a distribution agreement with Inter V Medical of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. more...
• TiLite donates wheelchair
  Kennewick, Wash.-based TiLite recently donated a custom-built wheelchair as part of the television program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. more...
• Tri-Cities Research District expands borders
  The Tri-Cities Research District in Richland, Wash., has increased its size. The District's board of directors voted to expand the northern boundary to include Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Radiochemical Processing Laboratory. more...

• Technology Alliance accepting applications for Innovation Showcase
  Innovators and early-stage companies with new technologies that demonstrate large market potential and are nearly ready for commercialization are invited to apply for the Innovation Showcase. more...
• Environmental research and development proposals requested
  The U.S. Department of Defense is accepting environmental research and development proposals for funding under the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. more...
• Nominations open for state manufacturing awards program
  Seattle Business magazine is sponsoring the state's first annual Washington Manufacturing Awards, focused on recognizing the crucial role manufacturers play in the state's economy. more...
• Take a tour of the Microfabrication Laboratory
  The Washington Technology Center's new Microfabrication Laboratory Access Program is a technology stimulus program that awards short-term access to sophisticated microfabrication equipment to small businesses in Washington. more...
• Resources online
  1) The column "Staying connected to technology good for community" was published in the Tri-City Herald on November 1. more...

• Regional Economic Outlook event
  JANUARY 27. The Tri-Cities Development Council will host the 11th Annual Regional Economic Outlook at the Trade Recreation and Agriculture Center in Pasco, Wash. more...
• Harvesting Clean Energy 2010
  FEBRUARY 7-9. The 10th annual Harvesting Clean Energy Conference will be held at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, Wash., in February. more...
• Global Venture Challenge conference
  MARCH 24-26. The 4th Annual Global Venture Challenge will be held in March 2010 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. more...
• Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference
  MARCH 16-17. The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association will hold the first Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference in Seattle in March. more...
• Washington's Innovation Summit 2010
  APRIL 9. REGISTER BY DECEMBER 31 FOR EARLY BIRD RATE. The Washington Technology Center will hold Washington's Innovation Summit 2010 in April in Tacoma, Wash. more...

• PNNL part of Smart Grid project
  Battelle staff members at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash. more...
• Working with PNNL through the Technology Assistance Program
  Could your business use technical assistance from knowledgeable engineers and scientists? The Technology Assistance Program at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., provides up to five days of free technical help each year. more...
• PNNL's Available Technologies
  New discoveries are made every day at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and many of those evolve into technologies and patents that become available for licensing. 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.