Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
Richland companies receive grant funding
Two Richland-based companies will receive funding under the U.S. Department of Energy's 2009 Small Business Innovation Research grant program. The grants are awarded to small businesses to conduct research and development that could result in commercialization of a technology. InnovaTek, Inc. will receive funding for a project that will develop advanced membrane reactor technology for the production of clean hydrogen. Visual Editor Consultants will receive funding for a project that will help create a simple tool that can provide fast and accurate source-shield-detector calculations to protect against nuclear threats. At Innovatek, contact Patricia Irving at 509-375-1093, ext. 222. At Visual Editor Consultants contact Randy Schwarz at 509-539-8621.
