Business Environment
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Labor Force
Industry Base
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Companies Assisted by MEDC
Global Products
Exported Primary
Dollars Imported
Best Sign Systems sells product in all
50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Ross Reels manufactured in Montrose are the number one selling high
quality 
fly reel brand in the USA and exports to 21 countries including
Tasmania, Iceland, Norway and Russia.
Scott Fly Rod is a global leader in fly rod design
and manufacturing, whose fly rods are sold and fished on six
continents.
Galiso markets computerized hydrostatic cylinder testing equipment
to countries 
such as India and Japan.
General
Industrial Diamond was the first acquisition in Colorado for
3-M Company in 2006. They export 20% of their grinding wheels throughout the world
with a large portion in the Pacific Rim.
TEI Rock Drills is the industry leading in drilling attachments and limited
access drills. They 
manufacture and distribute throughout the USA
and internationally exporting to South and Central America,
Mexico, Europe, New Zealand and Australia.
Hansen WeatherPort has portable shelter systems erected on
every continent in the world including Antarctica. They supply
our armed forces with shelters for housing, medical, dining and
gymnasiums.
Advance Canvas / Colorado Yurt
in one week alone sent yurts to,
New Zealand, Australia, 
and the Canary Islands. They have yurts in
Japan, Belize, Mexico, Haiti, England, Portugal, and
Greece.
Gordon
Composites; ships fiber reinforced products to Korea
and Israel.
One product of Gordon’s subsidiary company Polystrand
is a
special
armor that is used

to protect our military troops and is
currently being used in Iraq.
Western Skyways markets both piston and turbine aircraft
engines as far away as
South Africa and Tokyo, and as near as the CDOT plane that
brought Governor Ritter to Montrose in February 2007.
Summa Design designs and develops advanced medical devices for clients

across the USA, spanning from West Virginia to San
Diego.
Swiss
–O- Matic takes the prize for having products travel the
farthest from Montrose. Their micro machined precision
components have gone to Mars! |