Business Environment

     Please click on the links below for information regarding our Business Environment:

       Labor Force    Industry Base       Infrastructure    Taxes    Business Assistance

               

                                                    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!