Governor’s Office of Economic Development and MT World Trade Center Team Up to Help Montana Businesses Secure International Work
| June 28, 2007 |  View for printing |
The Montana Environmental & Engineering Consortium (MEEC) http://www.mwtc.org/Meecp.aspx?id=166 was recently launched by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development http://business.mt.gov/ and the Montana World Trade Center http://www.mwtc.org to increase international business for Montana companies that are part of the environmental engineering and services business cluster. The efforts of MEEC will help create innovative and practical solutions to problems of international environmental protection and development. MEEC will work as a business unit to export Montana expertise in these fields as a way to bring new economic activity to our State.
“Montana businesses have an excellent reputation and array of capabilities in the environmental services, technology and products sector,” said Governor Brian Schweitzer.
“Unfortunately, most of these are small businesses who find it difficult to secure international work because of the size and complexity of international projects. The group was formed to create business through strong personal relationships, and to bid projects that otherwise would be larger than any single Montana firm could reasonably manage.”
Arnie Sherman, Executive Director of the Montana World Trade Center, states “by combining our efforts with the Governor’s office of Economic Development we are able to provide this cluster of Montana companies a vehicle to target international projects that otherwise may not be available. Montana has a large number of very skilled companies in this field. This effort can result in increased vitality for our member companies as well for the entire state of Montana.”
About MEEC MEEC’s is a member based organization. The mission is to promote international business opportunities for member companies through partnership, collaboration and cooperation, and to apply this unique model to natural resource, environmental, and development issues around the world. MEEC hosted and facilitated by the MWTC and GOED.
CONTACTS: Sarah Elliott (Governor's Office of Economic Development) 444-9725
Nicole Hagerman (Montana World Trade Center) 243-5856 
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