MSE Inc. of Butte, Montana looking for nich markets, new partnerships and a growing reputation of quality.

Finding niche markets, partnering with others and building a strong reputation for quality are the key elements that will carry MSE Inc. http://www.mse-ta.com/ into 2008 and beyond.

This is not your grandfather’s engineering firm; this is the firm of the future.

Jeff Ruffner, 50, president and CEO of MSE Inc. and the Mike Mansfield Advanced Technology Center, harps on the fact that while the solution-based engineering firm may not be well understood in Butte, its reputation is solid across the country… and growing.

Ruffner took the helm last July when former CEO Don Peoples retired. Peoples remains on the board and still lobbies for the firm. Ruffner sat down with The Montana Standard last week to review the firm and look at its plans for 2008.

MSE is a major Butte employer of 147 people locally and a total of 165 across the country, with an annual payroll of $10.4 million in 2007, and a Montana payroll of $9.4 million. It paid $118,000 in property taxes last year.

By Gerard O’Brien

Full Story: http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/01/21/specialreports/hjjbjiigjigijd.txt

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Tetragenics becomes small MSE division

MSE picked up the Tetragenics http://www.tetragenics.com/ project from Touch America after Touch America went bankrupt.

Tetragenics, a division of MSE, provides total automation systems, monitoring and control, data acquisition, and system integration.

Full Story: http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2008/01/21/specialreports/hjjbjiigjjjajd.txt

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Many thanks to the Montana Chamber of Commerce http://www.montanachamber.net/ws/home.php for passing these stories along. Russ)