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Kalispell, Montana businesses detail successes, challenges

April 12, 2012 /

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Since 2009, Defiance Machine in Columbia Falls has grown tremendously, building high-end bolt actions and other gun components to sell to firearms manufacturers.

Nomad Technologies, founded by two brothers and their college buddies 10 years ago this September, now sells its custom mobile command vehicles and communications solutions around the world.

A collision repair shop in the 1980s and 1990s, Sonju Industrial took a gamble and has grown into a leading aerospace manufacturer, supplying companies like Boeing, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin.

Amid high unemployment and a prolonged economic downturn, a cluster of advanced manufacturing companies has been one of the Flathead Valley’s bright spots.

Four business leaders from four advanced manufacturing companies shared stories about their successes and challenges Tuesday at the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon.

By TOM LOTSHAW/The Daily Inter Lake

Full Story: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_1312f3e4-8454-11e1-9220-0019bb2963f4.html

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