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Resodyn building new research facility in Butte

A Butte research and development firm is planning to build a new 50,000-square-foot building, complete with 60 offices, several labs and further room to grow.

By February 2005, Resodyn http://www.resodyn.com/ President Larry Farrar wants his employees in the firm’s new $3 million headquarters and is scouting land south of Butte for Resodyn’s new home. The firm, started in 1994, has 27 employees on staff and holds more than $6 million in contracts and equipment sales. It has won numerous contracts with the government as well.

By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard

http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2004/02/09/featuresbusiness/hjjfjhjbjbggea.txt

Future plans call for a workforce of about 200 people, most of those highly skilled such as engineers, chemists and fabricators; the average salary at Resodyn is about $60,000 annually.

" A lot of large companies are getting rid of their R&D (research and development segments)," Farrar said.

The move makes it a perfect opportunity for smaller companies like Resodyn, which is conducting the research and development work the large companies are interested in. "They are starting to listen to us more," he said.

Research, results and strategic partnerships have been key to the company’s 10-year growth and its ability to capture federal dollars. But Resodyn’s eye is on the prize of proprietary technology. This includes the eventual manufacturing of devices that will make life better for people and companies, in other words commercializing answers to problems investigated by the researchers.

In one example, Resodyn’s FX Yang, a chemical engineer, is working on outfitting bandages with healing agents or painkillers to be used in combat casualty care. The project is one of several investigations conducted by the firm, which holds contracts with NASA, the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.

The company works in such areas as mixing technology and manufactures equipment to mix difficult chemical compounds. It also specializes in separating some compounds as well. The company also investigates renewable resources, tissue engineering, biomedical and biopharmaceutical research, thermal processing technology and propellant research. And while the work may seem heady, John Dzarnoski, head of research and development for the firm, said they are all related.

"It is all chemical process technology," he said. "There are a whole bunch of different industrial uses."

One of the keys to Resodyn’s financial growth has been the support by the Montana Congressional delegation, particularly Sen. Conrad Burns.

"As a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, including a subcommittee chairman, Senator Burns has been able to assist Resodyn Corp. by securing several million dollars that will be used to double our workforce, build a new state-of-art facility, and give us the opportunity to develop commercially viable products while we provide technical assistance to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency," said Farrar.

He added that Resodyn’s growth is tied to his support and enables the company to pay well and model itself for the future.

"We are very grateful for his help," Farrar said.

Resodyn also owes its success in the past few years to doing its homework and aligning itself with well-known companies like Dow Chemical and Kenosha Beef. The company has built and sold several of its patented units such as a specialized mixing machine for Dow Chemical and the Army.

"Strategic relationships are very important to us," Farrar said.

Reporter Leslie McCartney may be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

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