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Kennon Products Hooks Up with Joey's FlyFishing Foundation

Added: July 7th, 2011

Kennon Products Inc. has partnered with Joey's FlyFishing Foundation Inc. to provide youth in the community with products that will enhance their fly fishing experiences. (read more...)

CPA Finds the Future of Financials in Graphics

Added: June 24th, 2011

Jeremy Page is a CPA and a business manager at the University of Wyoming. Jeremy is also an artist and a sculptor. He used his artistic talents to develop a cutting edge way of looking at financial statements. In 1993, he discovered how much easier financial statements are to use when they are presented in the form of graphics. Since that time, he has pursued his dream of commercializing the product. (read more...)

Wyoming Business Council Launches New Website

Added: May 10th, 2011

The new Wyoming Business Council website incorporates a fresh look and engaging content with an intuitive interface specifically designed to be both powerful and user-friendly. (read more...)

Lynn Welker to Join Workforce Services

Added: February 1st, 2011

Director Joan Evans welcomes Lynn Welker to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services and to the Wyoming Workforce Development Council. Welker's official start date is February 7, 2011. (read more...)

Business Council Welcomes New Board Member

Added: January 13th, 2011

The Wyoming Business Council is pleased to welcome Cheyenne, Wyo., resident Rex Lewis as the newest member of its Board of Directors. (read more...)

LEDC Hires New Vice President

Added: September 14th, 2010

Laramie Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) is pleased to announce the employment of Joe Somodi as Vice President of Business Research and Community Relations. Joe’s responsibilities involve developing and implementing strategic marketing and economic development support programs. (read more...)

City Council Backs Powell Inventor

Added: September 7th, 2010

Deirdre Cozzens of Powell, Wyoming, has been granted a loan from Powell's Economic Development Fund to help market her catheter leg bag. Her catheter leg bag is designed to keep catheter bags in place and comfortable. (read more...)

2010 20/20 Clear Vision Award

Added: September 3rd, 2010

The Manufacturing Technology Summit Solutions, Manufacturing-Works and the Wyoming Workforce Development Council are pleased to present WESTECH/WOTCO of Casper, Wyoming the first 20/20 Clear Vision Award. (read more...)

Precision Analysis of Riverton is Named Wyoming Small Business of the Year

Added: June 1st, 2010

Wyoming’s Precision Analysis in Rock Springs won the award for Wyoming Small Business of the Year. (read more...)

5th Annual MEP Awards

Added: May 27th, 2010

Every year the MEP centers gather in Orlando to recognize and celebrate the achievements of some of our own that have gone above and beyond to make significant impacts to our MEP national system and more importantly on our manufacturing clients. The MEP National Conference Awards Ceremony is a great way to acknowledge these individuals/groups and celebrate their contributions with their family, friends and colleagues. (read more...)

Wyoming Innovation Marketplace launches

Added: May 20th, 2010

The Wyoming Business Council and the University of Wyoming’s Manufacturing-Works Program announced the creation of the Wyoming Innovation Marketplace (WIM), a program by the National Institute of Standards and Technology/Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. (read more...)

Eagle Bronze sends product to China that was originally supposed to be “Made In China”

Added: May 6th, 2010

Eagle Bronze Foundry in Lander has been casting for artist Arturo DiModica for the last five years. DiModica is known for his "Charging Bull" in New York City. Now, a version of that bull in bronz that was cast here in Wyoming will be installed on the Shanghai Bund. (read more...)

CANDO helps get you Lean

Added: March 23rd, 2010

Recently, CANDO received a USDA grant that paid for Lean Manufacturing training courses to area businesses. The first training seminar, free to the businesses participating, took place Feb. 25 at Eastern Wyoming College. (read more...)

Forum brings Wyo. companies, Brazilian business consultant together for growth

Added: March 17th, 2010

A U.S.-Brazil Business Development Forum will be held this week to help Wyoming-based companies establish and grow strategic business partnerships in the emerging, giant South American market of Brazil. (read more...)

The Decline: The Geography of a Recession

Added: February 17th, 2010

According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 31 million people currently unemployed. (read more...)

Second Issue of the Wyoming Business Climate Magazine Now Available

Added: February 1st, 2010

The second issue of the Wyoming Business Images magazine is now available, showcasing the best of Wyoming's people, places and progressive business climate. (read more...)

The Code of the West: Alive & Well in Wyoming

January 13th, 2010

There is still a place… Where neighbors help neighbors, where the measure of a man is his character, where the hearts of everyday heroes reflect the timeless spirit of America. Watch the short video...

Blue Beanie Day 2009 – Show your support for web standards

November 30th, 2009

Today, November 30th, 2009, is Blue Beanie Day. Web designers and coders around the world are donning their blue beanies in support of Web Standards. (read more…)

Manufacturing-Works and Partners Help Z4 Energy Receive Grant Money

November 11th, 2009

Z4 Energy Systems LLC, a Wyoming-based research and development firm has raked in a total of five grants amounting to $569,276 over the past two years. (read the article on the Wyoming Business Report website)

Doug Hall appears on ABC Nightline

August 11th, 2009

Manufacturing-Works holds the Wyoming license for EUREKA Ranch and Doug Hall's various application programs including the one exemplified with this news video. (read more and view the video)

Tom Reilly, a leader in value-added selling, is coming to Gillette in November to teach two of his nationally-recognized seminars

August 7th, 2009

Manufacturing-Works is providing Wyoming businesses the chance to learn from a master of surviving and thriving in tough times. (read more and register for the seminars)

Bella Graphics and Display has Agreed to Participate in the ARRA Program

July 23rd, 2009

Bella Graphics and Display has agreed to participate in the ARRA program by coordinating the signage requirements of the various agencies and designing and producing signage that meets those requirements. (read more)

WRI Serves as a National Demonstration Site for Innovative Business Partnership

July 13th 2009

The University of Wyoming Research Corporation, or Western Research Institute (WRI) a non-profit research and development (R&D) center in Laramie, Wyoming, is the subject of an innovative business partnership to demonstrate how science and technology developers, including universities, can get their research results and intellectual property into the marketplace. (read more)

Manufacturing-Works Interns Achieve “Engineers in Training” Status

Manufacturing-Works is pleased to announce that interns Wendy Jo Daisley and Heather Young, engineering students at the University of Wyoming, have successfully achieved a major milestone on their way to becoming registered Professional Engineers. (read more)

Manufacturing-Works receives national recognition for work in Wyoming

May 4th 2009

Manufacturing-Works employees achieved national recognition for their commitment to helping Wyoming companies grow at this year’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Conference in Orlando, Florida. (read more...)

How to Identify Great Prospects and Convince Them to Come to Wyoming

February 9th, 2009

Panel Topic, Save the Date – March 26th in Laramie. (read more...)

Manufacturing-Works Forms Alliance with the National Composite Center to Grow High-Tech Jobs

February 9th, 2009

Larry Stewart, Center Director of Manufacturing-Works announced today it has formed an alliance with the National Composite Center (NCC). The non-profit has joined NCC’s member network to use the Center’s resources to cultivate new business growth through advanced materials. (read more...)

GRO-Biz Annual Conference February 18 & 19, 2009, Holiday Inn in Cody, WY

January 14th, 2009

U.S. Senator Mike Enzi and the GRO-Biz conference committee invite small businesses in Wyoming and nearby states to this annual event.

Learn how to sell your products and services in a multi-billion dollar market. Visit the Grow-Biz website to learn more and to register.

New Social Network – the Wyoming Channel Presentation on January 21st

January 9th, 2009

The Wyoming Channel will offer a presentation of its services at 2 p.m., January 21 at the Wyoming Technology Business Center in Laramie. (Read More...)

Wyoming Economic Development Association Announces New Board Members and Officers for 2008/2009

November 6th, 2008

Lander, Wyo. – The Wyoming Economic Development Association (WEDA) board elections were held during the association’s Fall Conference in Laramie, Wyoming. (read more...)

Upcoming Event: 2nd Annual Wyoming Business to Business Idea Expo

September 15th, 2008

We have all gone to business conferences and conventions in the past, and left thinking, "Holy cow that was a waste of time." Those days are gone. Well, in Wyoming at least. In conjunction with the Wyoming Business Council and our partners at the University of Wyoming, we are proud to announce the 2nd Annual Business to Business Idea Expo at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne, Oct. 9-10, 2008. This year's expo will feature Doug Hall of Eureka! Ranch as the keynote speaker.

Visit the Idea Expo website to register and to find out more information.