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FLATHEADBEACON.COM OCTOBER 29, 2014 | 35 MANUFACTURING
BUSINESSMONTHLY
STABILITY
and GROWTH
for MANUFACTURING
Kaylin Grove paints a carbon fiber stock at Proof Research.
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
BusinessAes in the Flathead continue to gain contracts and expand
s the Flathead Valley contin- economic base, and the confidence building from the ues to gain momentum after the valley’s comeback from the recession has extended blows dealt by the recession, to the industry.
manufacturing, one of the val- The Kalispell Chamber of Commerce dedicated Oc-
by Molly Priddy
ley’s mainstay economic drivers, continues to build. Manufacturing covers a wide array of businesses, from food production to metalworking and firearms to the timber sector. It’s a huge piece of the Flathead’s
tober to manufacturing, with multiple tours to various facilities throughout the valley, and president Joe Unter- reiner said the outlook is promising.
“It’salwaysaverydynamicindustry,”Unterreinersaid.
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