November 2014
NBC Advisory Board
Emily Andrews
Utility Telephone
Georgia Baker
Heritage Bank of Nevada
Kelly Bullis
Bullis & Co, CPAs
Paul Enos
Nevada Trucking
Association
Lori Haney
City National Bank
Volume 7, Number 111
Welcome to NBC PROGRESS, the monthly
e-newsletter of Nevada Business Connections
(Nevada’s Only Private Economic Development Authority)
November Meeting Information
Please join us for our next monthly NEVADA BUSINESS CONNECTIONS meeting on
th
Wednesday, November 19 at 8 am. Doors will open at 7:30 am at
the Gold Dust West Casino, 2171 Highway 50 East, Carson
City. Ray Bacon, Executive Director of the Nevada
Manufacturers Association, will host a Manufacturers’ Panel –
names to be announced.
Roger Kadz
Nevada State
Development Corp.
The meeting is scheduled for exactly one hour. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for guests
and $25 for students with valid NHSE ID. Purchase a table for eight for your company and
guests for $200 (your company name will be posted at the table.) We take cash, check or
credit card MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express.
Dan Kahl
Kahl Commercial Interiors,
Inc.
Future Meeting Information
Pat Langhoff
Langhoff Consulting
Services
Angela LoGiurato
Country Financial
Jeffrey Lowden
Sky West
Tom Metcalf
Metcalf Builders
James Neil
US Bank
Carol Nicholson
Atlantis Casino Resort
Third Wednesday of the Month. Doors will open at 7:30 am. Meetings are exactly one
hour, 8 am to 9 am. Cost is $25 for members and $35 for future members. We take cash,
check or credit card – MasterCard, VISA, Discover, and American Express. Please RSVP to
NBC at 775.771.5747 or [email protected]. Alternately, RSVP to Maxine at
775.887.1294 or [email protected]. See you there!
Date
th
November 19
Welcome New & Renewing Members
Welcome New Members

Maxine Nietz
Capital City Computing
Greg Nixon
First Independent Bank
2014 NBC Breakfast Meeting Schedule
Location
Speakers
Manufacturer’s Panel
Gold Dust West
Solid Solutions Design & Machine, Roy Klino
Thank You Renewing Members


Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, Carol Nicholson
Nevada State Development Corporation , Roger Kadz
We are not the experts… But we know who they are.
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NBC Advisory Board
(contd)
Dick Silvera
Silvera Commercial
Real
Estate Services
October Meeting Notes
Excellent Meeting in Reno County
nd
David Steiger
Western Nevada
College
NBC had an outstanding breakfast meeting at the Black Bear Dine in Reno on October, 22 . It
was a capacity crowd with 10 manufacturers in attendance. Ray Bacon with the Nevada
Manufacturers Association updated us on Tesla and the recent Manufacturers Conference in
Reno.
Dr. Fred Steinmann
UNR/College of Bus.
Admin.
Sony Newman with EE Technologies about his experiences with Cubix in Carson City and his
two large manufacturing facilities in Reno and Mexico. They make custom circuit boards/sensors
for the food, gaming, automotive, military, education and medical industries.
David Toll (Emeritus)
Gold Hill Publishing/
Nevada Web
Megan Sells with Patagonia reported on the world-wide designer and distributor of high quality
outdoor sportsware. Megan talked about their products, sales, dealerships and retailers
throughout the world. Their 341,000 sq. ft. facility is nestled along the Truckee River in west
Reno.
John Uhart
Uhart Commercial
Real
Estate Services
Kris Holt with NBC talked about the results of the manufacturers’ survey in Carson City and
Minden; 70 manufacturers so far.
Brian Wallace
Wells Fargo Bank
Kris Holt
Executive Director
Nevada Business
Connections
Roger Kadz and NSDC is well represented
at the breakfast
Kris, Ray Bacon (NMA) and guest speaker
Sonny Newman (EE Technologies)
Carol Nicholson (Atlantis), guest speaker
Megan Sells (Patagonia) and Emily
Andrews (Utility Tel) wearing the Patagonia
jacket she has worn world-wide
Paul Breen (GHX) and Charles White
(MarkUBiz)
JJ Johnson (ElectraTherm) and Scott Berry
(Calculated Inds)
Members and guests enjoy a Black Bear
Diner breakfast and our guest speakers
NBC Members
Corporate
Sponsors
Access to Healthcare
Network
Adele’s Restaurant
& Lounge
Advanced Machining
Techniques
Aervoe Industries,
Inc.
AFLAC
Alliance Business
Appraisals
Allison-MacKenzie
Law Firm
Aloha Medicinals
Alpine Insurance
Applied Business
Solutions
ARMAC Construction
Assoc. Builders &
Contractors (ABC)
Atlantis Casino
Resort Spa
Bank of America
Guest speaker Megan Sells (Patagonia)
and Carol Nicholson (Atlantis)
From The Director’s Desk
Manufacturers In The Capital Region Optimistic But Face Skilled-Worker
Shortage
by Kris E. Holt, Executive Director, Nevada Business Connections (NBC)
Although local manufacturing owners and managers are more confident in their company’s future
than they have been during the past five years, they are also concerned about healthcare costs,
the Margin Tax Initiative, local government attitudes, and a workers shortage.
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NBC Members
(contd)
Bayliss & Associates
Betra Manufacturing
Bradley Preston
Graphic Designer
Brian Gifford &
Assocs
Bristlecone Family
Resources
Builders Assn. of
Northern Nevada
(BANN)Builders
Assn. of
Western Nevada
(BAWN)
Bullis and Co CPAs
Capital City
Computing
Carson City Chamber
of Commerce
Carson City Library
Carson Nugget
Casino
Carson Properties
Carson Valley
Chamber
of Commerce
CarsonNow.com
Churchill County
Economic
Development
City of Carson City
City of Fallon
City of Fernley
City of Lovelock
City of Reno
City of Sparks
City National Bank
Clancy Machine Tool,
Inc.
Coldwell Banker
Select RE
Columbia River Econ
Dev Council
(CREDC)
Comnet Mktg Group
ComputerCorps
Concept Automation
Systems
Connect2it
Country Financial
Cubix
CVirtual
Dayton Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Delta Saloon
Dept of
Employment,
Training & Rehab.
(DETR)
DGD Development
Nevada Business Connections, a private economic development organization with offices in
Carson City and Reno since 2008, has been conducting a manufacturing survey during the last
three months. The one-on-one interviews with 70
manufacturers in Carson City and Douglas County
concluded that 85 percent of the businesses were
confident in their firm’s future. The findings echo
NBC’s Monthly Breakfast Meetings speaker’s
comments during the past three years. This monthly panel of manufacturing executives has
regularly stated that their businesses are ramping up production as they anticipate further
economic recovery.
For the continuing survey, confidence was especially high - at 96 percent - among companies
with 50 employees or less.
Forty-five percent of manufacturing executives are more optimistic that their revenue will grow
than five years ago. And the overwhelming majority anticipates that growth will come from new
customers. Very few firms do business locally except for (F.I.R.E) financial, insurance and real
estate services.
While confident, the participants also mentioned their top concerns as healthcare costs. The
number one inhibitor to growth. Government attitudes “Clueless politicians who don’t know the
value and impacts of manufacturing to our community.” And their ability to attract and retain
qualified employees. All companies have labor issues (no-shows, substance abuse and lack of
communication skills). The major concern was the small pool of talented workers. This
weakness persists as 35 percent of manufacturing executives believe their firms will grow in the
year ahead.
Fifty-two percent of the manufacturers perceive the skilled labor shortage may get worse as
Tesla and its suppliers locate to the area. “Tesla’s incentives were not available to them or they
did not qualify for Nevada’s incentives program.” The concern persists about attracting and
retaining skilled workers. Sixty-eight percent of the manufacturers surveyed said the state was
“on the right track” and 31 percent believed that issues like “taxes, regulations, and policy
uncertainties,” might negatively impact their company’s growth. All are upset with the Margin
Tax Initiative (12 manufacturers are considering leaving the state with 435 employees). Ten
manufacturing companies are planning to expand in Carson City and Douglas County, possibly
adding 460 new jobs in the next 18 months.
Eighty-two percent said that “quality of life” was the number one reason for moving to the region
along with cost savings and sensible regulations.
This is very important, first-hand feedback from one of the most significant contributors to
northern Nevada’s economy.
Remember, I’m just the messenger, the boots on the ground guy that wants to help the Capital
Region (Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Story Counties) remain at the manufacturing center of the
state.
Technology
3-D printing is here, and these photos
will help you understand the
emerging industry
published on-line by the Silicon Valley Business
Journal, October 23, 2014. Author: Vicki Thompson
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NBC Members
(contd)
DigiPrint
Corporation
Digital Delirium
Douglas County
Douglas Co Building
Industry Assoc
Douglas Gorgen
Duro
Manufacturing
Downtown Imp
Assoc (Reno)
Econ Dev Auth of W.
Nev (EDAWN)
Fernley Chamber of
Commerce
First American Title
Company
First Independent
Bank
Furniture Dept.,
The
GDA Degree Inc.
Gold Dust West
Casino
Gold Hill Publishing
Granite
Construction
Great Basin
Brewing Co.
Green Business
Chamber of
Commerce
Green Enterprises
Hammer Head
Construction
Hampton Inn
Henkes Welsh
Insurance Svcs
Heritage Bank of NV
Hire Dynamics
Holiday Inn Express
& Suites
Hone Company
HubZone Mfg, Inc.
ID Corporation
Industrial Logistics
Services
JLM Industrial
Supply
JT Basque Bar &
Dining Room
J.P. Copoulos
Architect
J.W. McClenahan
Co.
Job Opportunities
In Nevada (JOIN)
Kahl Commercial
Interiors
KNPB Public
Broadcasting
If the potential of 3-D printing for your business hasn't sunk in yet, there's still hope for you. We
toured a convention showing off recent advances in the technology yesterday to help you picture
what's going on in the industry.
Check out the photo array accompanying this story to get a taste of what the convention's
promoters call the third industrial revolution. The event, the Inside 3-D Printing Conference and
Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center, runs through today and is meant to display the
business possibilities of 3-D printing.
An array of Silicon Valley companies is already trying to stake
their claims in 3-D printing, including San Jose's TechShop Inc.
Investors and entrepreneurs betting on 3-D printing say it has
the potential to overturn the delivery economy that's been
displacing the traditional model of people going to a store to
buy things.
Today, consumers expect overnight or even same-day delivery
of things they order over the Web. But if 3-D printers advance sufficiently and are installed
ubiquitously, it will cut out the delivery person (or delivery drone) by letting people and
businesses order or make goods that are printed locally.
The efficiencies? Time is saved, goods have a smaller
carbon footprint because they're not shipped from distant
lands and driven to consumers’ doors, and costs for products
can fall because of those kinds of savings.
Now, how to employ all the delivery people...
Employment
Nike adds more than 2,000 jobs, exceeds state goal
published on-line by the Portland Business Journal, October 7, 2014. Author: Matthew Kish
Nike has hired more than 2,000 workers at its Oregon headquarters since 2012, far exceeding
one of two parts of an agreement it reached with state lawmakers in exchange for special tax
treatment.
Gov. John Kitzhaber called an extraordinary special session of the Legislature in December 2012
in order to strike a controversial deal with Nike.
In exchange for a commitment that it would create at least 500 jobs and spend at least $150
million on campus expansion by the end of 2016, lawmakers agreed to give Nike "tax certainty,"
and continue taxing the company only on the sales of products in Oregon.
In a news release Tuesday, Kitzhaber said the sportswear giant now employs more than 8,700
full-time workers at is sprawling Washington County headquarters, a 31 percent increase since
January 2012.
"Nike has gone above and beyond our expectations by expanding its workforce by far more than
was asked of them," Kitzhaber said in the news release. "Nike's commitment to economic
prosperity here in the state is made clear by the investment the company is making in both
existing and new employees."
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NBC Members
(contd)
LaMonica Properties
Langhoff
Consulting
Lumos & Associates
Lyon County
Mallard Investment
Management
Marriott Residence
Inn
MC-21
McClain’s Mobile
Music & DJ Svc
Metcalf Builders
Moment Skis
Mustang
Manufacturing
Moment Skis
Mustang
Manufacturing
Nevada Assoc of
Counties
Natl Assoc of
Industrial
& Office
Professionals
(NAIOP)
Nevada Business
Journal Magazine
Nevada Center for
Entrepreneurship
and Technology
Nevada
Development
Authority
Nevada Governor
Nevada Industry
Excellence
Nevada
Manufacturers
Association
Nevada Trucking
Association
Nevada Premier
Properties
Nevada Secretary
of State
Nevada Small
Business
Development
Center
Nevada State Bank
Nevada State
Development Corp.
Nevada Taxpayers
Assn.
NevadaWeb
NEVCAL Trucking
Northern Nevada
Chamber of
Commerce
The deal was meant to avert the possibility of Nike moving a chunk of its corporate operations to
another state.
"Nike appreciates the leadership and collaborative partnership to date with Gov. Kitzhaber to
support our expansion and growth," said Nike spokesman Greg Rossiter, in a prepared
statement. "We thank the governor, the Oregon Legislature, the leaders of Washington County
and the City of Beaverton for the support of our expansion and we look forward to continuing our
work together as we evolve our plans."
Rossiter declined to give details about Nike's expansion plans but said the company's "capital
investment is on track and our master planning process is underway."
A source familiar with Nike's internal discussions said the company will likely make an
announcement before the end of the year. Among questions that remain about the expansion
project, how many employees will move to campus and will Nike extend the berm that encircles
part of its headquarters.
The company cleared one development hurdle in August when the Beaverton City Council
agreed to let Nike submit all plans for the project to Washington County, an agreement that will
expedite the permit process.
Nike seemed on the verge of announcing expansion plans for the campus in late 2013 after it
reached deals to acquire all of the land within a super block bounded by Walker Road, Murray
Boulevard, Jenkins Road and 158th Avenue and after it acquired nearly 600,000 square feet of
office space adjacent to its headquarters.
As a result of those deals, Nike has nearly 351 acres of contiguous land in Washington County,
one of the largest corporate campuses in America.
But shortly after the deals, Nike hit "pause" on its expansion plans, seemingly because the
company is growing so fast it needed to rethink how best to accommodate its growth.
Since the day lawmakers convened in December 2012, Nike's annual sales have climbed more
than 15 percent to $27.8 billion. It's now the clear No. 1 in the global sportswear business with an
edge over rival Adidas in every category and geography. Just last month it reported another 15
percent jump in quarterly sales, sending its stock up 12 percent in a single day of trading.
It's unknown how much Nike plans to spend on its expansion, but the company won't have any
problems financing the building spree. It has $5.1 billion in cash and equivalents on its balance
sheet.
At an investor day last year, Chief Financial Officer Don Blair said the company expects to steer
more of its cash to capital projects. Blair predicted capital spending will rise to around 3 percent
to 4 percent of sales, or more than $750 million annually.
The company employs 56,500 worldwide, including retail workers, a 17 percent increase in the
past year, according to the company's most recent annual report.
Officials from Kitzhaber's office and the Oregon Department of Revenue verified the addition of
jobs at Nike's campus. The figures do not include in-house manufacturing, retail and
manufacture custom air-conditioning products. The company said its new 12,000-square-foot
design center cost $2 million and would serve as Prime Mechanical’s U.S. headquarters,
bringing with it 40 new high-level engineering jobs.
Other companies planning to add Minnesota jobs, along with the locations of their expansions,
include:
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NBC Members
(contd)
Northern Nevada
Title Company
Note-Ables
Office Support Center
OHL
Paper Cup, LLC
PAUGHCO
Pershing
County/Lovelock
Plating Products
Plumas Bank
Polam Machining
Pro Group Mgmt
Realty Executives
Regional
Transportation
Commission
RE/MAX
Reno Forklift and
Storage
Reno-Tahoe Airport
Authority
Retail Assn of Nevada
Ribeiro Company
Shaheen-Beauchamp
Builders
Bob Shriver,
Consultant
Sierra Nevada Assn.
of
Realtors
Sierra Sage Magazine
Silver Oak Golf &
Events Center
Silver Springs
Airport
Silver State
Consultants
Silvera Commercial
Real Estate, Inc.
Skywest and
Companies
Small Business
Admin
Solid Solutions
Design &
Machine
Sperry Van Ness
Commercial Real
Estate
Spherion Staffing
Stantec
State Agent &
Transfer
Syndicate
Stewart Title
Storey County
Tahoe & Carson
Telephone
Directories
Tetra Tech






AA Corporation, Duluth (40 jobs)
Lund Boat Company, New York Mills (30)
Brau Brothers Brewing Company, Marshall (28)
Compass Data Centers, Shakopee (18)
Voyager Industries, Brandon (15)
Marco, Inc., St. Louis Park (12)
For the complete DEED report-which includes more job expansions, as well as facility
expansions-that may not result in new jobs-visit http://mn.gov/deed/images/2013Q4bizexp.xlsx.
DEED’s report is likely not comprehensive, and it does not take into account job losses among
Minnesota employers.
“Companies are choosing Minnesota for their expansion projects because of the state’s
outstanding workforce and healthy business climate,” DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben
said in a statement. “With leading indicators pointing to continued growth in the state, we
anticipate the expansion trend to continue in 2014.”
Real Estate
1. Industrial space gets even tighter in Q3
published on-line by the Portland Business Journal, October 14, 2014. Author: Jon Bell
Portland’s tight office market gets most of the attention, but the metro region’s industrial and flex
space inventory is nice and constrained itself.
According to Norris, Beggs & Simpson’s third quarter report on industrial and flex space in the
metro area, industrial vacancy dropped to 7.5 percent in the quarter, down almost a percent from
the second quarter. The Vancouver market, especially, showed its limits, with a vacancy rate of
3.6 percent.
Despite the slim pickings, tenants and prospective buyers will have more new square footage to
choose from this year than they have since 2008.
According to Jones Lang LaSalle, the past five years have seen an average of 650,000 square
feet of new industrial space, limited primarily to owner-built or built-to-suit projects. The
commercial real estate firm expects that, between projects already completed and those
expected to finish up this year, 2014 will see more than 1.5 million square feet of new industrial
space added to the market.
Among the largest projects for the year are the 383,000-square-foot PDX Logistics Center
Building, the 358,870-square-foot Alliance Packaging building and Prologis PDX 20, a 207,800square-foot warehouse.
2.
County's Assessed Property Value Up 5.7 Percent
published on-line by the San Diego Business Journal, October 22, 2014. Author: Mike Allen
The total value of San Diego County’s assessed property for the 2014 fiscal year ended June 30
was $430.3 billion, up 5.7 percent from the prior year, according to the state Board of
Equalization.
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NBC Members
(contd)
The Bosma Group
Ticor Title
Town of Mammoth
Lakes
Trakker Design
Uhart Commercial
Real Estate
United Construction
Corp
Universal Analyzers
UNR/Business
Environmental
Program
UNR/Center for
Regional Studies
US Bank
USDA Rural Loans
VCM Collision Center
Vidler Water
Company
Vital Systems Corp.
Vitamin Research
Products
Washoe County
Health District
Wells Fargo Bank
Wells Fargo Advisors
Western Industrial NV
Western Nevada
College
Western Nevada
Supply
Western Industrial
Nevada
YESCO
California’s real estate values continue an upward trend, with the value of state and county
assessed property increasing for the fourth straight year, the BOE reports.
For the past year, values rose to $4.91 trillion, up $282 billion or 6.1 percent from the prior fiscal
year, the BOE said.
In all, 55 of 58 counties posted year-over-year increases in assessed value, with most rising
more than 2 percent.
Of the 12 counties with property rolls of more than $100 billion in assessed values, all showed
increases, with the largest being Contra Costa at 8.9 percent. The largest assessment roll in the
state is Los Angeles at $1.21 trillion.
Moving West
A big name in sunglasses and ski goggles to move design HQ to Portland
published on-line by Portland Business Journal, October 20, 2014. Author: Erik Siemers
Smith Optics, a maker of sports optics including ski goggles and sunglasses, will open a 35person design office in Portland as part of restructuring of the long-time Idaho company.
The Idaho Mountain Express newspaper reported that Smith is moving its operations out of
Idaho to three new locations: design in Portland; manufacturing and distribution in Clearfield,
Utah; and finance and human resources in Parsippany, New Jersey, at the U.S. headquarters of
its parent company, Italy-based Safilo Group S.p.A.
Safilo CEO Luisa Delgado was at the company's current headquarters in Ketchum, Idaho,
Monday to announce the news to employees, the newspaper reported.
According to the report, the 35-person design center will open sometime in early 2015.
A company official declined to provide information to the Business Journal on Monday but said a
news release would be distributed Tuesday morning.
The company was founded in 1965 by Bob Smith, an avid skier and dentist by trade who used
dental tools to manipulate foam and glue to develop the first fog-free ski goggles. It later
expanded into other performance eyewear and helmets. At the time of Bob Smith's death in
2012, the company reported annual revenue north of $100 million, according to an obituary of
Smith published in the New York Times.
Investment
Region Ranks Sixth in Q3 Venture Capital Dollars
published on-line by San Diego Business Journal, October 16, 2014. Author: Mike Allen
Twenty one San Diego area businesses attracted about $220 million in venture capital during the
third quarter, according to the Dow Jones VentureSource report.
The region ranked sixth highest in total venture capital dollars behind San Francisco, Boston,
New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, which obtained about $890 million during the
third quarter.
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Nationally, there were 899 venture capital deals during the past quarter that came to about $11
billion in fundings. The dollar amount was down 24 percent from the prior quarter, but an
increase of 16 percent from the like quarter of 2013, the report said.
San Diego-based Otonomy Inc., a biotechnology business developing drugs to treat ear
disorders, was listed as the nation’s third largest initial public stock offering for the past quarter.
The company raised about $100 million in an IPO that closed in August.
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Keynoters
NBC Keynote speakers in 2012/2013/2014:
Month
Speaker
Sonny L. Newman, President of EE Technologies, Inc.,
October 2014
Megan Sells with Patagonia, Inc., and Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Association.
Craig Mullet, CM Enterprises, manufacturing consultant, and
September 2014
Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Darryl Rubarth, owner of LabAnalytix, Inc. and Ray Bacon,
July 2014
Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Nick Marano, new City Manager of Carson City, and Ray
June 2014
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
L. Lance Gilman, Tahoe Reno Industrial Park & Storey
April 2014
County, with co-hosts Luke Leonard, CVirtual, and Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
David Midboe, Concept Automation Systems, with emcee
March 2014
Ray Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Joseph F. Dutra, Kimmie Candy Company, and Dean
February 2014
Schultz, Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, with emcee Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Stephen Vanderver, Vital
Systems; Gerd Poppinga, Vineburg Machining; and Frank
January 2014
Dutra. Advanced Machining Techniques) with emcee Ray
Bacon, Nevada Manufacturers Association.
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Panel of Manufacturers (Ken Stokes, Burns
Machining, Eric Dripps, Vitaman Research Products, Bret
Power
November 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
Sheldon, CINC Industries) with emcee Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Assn.
Dale Erquiaga, Nevada State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of Washoe
County Schools
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Olgierd Downarowicz, Polam
Precision Machining, and Harvey Hornung, Nevada Heat
Treating) with emcee Chris MacKenzie, Attorney.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Mark Thomas, Betra
Manufacturing, Red Sexton, Jube Machine, Dave Bess,
Carson Hi Tech, and Bob White, Taiyo-America) with emcee
John Bullis, Bullis & Company, CPAs.
Corrado De Gasperis, President & CEO, Director, and Ron
James, Chief Historian, both from Comstock Mining Inc.
Power Panel of Manufacturers (Walt Owens, Owens
Precision, Eric Rauch, Ametherm, Len Semas, Cubix, John
Colyer, Reliance Parts, David Schuster, MC-21) with emcee
Paul Enos, Nevada Truckers Association.
Environment Power Panel (Chris Lynch, UNR Business
Environmental Program, Joe McCarthy, Comstock Residents
Association, and Greg Martinelli and Sarah Polito, Waste
Management.)
Manufacturers Panel (Collie Hutter, Click-Bond, Emcee; Dave
Williams, Aervoe Industries; Ralph Johnson, EZE-LAP Diamond
Products, Inc., Ron McBroom, PAUGHCO, John Holliday, Aloha
Medicinals, and Dave Williams, Aervo Industries.
Sarah Adler, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
State Director
Perry Di Loreto, owner of Di Loreto Construction and
Development, and Mary Lau, President and CEO of the Retail
Association of Nevada
Frank Dutra, President of Hubzone Manufacturing and
Advanced Machining Techniques, and Ray Bacon, Nevada
Manufacturers Assn.
For Keynote info further back in time, see NBC Progress for October 2013 on our website
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