Private sector funding from the businesses and organizations throughout the New Mexico Borderplex is a mainstay of MVEDA’s ability to continue in its mission of creating new employment opportunities for area residents. MVEDA is proud to announce its two newest Partners, Sapphire Energy and Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC.

Sapphire Energy is growing algae at the West Mesa Industrial Park to produce a renewable source of fuel for gasoline and jet fuel. It is constructing a research and development facility with five buildings and potentially thousands of feet of algae ponds on the industrial park. Sapphire has utilized laboratory space at New Mexico State University while the new laboratory at the West Mesa Industrial Park is under construction.

Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the State of New Mexico.  They are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and have recently expanded into the Borderplex region. They offer  intellectual property solutions to regional, national and international clients, including Fortune 500 high-technology companies, individual inventors and emerging businesses.

MVEDA’s Partners are linked from MVEDA’s website.