Two of MVEDA’s valued private sector partners recently received recognition for their work in their respective fields. Ed Camden, President of Southwest Steel Coil in Santa Teresa, has been selected the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Exporter of the Year for Region VI. The Exporter of the Year award is given to individuals who have [...]
Read MoreBy Todd G. Dickson, Las Cruces Bulletin Over the next 33 months, Heritage Home Healthcare and Hospice will add 100 new jobs to its Las Cruces operations, which will become its regional headquarters. Heritage CEO Len Trainor said he and his wife Liz started the company in 1993 out of their rental home in Albuquerque. [...]
Read MoreBy Brook Stockberger, Las Cruces Sun-News LAS CRUCES – Gov. Susana Martinez said she loves the sunlight and warmth of her hometown of Las Cruces because Santa Fe can still be chilly this time of year. She said she also loves visiting southern New Mexico to help announce economic development, a task she undertook Tuesday. [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by David Salcido Will she or won’t she? That was the question facing New Mexico filmmakers as the 60-day legislative session wound to a close Friday, March 15, and HB379 sat on Gov. Susana Martinez’s desk awaiting a signature. When news broke that Martinez had vetoed the bill, however, [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the NMSU News Center, by Art Ruiloba New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center added a new partner to the center’s technology incubator. Accion is an award-winning, nonprofit organization that provides financial resources and training for self-employed entrepreneurs and small companies. Garrey Carruthers, dean of the NMSU College of Business and vice president for [...]
Read MoreExporTech is coming to Albuquerque. The ExporTech Program was developed by two leading organizations that provide assistance to manufacturers – The Manufacturing Extension Partnership and the U.S. Export Assistance Centers of the Department of Commerce. By the end of the program every company will have developed its own international growth plan and accelerated their export [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson As Spaceport America readies to complete work on lengthening its runway and creating visitor centers, its anchor tenant Virgin Galactic is helping to secure passage of critical legislation. At a press conference Thursday, Nov. 15, in Albuquerque, the newly formed Save Our Spaceport Coalition held [...]
Read MoreThe New Mexico Economic Development Department, in collaboration with the New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership, is offering the New Mexico 9000 training classes to prepare New Mexico businesses for ISO 9001 Certification. The first class is scheduled to begin on January 18, 2013 at the New Mexico State University Albuquerque branch, 4501 Indian School Rd. [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Alta LeCompte Squinting in the late afternoon sun, friends of Positive Energy Solar watched a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday, Oct. 26, making official the company’s new solar-powered Las Cruces headquarters at 510 S. Main. “Not only can we eat Downtown, many of us can walk to work. And [...]
Read MoreCourtesy of Spaceport America The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) Board of Directors approved the award of two new contracts Monday, Sept. 24, moving the spaceport closer to its grand opening in December 2013. The board approved the award of the runway modification contract to A.S. Horner, an Albuquerque-based company that has been doing business [...]
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