Members listed in Alphabetical Order
Agency Mabu
Agency Mabu is a Bismarck-based internet marketing and communications firm that has a GSA schedule and has 8(a) status. Agency Mabu currently has federal contracts with the US Army, National Traffic Safety Administration, Indian Health Services and US Department of Justice.
Capabilities include providing:
- custom programming for internet-based applications,
- 2D and 3D video animation,
- computer graphics,
- technical writing,
- market research,
- event planning and;
- multi-media production.
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Agri-Cover
ACI is a Jamestown, ND-based company that provides over 100 local jobs and has been in business for over 28 years. They have won several business awards locally and from the state for their top of the line, state-of-the-art agriculture, snow plow and ATV accessories. Since 1991 ACI has sold the number 1 Access Roll-Up Cover in North America.
Capabilities include providing:
- A variety of Tonneau covers (roll-ups)
- Several types of Snow Plows for trucks or ATV’s
- A variety of Ag Tarps
- A combination of accessories that includes gear retrieval, storage pockets, gaskets and seals
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Alien Technologies Corporation
Alien is a leading provider of UHF RFID, Integrated Circuit tags, readers and other services. They offer product and service including software solutions to help improve business productivity among other things. Alien works with retail, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, government and defense industries.
Capabilities include providing:
- RFID readers
- RFID tags
- RFID IC’s
- Intelligent Tag radar
- Case Studies/reports
- Services such as productivity improvement and supply chain management
- Brand Authorization
- Technical consulting
- Project Management
- RDIF Academy (training courses)
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Alion Science & Technology
Alion Science & Technology is a company who offers technical expertise and operational support to the DoD, government agencies as well as commercial customers. This company was founded by employees of the IIT Research Institute.
Capabilities include providing:
- Naval architecture
- Marine engineering
- Defense operations
- Systems engineering
- Modeling and simulation
- IT management
- Chemical, biological, nuclear and environmental sciences
- Wireless spectrum engineering
- Industrial technology
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Axcess International, Inc.
Axcess International offers a variety of solutions, products and services that focus on RFID technology.
Capabilities include providing:
- Personnel solutions
- Asset solutions
- Vehicle solutions
- Sensing solutions
- A variety of RFID Active Tags, Universal Sensing Appliance Tags, etc.
- A variety of infrastructure products to use with Active Tags including activators, receivers and antennas
- Software to integrate with new or existing systems for personnel, asset and equipment monitoring
- DOT technology; lowest cost, battery operated, wireless computer
- System designing as well as installation
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Cavalier County JDA
Cavalier County’s Job Development Authority is charged with providing assistance to businesses and individuals looking to relocate. The website provides a variety of information and contact information for members of the JDA to help more directly. Located in Langdon, ND and bordering Canada there is a major import/export industry located within the city and the county as a whole.
Capabilities include providing:
- Business assistance
- Financial assistance, lending programs
- Training resources
- Tax Incentives
- A list of businesses throughout the county
- Education options
- Medical options
- Renaissance Zone legislation for Cavalier County
- Housing options
- Realtors
- Several different housing incentives including tax breaks or waived fees and free utilities (short-term).
- Organizations
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Chiptronics, Inc.
Minority and privately owned company with certified minority distributorship in the electronics and electromechanical field. This company is a distribution center for Benchmark Electronics who is ISO 9002, AS and J Standard Certified. Chiptronics has been providing high quality products in a timely manner to a variety of companies including IBM, GE, 3M, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin among other commercial and military based customers.
Capabilities include providing:
- Benchmark offers services and solutions ranging from Account Management to Product Development, Test Strategy, Product Life Cycle, Supply Chain Management and more.
- Manufacturing of PCBA, Mechanical Assembly and Box Build
- Systems Integration, Optical Component & Final Assembly
- Test Solutions
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Com Del Innovation
CCDI is located in Wahpeton, ND and has replaced the data storage production plants of 3M and Imation. The company is ISO 9000 and 14001 Certified. This company provides product and services to several types of industries and consumers.
Capabilities include providing:
- Design/engineering Analysis
- Engineering modeling, process development, statistical analysis
- Precision Machining & Tooling
- Fabrication and machining stamping dies, coating dies, coating rolls and precision equipment components.
- Materials Characterization
- Injection Molding
- Metal Stamping
- Automation Applications
- High speed assembly
- Flexible cells
- Ultrasonic welding
- Printing
- Packaging
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Crane Wireless Monitoring Solutions
Crane WMS, a Crane Co. business, is a leading provider of wireless sensor networks for industrial, commercial and government applications, including Oil & Gas, Security and Military markets. Crane WMS provides network-centric wireless products along with wireless communications R&D services. Founded in 1855, Crane Co. (NYSE: CR) is a global, diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products and employs 12,000 people in over 25 different countries.
Crane WMS provides applications for:
- Border and Perimeter Security
- Condition Based Monitoring
- Industrial Equipment Monitoring
- Intrusion Detection
- Surveillance and Reconnaissance
- Environmental Monitoring
- Tank Level Monitoring
Crane WMS products include:
- MicroObserver © Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) system
- VantedgePoint © Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) system
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Cross Products, Inc.
CPI is a Minot based company who provides software consulting and specializes in enterprise solutions for a variety of organizations. Their portfolio consists of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) program for a client/server system and a Warranties and Claims Processing solution for the CRM program as well as several others.
Capabilities include providing:
- Custom software solutions
- Software consulting
- Data conversion
- Web development
- System integration
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Dakota Micro, Inc.
DM is an electronics manufacturer which provides durable and ruggedized camera and mobile surveillance solutions with three year factory direct warranty. DM produces low to large volume orders for individual customers as well as OEM’s and military contractors.
Capabilities include providing:
- Manufacture of ruggedized, durable cameras
- Manufacture of wiring harnesses and cable assemblies
- In-vehicle Surveillance, including recorders, microphones & cameras
- Wireless Audio/Video Transmitters and receivers
- Technical Support
- Powder Coating
- R&D
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Engineered Surfaces Center (UND)
This UND based program is working in partnership with Alion Science and Technology to do basic R&D and to provide improvements to weapon systems and enhance Defense needs to protect materials against surface wear and corrosion. This technology and training will enable economic development and elevate capabilities to assist the Department of Defense, UND and Alion.
Capabilities include providing:
- Research for emerging surface engineering technology
- Finishing technologies to prevent metal-to-metal contact in mating parts to eliminate contact wear. This would also increase load bearing capacity, decrease noise and friction between the surfaces.
- Thermal spraying steel coatings for abrasion resistance
- Application engineering for military components
- Research to increase life and improve reliability of Army aviation transmission, drive and actuation systems
- Future tasks include:
- Forming a technical advisory team
- Establish a superfinishing processing facility
- Demonstrate lifetime improvement of superfinished parts
- Perform basic superfinishing in R&D
- Initiate applied R&D in laser cladding and impact resistant materials
- Initiate development of corrosion/erosion protection coatings
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EZ-SPOT-UR
EZ-SPOT-UR, a Fargo-based, veteran owned design and manufacturing company manufactures metal components and rotating attachments for all kinds of equipment and tactical tools since 1992.
Capabilities include providing:
- Rotating Equipment
- Pot handler
- Rock & Tree Handler
- Pole Setter
- HD Pole Setter
- Rotating Forks
- Barrel Handler
- Tactical Tools
- Bases
- Variety of other tools
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General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
This company is a military contractor and a subdivision of General Dynamics. GA can be characterized as one of the world’s leading sources of high-technology systems by offering nuclear fuel cycle to electromagnetic systems. GA provides comprehensive military, commercial and civil solutions for any military or weapon system applications that include immediately deployable, transformational technology.
Capabilities include providing:
- UAV’s (Unmanned Aircraft) such as the Predator UAV Series and Lynx SAR/GMII sensor systems
- High resolution surveillance systems
- Radar imaging systems
- Advanced electronic, wireless and laser technologies
- Procurement services for disadvantaged business owners as well as small businesses
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Goodrich Cargo Systems
Goodrich Cargo Systems was established in North Dakota in 1970 as Western gear Corporation-a premiere manufacturer of weapons delivery systems. Since 2002 when acquired by Goodrich Corporation the Jamestown facility, Goodrich Cargo Systems, has operated under the Interiors division of the Goodrich Corporation. Cargo Systems is considered one of the largest Aerospace Cargo Manufacturer and delivers our North Dakota designed and manufactured components and systems to OEM’s including Airbus and Boeing.
Capabilities include providing:
- Machining
- Production
- Software/Electro-Mechanical design
- Product support engineering
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Grand Forks Economic Development Corp
The EDC is a non-profit organization that provides services to support local primary sector businesses start up or expand and attract new outside companies and industries to the Grand Forks area.
Capabilities include providing:
- Collaboration services between the EDC and local, state and federal governments to add and increase competitive work environments in the area
- Offer community resources by utilizing public services and educational institutions to further business expansion
- Identification of active markets and targeting new industries
- Maintain and update marketing materials, research, proposals, visit sites and establish good working relationships
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Greater Fargo-Moorhead Economic Development Corporation
The Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation’s (GFMEDC) mission is to grow and diversify the economy in Cass County, ND and Clay County, MN by retaining, expanding and attracting primary sector business.
Capabilities include providing:
- Economic research & analysis
- Strategy & public policy development
- Assisting primary sector companies with local, state and federal programs
- Expansion needs and workforce recruitment
- Promoting entrepreneurship in the Fargo-Moorhead area
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Hurricane Electronics, Inc.
Hurricane Electronics is a small, woman owned, ISO9001:2000 compliant business that specializes in providing hard to find, long lead time and obsolete components for the aerospace and maritime industries. HEI will build to print any part or commodity. They are known as a problem –solving, solutions-oriented organization with nearly two decades of experience. They also have an AS9100 REV B certification.
Capabilities include providing:
- Consultations:
- Operations Leader assists in opportunities from employment to government business.
- Sales Manager assists with questions on purchasing and RFQ’s.
- Quality Controller assists with types of quality systems in use.
- Accounting leader assists customers with flexible terms, billing schedules and the like.
- Locating hard to find and obsolete components including electronics, hardware and everything in between with DFAR compliance and/or military specifications available as well.
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Ideal Aerosmith
Ideal Aerosmith is a company with several locations across the U.S. which has a GSA contract to provide product to government agencies, contracts and subcontractors. Ideal provides services for several industries including aerospace, oil, defense, and avionics, space, automotive, medical and chip manufacturing. This company is known for the Scorsby Table, Manual Tilt & Turn Table and Rate-of-turn Table.
Capabilities include providing:
- Test Solutions
- Automated and simulation testing
- Inertial and flight motion simulation
- Build-to-print
- Obsolescence engineering
- Much more
- Test System Development
- Electronics testing
- Automated and Avionics test stations
- Cockpit display test sets
- Flight Software Test Systems
- RF test benches
- Much more
- Motion Systems
- Rate/position tables for Inertial sensors
- Thermal and vacuum motion testing
- Missile flight motion simulation systems
- Calibration tables for measurement-while-drilling
- Much more
- Engineering and Manufacturing Services
- Test stations
- Interface test adaptors
- Cable assemblies
- IPC-610C Certified Personnel
- UV laser wire marking
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InfoTech
InfoTech is a Manhattan based company with operations across the country including Minot, ND. This company is a Microsoft Certified Partner, a GSA contractor and offers a variety of technology and business solutions. They serve a wide range of industries from private clients to banks to governments.
Capabilities include providing:
- Financial solutions such as Contact Management, Compliance Folder and Research Contributor
- Media Management System for Direct Response media agencies and large marketing companies
- Federal/DoD services by developing integration capabilities and secure systems for the government
- Custom Applications such as SDTS; Stock Distribution Tracking System and Designation Workflow Tracking System
- IT Outsourcing with a variety of contracts for basic to advanced needs
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KMM
Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing is an ISO 9001-2000 with AS9100A registered contract manufacturer that provides competitive pricing and works with low to medium volume production rates. KMM also works with procurement and consignment orders.
Capabilities include providing:
- Electronic circuit board assemblies
- Fiber-Optic cable fabrication and assembly
- Cables
- Harnesses
- Ground support equipment
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Laserlith
Laserlith Corporation, a manufacturer of ultra-power-efficient wireless components, is building its manufacturing facility in Grand Forks. For the military, our technology enables small efficient electronically steered antennas for communication systems, reducing power consumption by 90% and size by 100x. For cell phones, our chip sets address a billion dollar market, improving transmitter efficiency by 2x, increasing talk time by 50% or alternatively reducing battery cost.
Capabilities include providing:
- MEMS Sensors
- Programs for antenna and UAV integration testing
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Minot Area Development Corp
MADC is committed to facilitating retention, expansion, start-ups and relocation of primary sector businesses to the area. They impressively increase employment and economic stability. MADC has been successful in its competitive programs due to the active participation of their investors.
Capabilities include providing
- Statistics including demographics, economic indicators and labor availability studies
- Local and State incentives including:
- MAGIC
- Jobs Development Fund (JDF)
- Industrial Revenue Bonds
- Renaissance Zone
- Souris Basin Revolving Loan Fund
- Intermediary Relending Program
- Provides assistance in locating available properties
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Patriot Systems USA
A Minnesota based company, Patriot System strives to provide their customers the highest level of service, trust and reliability in every performance and delivery. Providing a unique combination of services including IT and Construction and by using subcontractors this company has customers across the US, Europe, Asia and Central America.
Capabilities include providing
- IT infrastructure e.g. server administration/maintenance and desktop support services
- ERP-SAP e.g. consulting and system configuration, solution manager implementation
- Application Development and Maintenance Services
- Delivery
- Construction/Program Management
- Commercial development
- General contracting services e.g. project planning, estimating, quality assurance
- Roofing
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Pedigree Technologies
Pedigree is focused on software and service that enables wireless technology to be utilized in its fullest capacity. Technologies ranging from WIFI to Bluetooth, RFID and so much more are being use for tracking, sensing, monitoring, controlling assets and products. Using Pedigree’s secure, scalable online services the advantages are endless for industrial, commercial, private and public sector businesses.
Capabilities include providing:
- Lineage Services Platform: scalable multiplexing wireless sensor network and device management platform.
- Services to enable wireless devices for remote product services, machine monitoring, energy monitoring, asset management.
- Internet home and industrial automation
- Automatic meter reading
- Advanced remote control & automation systems
- Professional Services and Consultation
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Precision Equipment Mfg.
Precision Mfg. offers a variety of custom and standard trailers for a variety of industries as well as custom fabrication. They are located in Fargo, ND but provide product for customers on an international basis.
Capabilities include providing:
- Custom fabrication and custom trailers
- A variety of products for Agriculture industry including bottom hoppers, end dumps and farm bodies
- A variety of products for the Aggregate industry including belly dumps
- A variety of roll off trailers standard and extendable models
- A variety of snow blades and equipment for the Snow Pro 800
- Trailers for truss dealers
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Ray-Mac
Ray-Mac, Inc. is an ISO 9000 registered fabrication company that provides services for several markets including agriculture, construction and more. This company can provide assemblies for piece parts to completed projects and everything in between.
Capabilities include providing:
- A variety of cutting edge grader blades
- Fabrication
- Weldment
- Stamping
- CNC Machining
- Laser cutting
- Engineering services
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RFID Global Solutions
RFID Global Solution, Inc. is the leading provider of asset visibility solutions for defense, government and commercial customers. RFID Global Solution’s software delivers enterprise visibility of assets using the widest range of sensory data from active and passive RFID, GPS and Cellular technologies, in its award-winning, turnkey and custom solutions. RFIDGS is viewed within the industry as the leader in innovative solutions and quality deployments.
Capabilities include providing:
- Visi-Trac asset tracking solutions
- RFID deployment expertise
- Provides services or asset tracking, location awareness, security and supply chain visibility for several industries including:
- Aerospace & Defense
- Government
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Retail
- Transportation
- Art
- High Value Assets
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SolarBee, Inc.
SolarBee, Inc., a division of Medora Environmental, Inc. and a Dickinson, ND company, is a world leader in improving reservoir water quality. SolarBee pioneered long-distance circulation technology
(LDC) in water reservoirs, and today manufactures and installs water circulation equipment worldwide. SolarBee circulators help solve water-quality problems in freshwater lakes, wastewater lagoons, storm- water ponds, estuaries, potable and recycled water storage tanks - providing significant energy savings while relying on solar power and reducing the need for toxic chemicals. SolarBee recently ranked 6th in the “Top 50 Water Companies Competition” sponsored by The Artemis Project™, chosen from a field of over 120 applicants.
Capabilities include providing:
- Circulation equipment models for the Freshwater, Potable Water, and Wastewater markets
- Installation
- Training
- Machine Service
- Water quality profile testing
- Sludge measuring
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Technology Applications Group, Inc.
TAG is a company who is Grand Forks based and who also invented the Tagnite Coating system for magnesium alloys. This product has had extensive testing by aerospace and defense companies and several branches of the U.S. Military as well as commercial companies. Companies including Sikorsky Aircraft, Boeing Helicopter, Orenda Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney have used Tagnite.
Capabilities include providing:
- Tagnite coating which provides corrosion resistance, coating structures, surface finish and paint adhesion and prevents galvanic corrosion
- Other coatings including:
- HAE coating
- DOW 17 coating
- Environmentally safe solution
- Technical reporting
- Several coating applications including magnesium sand castings, die castings and much more
- Contact information for industry suppliers across the nation
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The Printers, Inc.
This Bismarck based company has been providing commercial printing, printed periodicals, promotional items and campaign materials to customers for over 20 years. By using up-to-date technology and software this innovative design team helps create unique designs in the beginning and final distribution in the end for the highest quality products.
Capabilities include providing:
- Commercial Printing
- Mailing services for bulk and variable data
- Extra’s such as foil, embossing, numbers, die-cuts, perforating and scoring
- Black and white and full color printing
- Printed Periodicals
- Includes a portfolio of local and statewide magazines and books
- Promotional Items
- Company logo or slogan on items like pens, can coolers, mouse pads and more
- Campaign Materials
- Yard signs, banners, buttons, brochures, door hangers, donation cards and more
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Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI)
The UGPTI which is located on the NDSU campus represents a variety of organizations, industries and agencies affecting transportation. This company educates, conducts research, and provides outreach to small urban and rural transportation and logistics agencies. They offer several established programs and services.
Capabilities include providing:
- Education
- Transportation & Logistics Ph.D. Program
- Transportation Option in Agribusiness and Applied Economics
- Master of Military Logistics
- Transportation Learning Network
- Research
- Agricultural Transportation
- Logistics and Rural Economic Development
- Motor Carrier Safety, Economics and Management
- Railroad Economics and Management
- Rural Aviation
- Rural and Small Urban Transit
- Statewide and Regional Transportation Planning
- Publications
- Conferences, Workshops, Seminars
- Training and Outreach
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Williston Economic Development Corp
This is a public/private non-profit organization that is charged with helping to provide relocation and expansion services to new and existing primary sector businesses to the Williston area.
Capabilities include providing:
- Detailed and up-to-date local demographics
- Employment opportunities
- Available buildings
- Site selection
- Exciting opportunities for value-added Ag and water development
- Workforce training and Information Technology programs at Williston State College
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XIO Strategies, Inc.
XIO has a comprehensive expertise in a variety of areas that provides service for corporate and government clients. They can also provide sources for RFID and UID technologies to their customers.
Capabilities include providing:
- Supply Chain Consulting
- Communications Consulting
- Independent research
- Marketing and Communication strategies
- Program and Project Management
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