MAMTC targeting small-town businesses

BOULDER — Manufacturers in rural areas have been targeted for assistance by a manufacturing center at the University of Colorado at Boulder previously run by Colorado State University.Since CU-Boulder took over the Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Program in August, the group has focused on building relationships with small rural manufacturers in places such as Durango and Montrose, and even in cities such as Greeley, said Edvard Hag, head of the Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center and now regional director for MAMTC in Colorado.
The program provides manufacturers with advice on business and technical operations. One of its goals is to…