News Release from: Oregon Economic and Community Development
OECDD HELPS REDMOND BUSINESS EXPAND IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Posted: April 2nd, 2009 11:58 AM
A grant from the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD) assisted a Redmond aviation equipment company market its products to customers worldwide at this week's Aero Friedrichshafen trade show in Germany.
Mountain High Equipment & Supply Company received a $2,500 Oregon Trade and Promotion grant to help defray a portion of the company's costs at the trade show. The company manufactures adaptive oxygen delivery devices and other aviation oxygen components at its Central Oregon location.
"We are very pleased with the state's assistance toward our efforts to market our products around the globe," said Mountain High CEO Robert Jamieson. "We know our products can compete globally and we hope to push into new markets and expand our reach."
Mountain High Equipment & Supply Company is located at the Redmond Airport Aviation Industrial Complex in Central Oregon. Mountain High has an outstanding aviation industry reputation for the research and design improvements to aviation oxygen use. Pilots and other oxygen users use the company's oxygen systems worldwide.
"These relatively small grants can pay big dividends for Oregon companies selling products in international markets," said OECDD Director Tim McCabe. "This is just one of the many ways OECDD works to help existing Oregon businesses stay competitive around the globe."
OECDD offers financial assistance to Oregon companies who wish to take advantage of international trade shows and trade missions to enter new markets or expand existing ones. Through the Oregon Trade Promotion Program (OTPP), International Trade Services of the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department will reimburse up to 50 percent of a company's eligible expenses up to $2,500 per pre-approved strategic event.
AERO Friedrichshafen is the premier European tradeshow for the General Aviation industry, and now occurs every year in the scenic city of the Zeppelins -- Friedrichshafen, Germany. The 2009 show will feature companies specializing in aviation services, avionics and maintenance, business aviation, general aviation and private, sports, gliders and ultralights.
Mountain High was founded in 1985 by recreational pilot and engineer Patrick L. McLaughlin. The company and its twelve employees have been designing, manufacturing and supplying aviation oxygen equipment and supplies worldwide for over twenty years.
Mountain High Equipment & Supply Company's parent, AIR, Inc. is an in-house research, design and manufacturer of patented state-of-the-art aviation oxygen equipment. All products are manufactured on site in Central Oregon. The company is known particularly in the general aviation, glider and personal built industry for its adaptive oxygen delivery devices and other aviation oxygen components.
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For more information about Mountain High, Contact: Robert Jamieson at (541) 923-4100 or [email]. Information and links on the comprehensive line of MH aviation oxygen equipment and dealers throughout the world can be found at www.MHoxygen.com.
The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department works to create, retain, expand, and attract businesses that provide sustainable, living wage jobs for Oregonians through public-private partnerships, leveraged funding, and support of economic opportunities for Oregon companies and entrepreneurs. Visit www.oregon4biz.com for more information on doing business in Oregon.
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