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TechTrends e-Newsletter I July 2004 Page 4 of 6 <br /> medical devices, including pacemaker programmers. St. Cloud State's engineering <br /> • management and manufacturing engineering students will use the grant to provide <br /> 111 on-the-job training to entry-level and advanced workers at the plant. <br /> • Zierke Built Manufacturing Inc., a Winnebago-based supplier of metal parts to <br /> the power generator industry, has announced plans to undertake a $200,000 <br /> expansion. The company will take advantage of the state's Job Opportunity <br /> Building Zone (JOBZ) program to support the project. Zierke has been in <br /> Winnebago since 1997, employing 24 workers. The company reports plans to hire <br /> six more employees by September 1. <br /> Peter Fox, general manager of Microsoft Corp.'s north central commercial <br /> district, has been elected to the Minnesota High Tech Association's board of <br /> directors. <br /> Proposed ethanol plant Granite Falls Community Ethanol of Granite Falls reports <br /> that it has surpassed its $18 million fundraising goal, due to recent stock buy-ins <br /> • from Watertown, S.D.-based ethanol plant Glacial Lakes Energy and Fagen Inc., <br /> a construction company based in Granite Falls. The firms bought 6,500 and 2,500 <br /> shares, respectively. Glacial Lakes Energy will partner with the proposed plant to <br /> operate and manage the facility. According to the company, Fagen Inc. will begin <br /> construction on the plant late this summer. <br /> Catendar <br /> 4111 <br /> MTI Technology Awareness Forum: Food Security <br /> Date: 8/12 <br /> Time: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. <br /> Location: Microsoft Corp., Bloomington <br /> Cost: $149 <br /> Click Here to Register <br /> • MTI Technology Awareness Forum: Business Growth—Performance <br /> Date: 9/8 <br /> Time: 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. <br /> Location: Twin Cities metro location TBD <br /> Cost: $149 <br /> Click Here to Register <br /> MTI Technology Awareness Forum: Marketing Technology <br /> Date: 10/13 <br /> • Click Here to Register <br /> 04 <br /> MTI Technology Awareness Forum: Strategic Vendor Selection <br /> Date: 11/10 <br /> Click Here to Register' <br /> MTI Technology Awareness Forum: NASA Technology Transfer <br /> Date: 12/8 <br /> Click Here to Register <br /> • <br /> Perspectwe <br /> http://www.minnesotatechnology.org/publications/techtrends/2004/July/print Version.asp 7/23/2004 <br />