These businesses have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. There are some subsets with other commonalities. Two, coincidentally, were born in garages in Windsor. Three others have new ownership since 2020. After that, it’s…
All Made In Colorado's winners and finalists have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. It underlines the sheer breadth of the products made in Colorado. While the Colorado manufacturing base is not as established…
All Made In Colorado's winners and finalists have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. It underlines the sheer breadth of the products made in Colorado. While the Colorado manufacturing base is not as established…
All Made In Colorado's winners and finalists have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. It underlines the sheer breadth of the products made in Colorado. While the Colorado manufacturing base is not as established…
All Made In Colorado's winners and finalists have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. It underlines the sheer breadth of the products made in Colorado. While the Colorado manufacturing base is not as established…
All Made In Colorado's winners and finalists have at least one thing in common: They all make products in Colorado. It underlines the sheer breadth of the products made in Colorado. While the Colorado manufacturing base is not as established…
Returning in person on Tuesday, December 6th, the Made in Colorado Manufacturing tradeshow will be back in full swing at Mile High Station! This highly anticipated event presents business professionals across the state of Colorado an opportunity to network with…
Farm to Summit — Dehydrated Meals Durango Louise Barden saw a void in backcountry cuisine while working as a research ecologist in the Yellowstone backcountry. “These grown men were just complaining about food and how they hated their meals,” Louise…
LavaBox Portable Campfires Joshua Thurmond’s background as a rafting guide led to the launch of LavaBox in early 2021. A fellow board member at the Colorado Whitewater Association asked Thurmond if he could come up with something better than the…
Starting an independent business can be a difficult venture. Along with having the money to fund the project, one must develop a business plan, create working systems, hire employees, convince customers to purchase the product or service, and a multitude…
Gina Klawitter’s art has evolved over the course of her 40-year career in the Denver area. “At CSU, I trained as a graphic designer so I had a way of making money,” she says. “But I realized I had to…
The company “wraps” kernels with seven different flavors (including Fancy Butter, Chedapeño and Cinnalicious) at its facility in Englewood. Serial entrepreneurs and DJs Jonas Tempel and Brad Roulier have followed up success with Beatport with a move into…
Smart by Nature soaps contain no parabens or synthetic chemicals, using essential oils for scents and natural and organic ingredients wherever possible. Denise Weaver bought her soap-making business from the founder in 2008. Smart by Nature soaps contain…
Aaron Michael says he started Earth Love Gardens in 2018 because he “wanted people to connect with the Earth” by building them redwood and cedar garden beds, providing seeds and soil, and offering hoop houses to extend the growing season…
Initial Lightbulb: Founder and CEO Joe Thurman has seen the pain points involved with job interviews firsthand. Through his 15-year career in human resources, Thurman came to realize the interviewing process was fundamentally broken at most companies. “This largely unmanaged…
If the pandemic-induced manufacturing phenomena taught us anything, it’s easier to boost manufacturing in your own country than it is to reach overseas in times of need. It’s a lesson that could boost manufacturing in Colorado for decades to come.
Customers can choose art and photos from Spoke Sound’s catalog to adorn the canvas, or else upload an image of their choosing for a personalized speaker.
To combat the “itchy and hot” status quo, Emily Dick cut a hole in a gaiter to keep her ponytail from bunching up inside of it. Emily and her mom, C.C., connected with American Made Apparel Manufacturing in Aurora to sew the first batch of Gatortailz in late 2021.
Snitching Lady’s primary whiskey recipe was originally concocted by founder Thomas Williams’ great-grandfather in North Carolina. It involves an open flame, charred Carolina oak barrels, and patience. About 250 liquor stores in Colorado carry the distillery’s products.
As of late 2021, the factory is shifting its power source from coal to the sun. While the solar energy will power the old mill in the near term, construction is underway on a state-of-the-art replacement that’s scheduled to come online in 2023.
The company’s products have since been used at the Fukushima site, as well as Chernobyl and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Researchers, medical professionals, manufacturers and metal salvage operations are also customers.
While the company’s supply chain stretches from Colorado to Asia, the final products are made at the company’s manufacturing facility south of Denver. Zynex produces NexWave, an FDA-approved, prescription-only electronic device that helps users manage pain and rehabilitate muscles.
Essentially, the system’s patented icemaker freezes water when it’s most economical, then injects salt into the ice as a freeze suppressant. The resulting -25 degrees Fahrenheit brine pulls unwanted heat from the freezers at the facilities.
Leveraging innovation in both design and manufacturing, the company uses additive manufacturing—3D printing—to make 80% of the mass of its reusable rocket engines. Additive manufacturing makes for benefits in design, prototyping and manufacturability
