Success Stories

Your success is our success. As we continually expand our scope, our ranks have grown from mature industries like agriculture and manufacturing to include emerging technologies in the energy and medical research and development sectors. Once here, people quickly recognize the region's amazing business potential. From the immediate access to key community leaders to the competitive cost of doing business to the available pool of talented workers, there are plenty of ingredients that combine to make Pocatello the perfect place to create your own success story. We encourage you to read on for some praise from some of our recent successes.

Testimonials

“We are extremely pleased to locate Nordic Windpower’s North American manufacturing facility in Idaho, following a comprehensive review of many good sites across the United States. Pocatello has a favorable cost of operations, and an excellent workforce and location central to potential customers and transportation.  These advantages will benefit our customers in competitive pricing for very high reliability.” Steve Taber, Nordic Windpower CEO and co-founder

“It has been a pleasure to work with this group (BDC, City, County, Mayor, City Council) and because of their forward thinking and professionalism, they were instrumental in attracting Petersen, Inc." Steve Petersen, Owner of Petersen, Inc.

“We are pleased to have selected the city of Pocatello as the location for our polysilicon production facility.  We believe Pocatello is an ideal location for a business of this nature due to its pro-business environment, highly skilled labor, and ability to meet the operational needs of a growing company such as ours.” Dustin Shindo, Chairman, President and CEO, Hoku Scientific