BUTTE -- Technological innovation thrives in the bootstrapped startups and high-tech manufacturers of Montana.
One example is the Universal Technical Resource Services, INC (UTRS), an engineering service provider and consultancy. In 2010, UTRS opened a new research and development facility in Butte to explore alternative methods of titanium production. Over the past 6 years, these engineers have refined and patented a chemical process that economically surpasses the Kroll Process, the current standard for titanium refinement.
