The Montana Photonics Industry Alliance serves as a hub for Montana’s optics and photonics companies, entrepreneurs, laboratories, and universities to commercialize, grow and sustain globally leading organizations that create high quality jobs and economic opportunity in Montana.
MPIA
- Supports initiatives designed to start, grow and attract new optics and photonics companies to Montana
- Promotes optics and photonics job opportunities in Montana to attract top quality professionals to the state
- Supports efforts to build the state’s optics and photonics technology research base
- Exchanges information about common issues and opportunities
- Pools resources to support joint training, research and development and business development projects that advance the competitiveness of Montana optics and photonics companies
- Educates the public and students about optics and photonics career opportunities
- Serves as an interface between Montana optics and photonics companies and state educational institutions
- Serves as the interface between Montana optics and photonics companies and state government
The video highlights reasons to locate a Photonics business in Bozeman, MT. It was shown at Laser World of Photonics in June 2017.



