From offices in Boise, Post Falls, Twin Falls, and Pocatello, TechHelp Specialists help Idaho manufacturers, food processors and entrepreneurs improve their competitiveness through continuous product and process innovation.

As a public-private partnership, TechHelp and the National Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) deliver a high return on investment. For every dollar of federal investment, the MEP national network generates $17.9 in new sales growth for manufacturers and $27.0 in new client investment. In other words, this translates into $2.3 billion in new sales annually. Similarly, for every $1,501 of federal investment, MEP creates or retains one manufacturing job. The NIST MEP Annual Report includes a great summary of system impact.

Idaho Manufacturing Facts

About 13% of Idaho’s GDP or $8B is from Manufacturing and about 9% of Idaho Jobs are in manufacturing. 

Companies that work with TechHelp are asked by a neutral third-party survey firm about their satisfaction with TechHelp and if their engagement with TechHelp generated any quantifiable impact in the areas of:

  • Cost Savings
  • Investment
  • Jobs Created and Retained
  • New and Retained Sales

As a result, from January 2022 Through December of 2022, TechHelp Clients Reported:

  • New and Retained Sales – $46MM
  • Jobs Created and Retained – 290
  • Cost Savings -$21M
  • New Investment – $39M
  • Recommend TechHelp – 9.6 (out of 10, n = 55)

Infographic describing how TechHelp serves Idaho manufactures with training and consultation.

From our University-based offices in Boise, Post Falls, Pocatello, and Twin Falls.