Global Logistics Firm Grows By Leaps and Bounds in its Portland Home
UTi Worldwide grew from 14 employees to more than 230 in just 18 months thanks in part to a $250,000 loan from Business Oregon.
Contracting Service Organizations
Business Oregon works closely with the following contracting service organizations to assist small business growth.
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber
Portland, Oregon, 503-222-0280
The Chamber serves to increase economic advancement of the Latino business community, build business competency and enhance opportunities for Latino-owned businesses to earn contracts for public- and private-sector projects. Se Habla Español—Spanish language services
Organization for Economic Initiatives, Inc. (OEI/GCAP)
Springfield, Oregon, 541-736-1088
Through its Government Contract Assistance Program (GCAP), this organization delivers procurement technical assistance to women-owned, minority-owned, rural- and distressed-area businesses throughout Oregon.
Business Financing Resources
Oregon Facts
Low Energy Costs
Oregon's energy costs are among the lowest industrial rates in the U.S. averaging fewer than 5 cents per kilowatt hour in some areas. This is about half of the industrial rates in California.
