ALBUQUERQUE, NM—On the tail-end of a month-long effort to highlight local, high-tech manufacturing businesses in central New Mexico, U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich (NM-1) visited the TransCore Amtech Technology Center today.  Over the last month, Rep. Heinrich met with employees and toured numerous businesses that provide quality jobs to hundreds of New Mexicans.

“Our local high-tech industry has grown by hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue over the last few years,” said Rep. Heinrich. “TransCore is another example of the kind of economic success we see when central New Mexico’s scientists, manufacturers, engineers, and entrepreneurs work together.”

TransCore employs 180 workers at their flagship manufacturing facility in Albuquerque. The company is the world’s largest producer of Radio Frequency Identification “toll tags,” used for monitoring transportation and national defense applications.

PHOTO: U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich tours the TransCore Amtech Technology Center with George McGraw, Executive Vice President, Operation, on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.