June 1, Nashville
http://www.tnecd.gov/matchmaking

Middle Tennessee Business Matchmaking Registration Ends May 25

May 25th is the deadline for small, minority & women-owned businesses to take advantage of the opportunities offered at the Middle Tennessee Business Matchmaking event, scheduled for June 1 in Nashville. To complete your registration, visit www.tnecd.gov/matchmaking. Questions about the registration process can be directed to Michelle Proctor, (615) 741-8914 or michelle.proctor@state.tn.us.

Several large corporations & government agencies, or “buyers” have registered to attend. Below is a list of products & services the “buyers” are looking to “purchase.”

Products to Purchase

Accounting and auditing

Fermentation equipment

Paper, including novelty, office, newsprint, notebook

Actuators 

Filters

Nursing services 

Architectural engineering 

Fire fighting equipment, including rescue trucks

Optical industry machinery and equipment and supplies 

Automobile or light truck tires 

Fluid and gas regulators

Patient point of care testing supplies and equipment

Ball mills and valves

Fluid mechanics equipment

Paving equipment 

Boilers

Foundry dies and tooling

Pharmaceutical industry machinery and equipment and supplies 

Bridge cranes

Fuel oils

Pipe fittings and flanges

 Building, Construction Maintenance and Repair Services 

Gas analyzers and monitors

Plumbing system construction 

Chemicals including Bio Chemicals and Gas Materials 

General lighting and fixtures

Police vehicles 

Chromatographic measuring instruments and accessories

Government accounting and auditing services

Pressure measuring and control instruments

Cleaning and janitorial services 

Grounds Maintenance

Promotional, publication & advertising printing 

Clinical and diagnostic analyzer reagents, accessories and supplies

Hardware and fittings 

Pump parts and accessories

Clothing 

Heavy construction machinery and equipment 

Railway engineering 

Compressors

Human resources productivity audits 

Recreation, playground, swimming, spa equipment and supplies 

Computers

Humidity and moisture measuring instruments

Roofing installation or repair 

Control valves

Information technology consultation services 

Sewing needles 

Cosmetics

Injection moldings

Sludge or sewage handling trucks 

Dump trucks 

Juvenile justice law services 

Spectroscopic equipment 

Electrical engineering services 

Labor training or development

Temperature and heat measuring instruments

Electrical hardware and supplies

 Laboratory enclosures and accessories

Temporary customer service personnel 

Emergency lighting and accessories

Laboratory environmental conditioning equipment

Video, combination video and audio presentation equipment and hardware and controllers 

Environmental Services 

Laboratory freeze dryers and lyopholizers and accessories

Water and sewer utilities 

Fabric markers or fabric pencils or fabric chalk 

Lamps and light bulbs

Water testing, conservation and ecology 

Faxswitch machines

Land surveying equipment

Web design

Fencing 

Medical Claims Review and Management 

Weight measurement instruments

“The business matchmaking event gave us regional and national exposure and expanded our networking base. The relationships and contracts that have resulted from the matchmaking event have turned our long term goals into short term goals.”

Genma Holmes, Owner of Holmes Pest Control in Nashville