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DESCRIPTION:Jason Black is the owner and President of MTECH\, Inc.\, a Chic
 o-based manufacturing company that designs and builds a line of fire and r
 escue equipment called QTAC. Originally a custom plastic fabrication shop\
 , MTECH is now a product-based company that sells QTAC fire “skids” 
 – mobile tank and pump systems – for side x sides and trucks\, as well
  as complete fire and rescue trucks for agencies like Cal Fire and Butte C
 ounty Search and Rescue. Black has lived in Chico for 27 years\, is marrie
 d and has two children. His journey started as a motorcycle racer\, test r
 ider and magazine editor. After a short stint in the dot com industry in t
 he late 1990s\, Black decided to partner with his dad in what was at the t
 ime a one-man manufacturing company. His dad retired fully in 2019\, and t
 oday MTECH employs 54 people and continues to grow. Outside of time with h
 is family\, Black enjoys motorcycle riding and mountain biking.   ABOUT T
 HE PRESENTATION: The presentation discusses MTECH’s beginnings as a smal
 l\, one-man shop\, and some of the hurdles and challenges that occurred al
 ong the way to it becoming a respected builder of fire and rescue equipmen
 t. www.qtacfire.com     
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Jason Black is the owner and President of M
 TECH\, Inc.\, a Chico-based manufacturing company that designs and builds 
 a line of fire and rescue equipment called QTAC. Originally a custom plast
 ic fabrication shop\, MTECH is now a product-based company that sells QTAC
  fire &ldquo\;skids&rdquo\; &ndash\; mobile tank and pump systems &ndash\;
  for side x sides and trucks\, as well as complete fire and rescue trucks 
 for agencies like Cal Fire and Butte County Search and Rescue.</p>\n\n<p>B
 lack has lived in Chico for 27 years\, is married and has two children. Hi
 s journey started as a motorcycle racer\, test rider and magazine editor. 
 After a short stint in the dot com industry in the late 1990s\, Black deci
 ded to partner with his dad in what was at the time a one-man manufacturin
 g company. His dad retired fully in 2019\, and today MTECH employs 54 peop
 le and continues to grow. Outside of time with his family\, Black enjoys m
 otorcycle riding and mountain biking.</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>ABOUT TH
 E PRESENTATION:</p>\n\n<p>The presentation discusses MTECH&rsquo\;s beginn
 ings as a small\, one-man shop\, and some of the hurdles and challenges th
 at occurred along the way to it becoming a respected builder of fire and r
 escue equipment.</p>\n\n<p>www.qtacfire.com</p>\n\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p>&n
 bsp\;</p>\n
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