Salient 2016 Highlights

 

Another year has gone by, and here at Salient, we have lots to be excited about!
Here (in no particular order) are just a few things that made our year great:

1. Working with a wide range of customers on over 160 products this year; ranging from leaf blowers to sippy cups and from playground
   equipment to oceanic drones.
2. Winning the Prospera Business Network’s 2016 Innovator of the Year award
3. David Yakos won “Toy Innovator of the Year” at the ChiTag TAGIE Awards
4. Being Finalists for two TOTYs (Toy of the Year Awards) {the Oscars of the Toy & Game world}!:
   1. Toy of the Year Finalist: Mega Tracks
   2. Game of the Year Finalist: Circuit Maze
5. Acquiring a new 48×36 Laser cutter for large format cutting and etching fun
6. Launching a Soft Goods Department; including new industrial sewing machines, heat-cool press, Optitex workstation, hot air welder and seam taping machine
7. Purchasing a new FormLabs Form2 SLA 3D Printer for fast prototyping in multiple materials
8. Attending the Outdoor Retailer (O.R.) Summer Market
9. Attending HATCH Experience in Big Sky, Montana, and HATCH LatAm in Panama
10. Participating in the Montana Department of Commerce’s Montana Pavilion at ISPO in Munich, Germany
11. David addressed the Montana Ambassadors Annual Meeting & Conference as their Keynote speaker
12. Steve addressed MMEC Compete Smart at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort
13. Winning the People’s Choice Award at Blunderbuss Maker Faire 
14. Enjoying delicious nitrogen-frozen gelato made by Kevin from Big Horn Valve Company
15. Attending the NY Toy Fair and receiving a Best of Toy Fair 2016 award
16. Being written up in Forbes for creativity
17. Collaborating with Helio + Company to create the first-ever 3D printed movie titles, which were used in The Fourth Phase

Check out some photos from all these happenings, below, and check out all the links above for more detail on our wild year!

We hope your year was fantastic, and that 2017 is filled with good things,

~The Salient Team

Salient's Seth Carlstrom at an Outdoor Retailer event in Salt Lake City, UT HATCH Experience in Big Sky, Montana ISPO Show in Munich, Germany Salient's Steve Sanford (middle) manning the Salient ISPO Booth at the Montana Department of Commerce's Montana Pavilion. Munich, Germany. David Yakos delivering Keynote Address at the Montana Ambassadors' Annual Meeting & Conference Christina Gale, Seth Carlstrom & Ross Walker manning the Salient Booth at the Blunderbuss Maker Faire Enjoying home-made nitrogen-frozen gelato from Kevin at Big Horn Valve Company Ross Walker, Kirk Turner & Steve Sanford Steve Sanford, David Yakos and Joel Switzer at the NY Toy Fair. Circuit Maze was a 2016 Mensa Mind Games Finalist Bill Ritchie of ThinkFun being presented with a Best of Toy Fair 2016 award for Circuit Maze Jay Bruns of Lionel and David at the NY Toy Fair with Mega Tracks Title Screen set up for The Fourth Phase. Image provided by Helio + Company Title Screen set up for The Fourth Phase. Image provided by Helio + Company The Salient Team: Joel Switzer, Stephanie Mundt, David Yakos, Steve Sanford, Seth Carlstrom, Christina Gale, Ross Walker and Kirk Turner 3D printing, Awards, Circuit Maze, Helio and Company, innovation, laser cutting, Lionel Trains, Mega Tracks, Salient Technologies, The Fourth Phase