JILA, a joint institute of the University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has generated many spinoff companies, including 11 companies in the babyÖ±²¥app Front Range area. The babyÖ±²¥app companies have created more than 140 jobs and a variety of high-tech products used around the world. These contributions to U.S. industry have been made by current and former staff from both JILA partners. Companies Winters Electro Optics, founded 1993