Latest News

Heaven Scent Bath & Body: It's all making scents

June 7, 2012

A bee stung Tracie Wenski's son, Jake, a couple of years ago. Then another one stung him soon thereafter. The 43-year-old mother of two took her son, now 11 years old, to the doctor and found out that in addition to being highly attractive to a

Spokane entrepreneur launches SalesCreed.com

SalesCreed.com connects businesses and freelance sellers to expand markets

June 7, 2012

Mike McLean

A Spokane entrepreneur is starting up a Web-based company designed to connect businesses with freelance salespeople.Through the service, named SalesCreed.com, salespeople post their resumes, and businesses post sales projects on the company's to

Post Falls concern expands markets for insulating foam

FMI-EPS taps Canadian, U.S. building industry with varied product line

May 24, 2012

Mike McLean

A Post Falls company that makes foam insulation and packaging materials has managed to expand during the recession, largely by capitalizing on growing Canadian markets and diversifying its U.S. product line.The company, FMI-EPS LLC, makes foam a

Tilting cars in assembly may prevent injury

Researchers say sitting also can alleviate strain on select installations

May 24, 2012

News Wise

Letting autoworkers sit while they reach into a car's interior could help prevent shoulder and back strain, but another solution might be to tilt the entire car so that workers can stand up.That's the finding of two recent studies, which tested

Large players work to expedite materials innovation

Manufacturers develop principles meant to drive industry, economic growth

May 24, 2012

News Wise

More than 30 leaders representing a broad cross-section of the materials and manufacturing industries are the initial signatories to a newly developed set of principles designed to provide guidance on pursuing collaborative efforts to accelerate by

Manufacturer orders rose in March

Western region posted double-digit increases for month, year to date

May 24, 2012

U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled about $496 million during the month of March, says the Association for Manufacturing Technology. That sum, as reported by companies participating in AMT's U.S. manufacturing technology orders program,

Spokane Valley-based H&H Molds sees local orders pick up

H&H Molds' plastic injection work makes up bulk of revenues

May 24, 2012

Chey Scott

Spokane Valley-based plastic mold maker and injection molding company H&H Molds Inc. says it expects to see its business, most of which is for other Inland Northwest manufacturers, pick up noticeably this year and into the coming here in 1952, the

Storage, distribution provider IEDS reports recent uptick

Spokane Valley provider of storage, distribution reports uptick recently

May 24, 2012

Treva Lind

Inland Empire Distribution Systems Inc., a Spokane Valley-based warehousing and distribution company, has seen a rise in the inventories it handled at the end of 2011 and early this year. It's the fastest growth pace since the recession hit about a

System turns digital design into building components

Technology is expected to speed manufacturing while reducing costs

May 24, 2012

News Wise

Like other professionals, architects have used computer-aided design (CAD) software in their work for decades. Typically, the resulting digital files are converted to hard-copy plans, which then are used to support traditional construction in the a

Home-affordability index reaches new record high

National association says first-time buyer conditions hit unprecedented peak

May 24, 2012

National Association of Realtors

Housing-affordability conditions for all buyers reached a milestone in this year's first quarter, statistics from the National Association of Realtors show.NAR's composite quarterly Housing Affordability Index rose to a record high of 205.9, on