Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc., the big maker of energy-management equipment and systems, recently signed a contract with the Algerian National Company of Measurement and Control Instruments (ENAMC) to provide a large-scale commercial and industrial

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

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

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

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,