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Manufacturing

State loan, grant fuel job growth in Airway Heights

Steel companies plan to add 20 jobs there
September 25, 2014
Mike McLean
The Washington state Community Economic Revitalization Board has approved a loan and a grant totaling $538,000 to construct infrastructure to expand one steel supplier and to bring another supplier to the Inland Northwest market. Together, the companies
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—Mike McLean

Niche machine shop in North Idaho eyes further expansion

Northwest Swiss mulls adding bone-screw line of products
September 25, 2014
Mike McLean
Northwest Swiss Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, precision parts manufacturer that expanded operations just last year, is considering adding a new line of products that would require it to expand once again, says Monty Spencer, the company's founder. The company
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Alliance Machine Systems

Alliance Machine Systems rolls out new box fabricator

Valley manufacturer says model is easier to operate
September 11, 2014
Katie Ross
Alliance Machine Systems International LLC, a Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of products and services for the paperboard packaging industry, is rolling out the latest model of one of its machines for manufacturing specialty cardboard boxes. The J&L Ma
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Wilbert Precast takes part in Lewiston mill upgrades

Work involved making log-sorting line 'bunks'
August 28, 2014
Katie Ross
Wilbert Precast Inc., the Spokane-based precast concrete-products manufacturer, says it completed earlier this month a $500,000-plus project that was part of $25 million worth of upgrades at Idaho Forest Group's Lewiston, Idaho lumber mill. Brock Mat
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—Virginia Thomas

Cascade Windows looks to southwestern U.S. to expand its window sales

Company acquires Tempe manufacturer, employs 850
August 28, 2014
Virginia Thomas
Spokane Valley-based Cascade Windows, already one of the larger vinyl window and door manufacturers in the western U.S., is expanding to the Southwest. It says it has acquired Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer Paramount Windows, boosting its overall workfo
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Key Tronic's net income declines

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August 19, 2014
Staff Report
Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley-based electronic services manufacturer, reported this afternoon net income of $1.4 million, or 12 cents a diluted share, for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended June 28. That's down from $2.4 million, or 21 c
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—Judith Spitzer

Ex-Im bank supporters weigh reauthorization

Manufacturers here contend its closure would hurt them
August 14, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The fight over whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, the government's export credit agency that helps foreign companies buy U.S. goods, is frustrating to some Spokane-area manufacturers and business owners. They support the reauthorization of t
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Seamless wallet maker launches first product line

Leather goods produced without thread, metal, glue
August 14, 2014
Katie Ross
A new company here, called PACT LLC, is creating and selling leather wallets and cases, but with a twist: The products are made with absolutely nothing but leather. 'It's built on the idea of how do we create a case or satchel that doesn't use typi
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Third annual manufacturing expo slated next month

Range of product makers expected to be on hand
August 14, 2014
Virginia Thomas
Manufacturers from a broad range of industry sectors are expected to gather here for the third annual Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Aerospace Expo, which will be held Sept. 29-30. The expo aims to highlight opportunities for Inland Northwest manufac
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—Mike McLean

A sewing resurgence

Industry activity indicates sales, employment growth
August 14, 2014
Mike McLean
After years of contraction in the sewing manufacturing industry, some remaining sewing manufacturers here are seeing a resurgence in sales and employment growth, and others are looking at setting up operations in the Inland Northwest, some industry source
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