Manufacturing

Itron acquires Elpis Squared for $35 million

Transaction enables use of real-time data at power grid interface

March 14, 2024

Dylan Harris

Liberty Lake-based utility-tech company Itron Inc. acquired California-based Elpis Squared for $35 million on March 1.

Meet & Greet: Kyle Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer, HollisterStier Allergy

March 14, 2024

Karina Elias

HollisterStier Allergy CEO, Kyle Ferguson is passionate about the way immunotherapies can improve peoples lives, and wants to make sure the rest of the country can have access those these medicines, and potentially even bring the company, and Spokane, to the global market.

Clearwater to acquire Georgia paperboard mill

$700M acquisition scheduled to be completed in Q2

February 21, 2024

Linn Parish

Clearwater Paper Corp. has agreed to acquire Graphic Packaging Holding Co.'s paperboard manufacturing facility in Augusta, Georgia, in a transaction valued at $700 million.

Catching up with: AFCO Distribution & Milling 11 years after acquisition

Manufacturing, wholesale network division of co-op is seeing strong growth

February 15, 2024

Mike McLean

AFCO Milling & Distribution is seeing strong growth since Aslin-Finch Co. was acquired by Skagit Farmers Supply over a decade ago.

Jubilant HollisterStier opens new production line

With one expansion done, company begins to work on second, larger addition

February 15, 2024

Karina Elias

Jubilant HollisterStier has unveiled its new 50,000-square-foot, $92 million expansion at its Spokane plant and has started work on an even larger expansion.