Spokane-based tissue and paperboard maker Clearwater Paper Corp. has agreed to sell its tissue business for $1.06 billion to a subsidiary of an Italian company.
The Spokane tech hub missed out on tens of millions of dollars in federal funding earlier this month, but optimism still surrounds the aerospace manufacturing proposal.
Spokane-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Selkirk Pharma Inc. has named Colleen Dixon as its new CEO, the company announced in a release earlier today, July 9.
Spokane’s advanced aerospace materials manufacturing tech hub is not one of the 12 tech hubs that will receive a portion of $504 million in funding, the U.S. Economic Development Administration announced today.
Spokane-based manufacturers have increased their workforces steadily, bucking national trends for automation, and investing further in growth and expansion.
Workforce challenges, industry trends, new technology, and Spokane’s federal tech hub designation will be among the focal points at this year’s I-90 Aerospace+ Corridor Conference & Expo.