When Best Buy Co., Inc. approached JD Claridge to ask if his company, XCraft Enterprises Inc., could potentially step in as the retailer phased out Chinese-made drones, Claridge seized the opportunity, landing a $1 million purchase order that could put the Hayden-based manufacturer on the national stage.

Despite selling close to half a million nonelectric handgun retention devices in the last year, many StopBox USA LLC customers are only now discovering the company operates in Spokane Valley.

Honeywell Electronic Materials Inc. is planning an expansion at its Spokane Valley-based plant, located at 15128 E. Euclid.

The sea may be hundreds of miles away, but inside a West Plains warehouse, marine technology company Williamson & Associates Technologies Inc. is quietly building the future of subsea science.  

Terry Judge, CEO of Spokane Valley-based manufacturing company Hotstart Inc., says right now is the most exciting time of his career.

Earlier this month, the Journal of Business hosted Mark Norton, executive director of the Northwest I-90 Manufacturing Alliance, for its most recent Elevating The Conversation podcast about Aerospace & Innovation in the Inland Northwest.

A legal dispute between Selkirk Pharma Inc.'s former CEO and its board members is escalating, and the future of the once-promising pharmaceutical manufacturing startup appears to be uncertain.

Brentwood, Tennessee-based AMI Metals Inc., a global aerospace manufacturer, has announced it will nearly double its Inland Northwest footprint by building a new 101,000-square-foot facility in Spokane Valley.

Plans for the envisioned American Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Center are continuing, for now, despite the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recent decision to cancel nearly $50 million in funding for the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene tech hub.