Manufacturing

Hotstart acquires UK engine heating manufacturer

Manufacturer to move production from overseas to its operations in Valley

March 28, 2019

Spokane Valley-based maker of engine heating equipment Hotstart Inc. has acquired IPU Group's engine heating business based in the United Kingdom.

Itron expands work with Brazilian utility

Meantime, earnings rise during Q4, fall for full year

March 14, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Liberty Lake-based Itron Inc. says RGE, a Brazil-based subsidiary of CPFL Energia, will expand its Itron GenX network to the utility's commercial and industrial customers.

Golden West Packaging acquires Allpak Container

Los Angeles-based company plans to continue operating facility in Cheney

March 14, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Los Angeles-based Golden West Packaging Group LLC has acquired packaging manufacturer Allpak Container LLC, which has operations in Cheney and Renton, Wash.

Litehouse names new president

Sandpoint dressing maker's Prior had served as CFO, EVP

February 28, 2019

Alla Drokina

Litehouse Inc., the Sandpoint, Idaho-based dressing and consumer packaged goods company, has named longtime company executive Kelly Prior as its new president. Prior also will join the Litehouse board of directors, according to a press release issued

Icons LeRoy Nosbaum: Engineering a Spokane-area tech manufacturer to success

Two stints leading Itron put tech powerhouse on right track

February 28, 2019

Virginia Thomas

In a career that spanned more than 40 years in the utilities industry, LeRoy Nosbaum spent about 17 years at Liberty Lake-based energy and water technology and services company Itron Inc., including two separate periods as the company's CEO.

Making a case for Boeing in Spokane

Advocates want to make manufacturing site shovel ready for 797

February 28, 2019

Mike McLean

Chicago-based Boeing Co. is signaling it likely will delay announcing until next year its much anticipated new aircraft line referred to as the new middle-market airplane, or more informally the 797, says Larry Krauter, Spokane International Airport CEO.

Glucose Revival prepares product for market

Necklace intended to be aid to those with diabetes

February 14, 2019

LeAnn Bjerken

Three-year-old Spokane startup company Glucose Revival is preparing its product, the Thrive glucose necklace, for an initial soft launch this month, says owner Kris Maynard.

Innovating Idaho: Coeur d'Alene's entrepreneurial ecosystem accelerates

Analysis says Lake City has highest density of startups in state

February 14, 2019

Natasha Nellis

There has long been a notion that to succeed in the technology sector, you have to relocate to Seattle, Boston, or the Silicon Valley. But a group of like-minded people in Coeur d'Alene are working to break that mold and turn the Lake City

Rohinni, Chinese company join forces

Venture is expected to result in brighter screens, furthering LED tech

January 17, 2019

Alla Drokina

Coeur d'Alene-based tech company Rohinni LLC is combining forces on a recent venture with Beijing, China-based BOE Technology Group Co., a company that bills itself as a global leader in the semiconductor display industry.

Post Falls holster maker shifts aim

Tedder sells majority of company to focus on real estate holdings

January 17, 2019

Mike McLean

Thomas Tedder, founder of Post Falls gun holster manufacturer Tedder Industries LLC, has sold a majority share of the company to Houston-based investment concern Main Street Capital Corp., and says he now plans to focus on real estate investments