Manufacturing

509 Fabrication: Fired up about energy efficiency

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December 6, 2018

Dusty Henderson had no experience in bringing an innovative product to market, but when he saw a chance to do so, he took it.

Franz Bakery to move, double its space in Coeur d'Alene

Sales expanding for its North Idaho operations

November 21, 2018

Samantha Peone

United States Bakery, which does business as Franz Bakery, is in the process of moving its Coeur d'Alene operations to a facility more than double the space the bakery currently occupies, says Tim Harper, general manager of the Franz Bakeries Spokane

Manufacturing next-generation interest

After-school industry-skill workshops demonstrate high-demand occupations

November 21, 2018

Keith Erickson

When Spokane-based manufacturer Wagstaff Inc. landed a series of large contracts recently to produce custom machinery components, a quandary presented itself: the maker of aluminum-casting equipment didn't have the skilled workforce needed

Side Hustle Syrups: A sticky sweet hustle

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November 21, 2018

Treva Lind

Spokane startup Side Hustle Syrups began with a quest by brewer Dillon Hueser to craft a signature ginger beer for the Dry Fly Distilling Inc. tasting room.

Third generation takes helm at Amphenol Telect

Spencer Williams now GM as his father Wayne moves to advisory role

November 21, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Spencer Williams has been named general manager at Liberty Lake-based telecommunications equipment manufacturer Amphenol Telect.

Mind to Market funds first startups

Program plans to support 10 additional companies

November 8, 2018

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane-based Mind to Market LLC, an idea-stage accelerator and investment fund created to support startup companies, says it has provided its first $200,000 in funding to help grow five Inland Northwest startups.

Inland Northwest composite decline

Four of eight companies saw market cap growth, according to Hart report

November 8, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. says in its quarterly report that the composite value of eight Inland Northwest-based publicly traded companies fell to $11.2 billion in the 2018 third quarter ended Sept. 28

Tate Technology plans to expand into larger space in Valley

Move also makes way for north-south freeway project

November 8, 2018

Samantha Peone

Spokane-based electronics manufacturer Tate Technology Inc. plans to relocate to larger quarters in Spokane Valley to accommodate the company's growth-and also to make way for the North Spokane Corridor freeway project

A foothold on the sock market

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November 8, 2018

Virginia Thomas

Kyle Peterson and Zach Stensland were in high school when they started customizing their friends' used socks in Peterson's parents' garage. The pair used a process called sublimation, which involves pressing dye into fabric using heat.

Cooled by the Sun: Spokane engineers produce solar-powered refrigeration system

Spokane-area engineers produce solar-powered refrigeration system

November 8, 2018

Virginia Thomas

A Moses Lake, Wash.-based applied solar company with a team of engineers based here has invented a mobile refrigeration system that runs entirely on solar power.