Manufacturing

Key Tronic seeks counsel about unsolicited suitor

New York tech company continues takeover attempt

November 9, 2017

Brett Larsen, chief financial officer at Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic Corp., says the electronics manufacturing service provider is consulting with its attorneys about the behavior of an East Coast electronics manufacturer that's attempting to execut

NIC Global Manufacturing expands to Pullman

Manufacturer opens facility to be near SEL

November 9, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Woodinville, Wash.-based sheet metal manufacturer NIC Global Manufacturing Solutions has opened a new warehouse facility in Pullman, which it says will enable it to better supply long-time client Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. 'Our sales with

Snacktivist Foods: Health food's sweet spot

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October 12, 2017

Keith Erickson

Joni Kindwall-Moore and her children have issues with certain foods. Eggs give her hives, and wheat makes her joints ache. Her son experiences bouts of digestive troubles and eczema from some foods, and her daughter was born intolerant of dairy products.

West Star Industries eyes $5.6 million facility in Hayden

Company makes stainless steel restaurant equipment

October 12, 2017

Samantha Peone

West Star Industries, a Hayden-based maker of commercial stainless steel food-service products and equipment, plans to build a $5.6 million manufacturing plant in Hayden, a building permit application on file with the North Idaho city shows. Michelle Foc

HiTest Sand buys land to build silicon plant south of Newport

Permitting process started for $325 million smelter

October 12, 2017

Samantha Peone

Canada-based HiTest Sand Inc. has bought 186 acres of land south of Newport, Wash., and started the application process for necessary permits to build a $325 million silicon smelter there, says Gregg Dohrn, who's working as the HiTest project manager fo

BumbleBar to produce new nutrition bar line for Dean & DeLuca

East Coast grocery store chain debuted its product earlier this year

September 28, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Spokane Valley-based snack maker BumbleBar Inc. has been selected by Wichita, Kan.-based food retailer Dean & DeLuca to make its new line of nutrition bars. Founded in 1995, BumbleBar makes plant-based, gluten-free energy bars, cookies, granola, and othe

Key Tronic is target of hostile takeover attempt

Valley manufacturer plans to keep operating as usual

September 14, 2017

Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic Corp. says it learned last week through a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it's the target of a hostile takeover bid by an East Coast electronics manufacturer. Brett Larsen, chief financial officer for

Ag Energy Solutions finds unexpected market for biochar

Waste-to-power byproduct becomes company's focus

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Carbon Logic, the first product line to be produced by Ag Energy Solutions Inc., of Spokane Valley, is going to pot-yes, the green leafy stuff. Ag Energy originally was formed in 2010 to make equipment to convert agricultural waste into energy. For now

CXT aims to deepen manufacturing partnerships

Company aids in design of new hydroponic units

August 17, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Executives at Spokane Valley-based manufacturer CXT Inc. say the company wants to begin deepening manufacturing partnerships with commercial enterprises that need its help researching and designing products. 'As a manufacturer, we offer a lot of diffe

Investors enticed by snow cycling manufacturer MotoTrax

Company expects revenues to crest $5 million this year

August 17, 2017

Randy Gentry always hated putting his dirt bike away for the winter as a child. And he was never impressed with what he believes is the lack of agility snowmobiles have to offer riders. So starting at 14, Gentry, now 26, started working on an idea that