Manufacturing

Wall systems company lands projects abroad

Flexhibits sends products to Malaysia, Saudi Arabia

June 4, 2015

After sustained marketing efforts to garner market share overseas, Flexhibits, the Spokane-based company that designs and makes modular interchangeable wall systems for museums and science discovery centers, has recently signed contracts with companies as

Clearwater Paper mulls Lewiston mill upgrade

$160 million chip digester would increase efficiency

June 4, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane-based Clearwater Paper Corp. is considering a $160 million upgrade at its pulp and paperboard mill in Lewiston, Idaho. The upgrade, which would include replacing aging digesters with a single, more efficient digester system, depends on certain co

Hydrafab is on steady growth track

Spokane Valley metal fabricator eyes five-year goal to double revenue

May 21, 2015

Mike McLean

Hydrafab Northwest Inc., a Spokane Valley metal fabrication company, has been on a consistent growth path since owner and President Chris Henjum started the company 20 years ago.

Purcell Systems' major push

With EnerSys' financial backing, company adds new regions, diversifies

May 21, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Purcell Systems Inc., the Spokane Valley-based company that makes temperature-controlled outdoor cabinets for the telecommunications industry, is diversifying and expects 40 percent growth over the next fiscal year, says Chris Craig, its general manager.

Reopened Omak mill hits its stride

Plywood maker set to crest 200 employees

May 21, 2015

Mike McLean

Omak Wood Products LLC has ramped up production and increased its workforce a year and a half after upgrading and reopening a long-closed plywood mill about 140 miles northwest of Spokane, says Dick Baldwin, the mill's president. The mill is located in

Mountain Dog Sign Co.: Signs With Canines

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May 7, 2015

Judith Spitzer

Signs, signs, everywhere a sign. Like the 1971 hit by the Five Man Electrical Band, signs are everywhere and everything for Liberty Lake-based Mountain Dog Sign Co. and wife-and-husband owners Marshon and Steve Kempf, who will celebrate five years in busi

Spokane Industries taps niches

Company seeing gains in custom stainless unit

May 7, 2015

Kim Crompton

Spokane Industries Inc., the longtime castings and metal fabricated product manufacturer here, says it's experiencing mostly steady sales growth companywide and finding encouraging market expansion opportunities in its custom stainless steel fabrication

UTC Aerospace mulls expansion

Parts maker now employs 170 people on West Plains

April 23, 2015

UTC Aerospace Systems is considering an expansion at its big West Plains manufacturing facility, a company spokeswoman says. The company currently occupies a 135,400-square-foot building at 11135 W. Westbow Blvd. and employs 170 full-time workers there,

Demand Energy re-energizes

Following receivership, company hits Big Apple

April 9, 2015

Linn Parish

Having emerged from receivership and paid the last of its old debts, Liberty Lake-based energy storage company Demand Energy Networks Inc. is pursuing what it says is a New York City market that has arrived finally. The company last month landed a contra

Hard cider maker relocates, expands

New space has tasting room, retail sales area

March 26, 2015

Judith Spitzer

One Tree Hard Cider has moved to a new location in Spokane Valley that greatly expands its production space, says owner Grant Barnes. The business has leased 32,000 square feet at 9514 E. Montgomery and has moved there from a 1,200-square-foot space at