A state investment aimed at adding and retaining high-value manufacturing jobs complements a $30 million private investment for an expansion at Mercer Mass Timber LLC in Spokane Valley, a move local leaders say will anchor the company’s future in the region and strengthen Washington state’s manufacturing industry.

Jubilant HollisterStier LLC’s third sterile fill-finish line at its Spokane facility is now beginning commercial production, the pharmaceutical contract manufacturer announced last week.

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.