Manufacturing

Offsite construction helps scale up housing projects

Needs changing in light of pandemic's duration

November 19, 2020

While many questions about the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear, at least one thing is certain: its impact on the housing market has thrown an already-critical housing shortage into even sharper focus. Prior to the pandemic, a U.

Tamarack Aerospace expands Sandpoint facility

Company to boost sales, engineering jobs this year

October 8, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Tamarack Aerospace Group Inc. is continuing its rapid expansion, having nearly tripled its space at its Sandpoint headquarters. The company has added 3,500 square feet of office space and an additional hangar to its 14,000 square feet of space at 2021

Selkirk Pharma secures another $12 million in capital

West Plains project, site tweaked, records show

October 8, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Spokane-based injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging startup Selkirk Pharma Inc. has raised more than $12 million in financing. Separately, Selkirk Pharma has shifted slightly its site for a 147,000-square-foot aseptic manufacturing, warehouse

Hot tub time delay: Reduced production prolongs delivery

Consumers look to buy while staying home more often

September 24, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Many trying to buy hot tubs right now aren't feeling so bubbly due to a lack of production and increased delays in build time on the part of manufacturers. Hot tub retailers say continued restrictions on the public's ability to congregate and travel

2020 Rising Stars: Multifab's Rochelle Marsh

Multifab CFO brings passion for manufacturing to family's business

September 10, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Rochelle Marsh's most vivid childhood memories of going into Multifab Inc., the company her father Tim Smith founded in the 1980s, involve hanging out at her favorite pop machine and riding forklifts around the warehouse.

2020 Rising Stars: The Great PNW's Joel Barbour

Passion for PNW drives apparel company founder

September 10, 2020

Virginia Thomas

Joel Barbour, owner and creative director of The Great PNW Inc., spent his youth in Spokane skateboarding, riding dirt bikes, and surrounded by art. Combining those interests with his love for the Pacific Northwest led Barbour to create

Lumber prices soar in Inland Northwest

Wood products costs pressure new housing market, observers say

August 27, 2020

Kevin Blocker

Triggered by a series of factors, the National Association of Home Builders and member organizations across the country are alerting political figures and the public about an extreme spike in lumber prices.

Tamarack Aerospace establishes new center in UK

Manufacturer also adds hangar, office at Sandpoint

August 13, 2020

Natasha Nellis

Sandpoint, Idaho-based Tamarack Aerospace Group Inc. is stretching its wings with the establishment of a new installation center in the United Kingdom. The new center will be located within Jet Maintenance International's new 18,000-square-foot

White's Boots kicks it up a notch

Spokane bootmaker expects to grow via new lifestyle markets, CEO says

August 13, 2020

Virginia Thomas

White's Boots Inc. is diversifying its product offerings with the goal of appealing to a wider clientele. Located at 4002 E. Ferry in East Spokane, the company makes rugged boots worn by wildland firefighters, loggers, and linemen: sturdy calf-height

Public companies rebound with market

Composite value higher than year-earlier quarter

July 30, 2020

Virginia Thomas

The seven publicly traded companies in the Spokane area rebounded from earlier volatility in the second quarter, according to an analysis by Spokane-based Hart Capital Management Inc. The overall composite value of the seven companies increased