Spokane Valley-based S2 Media, a women-owned and -operated company that manufactures microbiological dishes, is eager to begin offering more products and expanding into the market, its co-owners say. S2 Media is a division of S2M Enterprises LLC, which

The manager of the electric utility that would supply the recently announced silicon smelter planned in Usk, Wash., 50 miles north of Spokane, is anxious to know more about the potential big-power customer, Edmonton, Alberta-based HiTest Sand Inc. Colin

Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., is growing quickly around the world, although it also remains committed to its home base, says company CEO Luis D'Acosta. The company recently broke ground on two buildings in which it plans to ex

Peter Bean had no idea when he co-founded Empire Technical Development LLC three years ago that he'd one day pack his bags and travel to the Entomology Society of America's annual trade show to try to drum up new business. 'No, it certainly wasnâ€

Rod Nelson, president and owner of Spokane Valley-based Nelson Brothers Inc., has developed a conceptual prototype for a sprinkler system he says can conserve water by being programmed from an app downloaded to a smartphone or tablet. 'The potential is

Long known as a precision sheet metal fabricator, Liberty Lake-based AccraFab Inc. has spent the last few years working to expand its services to include other industries, with a particular focus on aerospace. AccraFab manufactures parts to serve variou

Inland Northwest aerospace manufacturers and industry observers expect hiring within the sector to slow in the next few years. Doug Tweedy, Spokane-based regional economist for the Washington state Employment Security Department, says hiring in aerospace

Though Rathdrum-based Vertical Partners West LLC has become a major supplier of batteries and chargers to remote-controlled model hobbyists during the last 15 years, commercial sales driven by the surging drone market could overtake the hobby sales this y