Manufacturing

Annual Reveal trade show returns to Spokane

Commercial interior design event to showcase building products, furniture

October 10, 2024

Dylan Harris

Spokane’s annual Reveal interior design trade show is set to return on Thursday, Oct. 17.

Zero-proof beverage industry continues to grow

Mocktails, NA beer, hop water becoming more common at INW restaurants, stores

October 10, 2024

Dylan Harris

The growing wave of the booze-free beverage industry is continuing to pick up steam in the Inland Northwest.

Tamarack Aerospace thrives following federal exoneration

Winglet maker expects banner year in revenue

September 26, 2024

Mike McLean

Sandpoint, Idaho-based Tamarack Aerospace Group Inc. is on track to log a banner year after recently being exonerated from an incident that challenged its very existence five years ago.

Schweitzer Engineering starts 400-person hiring spree

240 new jobs will be in Pullman area

September 20, 2024

Journal of Business Staff

Pullman, Washington-based Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. has announced it’s initiating an accelerated hiring program through which the company plans to bring on 400 new employees, about 240 of whom will be in Eastern Washington and northern Idaho.

Global manufacturer plans West Plains plant

Company would create 300 to 400 jobs in Spokane-area market

September 17, 2024

Dylan Harris

The Spokane County Board of Commissioners today approved the sale of over 80 acres of airport land on the West Plains to Runway Property Holding Co. LLC, which has been formed by a global building materials manufacturing company.

Meet & Greet: Colleen Dixon, CEO of Selkirk Pharma Inc.

September 12, 2024

Karina Elias

The Journal sat down with Colleen Dixon, the new CEO of Spokane-based Selkirk Pharma Inc., to discusswhat the company has been up to in the last couple of years and what Dixon is focused on accomplishing in her new post.

Seven INW companies make Inc. magazine's fastest growing list

Tractor Beverage leads other local companies in rate of growth, followed by Quiroga Law Group

August 29, 2024

Karina Elias

Seven companies in the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene area have made Inc. business magazine’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the country.

Catching up with data tag company GoToTags

Spokane-based tech company looks to move to larger facility here

August 29, 2024

Mike McLean

GoToTags, the Spokane-based data tag company, is seeing strong growth in annual sales and is looking to move to larger facilities here.

Blaze Barrier looks to catch fire in INW

Growing threat of wildfires sparked the idea of an alternative suppressant system

August 29, 2024

Erica Bullock

A Deer Park native has invented a fire extinguishing product, dubbed the Blaze Barrier, that aims to be a sustainable alternative tool in the defense against wildfires.