Manufacturing

BumbleBar to produce new nutrition bar line for Dean & DeLuca

East Coast grocery store chain debuted its product earlier this year

September 28, 2017

Spokane Valley-based snack maker BumbleBar Inc. has been selected by Wichita, Kan.-based food retailer Dean & DeLuca to make its new line of nutrition bars. Founded in 1995, BumbleBar makes plant-based, gluten-free energy bars, cookies, granola, and othe

Key Tronic is target of hostile takeover attempt

Valley manufacturer plans to keep operating as usual

September 14, 2017

Spokane Valley-based Key Tronic Corp. says it learned last week through a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it's the target of a hostile takeover bid by an East Coast electronics manufacturer. Brett Larsen, chief financial officer for

Ag Energy Solutions finds unexpected market for biochar

Waste-to-power byproduct becomes company's focus

September 14, 2017

Mike McLean

Carbon Logic, the first product line to be produced by Ag Energy Solutions Inc., of Spokane Valley, is going to pot-yes, the green leafy stuff. Ag Energy originally was formed in 2010 to make equipment to convert agricultural waste into energy. For now

CXT aims to deepen manufacturing partnerships

Company aids in design of new hydroponic units

August 17, 2017

LeAnn Bjerken

Executives at Spokane Valley-based manufacturer CXT Inc. say the company wants to begin deepening manufacturing partnerships with commercial enterprises that need its help researching and designing products. 'As a manufacturer, we offer a lot of diffe

Investors enticed by snow cycling manufacturer MotoTrax

Company expects revenues to crest $5 million this year

August 17, 2017

Randy Gentry always hated putting his dirt bike away for the winter as a child. And he was never impressed with what he believes is the lack of agility snowmobiles have to offer riders. So starting at 14, Gentry, now 26, started working on an idea that

HiTest Sand shifts gears in site search

Edmonton company looks at location near Newport

August 17, 2017

Mike McLean

Edmonton, Alberta-based HiTest Sand Inc. is working on Plan C in its search for a site to develop a $300 million silicon smelter in northeastern Washington HiTest Sand now is looking at a site south of Newport, says Colin Willenbrock, general manager of

Triumph opts not to sell West Plains plant

Aerospace manufacturer informed workers today

August 3, 2017

Wayne, Pa.-based aerospace manufacturer Triumph Composite Systems Inc. told employees this morning that its West Plains manufacturing plant is no longer for sale, and the company plans to continue operating it. Triumph employs about 400 people at the f

Sound-Rite selects president, looks to add more robots

Cd'A parts maker reports difficulty finding workers

August 3, 2017

Kim Crompton

Sound-Rite Plastics Ltd., parent company for Coeur d'Alene-based Accurate Molded Plastics Inc. and Mold-Rite Inc., of Woodinville, Wash., says it has hired a new president and is accelerating efforts to add more robots to its processes due to difficulti

BumbleBar foresees international opportunities

Co-owner spent nine days with group in Japan, Korea

July 20, 2017

Glen Ward, the co-owner of Spokane Valley-based snack bar maker BumbleBar Inc., was one of nine owners of small Eastern Washington businesses that participated in a recent nine-day business trip to Japan and South Korea. The trip was organized in part by

Spokane Tribe preps for industrial push

Spokanes envision 155-acre 'green' business park, solar farm next to STEP site

July 20, 2017

The Spokane Tribe of Indians is laying the ground for its next ambitious step on the West Plains-developing a 155-acre 'greenâ€ industrial park to support its goal of creating its own utility company that would generate and distribute solar energy.