Manufacturing

Alliance Machine Systems rolls out new box fabricator

Valley manufacturer says model is easier to operate

September 11, 2014

Alliance Machine Systems International LLC, a Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of products and services for the paperboard packaging industry, is rolling out the latest model of one of its machines for manufacturing specialty cardboard boxes. The J&L Ma

Wilbert Precast takes part in Lewiston mill upgrades

Work involved making log-sorting line 'bunks'

August 28, 2014

Katie Ross

Wilbert Precast Inc., the Spokane-based precast concrete-products manufacturer, says it completed earlier this month a $500,000-plus project that was part of $25 million worth of upgrades at Idaho Forest Group's Lewiston, Idaho lumber mill. Brock Mat

Cascade Windows looks to southwestern U.S. to expand its window sales

Company acquires Tempe manufacturer, employs 850

August 28, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Spokane Valley-based Cascade Windows, already one of the larger vinyl window and door manufacturers in the western U.S., is expanding to the Southwest. It says it has acquired Tempe, Ariz.-based manufacturer Paramount Windows, boosting its overall workfo

Key Tronic's net income declines

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August 19, 2014

Staff Report

Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley-based electronic services manufacturer, reported this afternoon net income of $1.4 million, or 12 cents a diluted share, for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year ended June 28. That's down from $2.4 million, or 21 c

Ex-Im bank supporters weigh reauthorization

Manufacturers here contend its closure would hurt them

August 14, 2014

Judith Spitzer

The fight over whether to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, the government's export credit agency that helps foreign companies buy U.S. goods, is frustrating to some Spokane-area manufacturers and business owners. They support the reauthorization of t

Seamless wallet maker launches first product line

Leather goods produced without thread, metal, glue

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

A new company here, called PACT LLC, is creating and selling leather wallets and cases, but with a twist: The products are made with absolutely nothing but leather. 'It's built on the idea of how do we create a case or satchel that doesn't use typi

Third annual manufacturing expo slated next month

Range of product makers expected to be on hand

August 14, 2014

Virginia Thomas

Manufacturers from a broad range of industry sectors are expected to gather here for the third annual Advanced Manufacturing, Materials & Aerospace Expo, which will be held Sept. 29-30. The expo aims to highlight opportunities for Inland Northwest manufac

A sewing resurgence

Industry activity indicates sales, employment growth

August 14, 2014

Mike McLean

After years of contraction in the sewing manufacturing industry, some remaining sewing manufacturers here are seeing a resurgence in sales and employment growth, and others are looking at setting up operations in the Inland Northwest, some industry source

Hewescraft fishing boat maker preps for facility expansion

Hewes Marine boosting its space by almost half

August 14, 2014

Katie Ross

Hewes Marine Co., the Colville, Wash.-based manufacturer of Hewescraft aluminum fishing boats, is in the architectural planning stages of a $2 million facility expansion, says Tim Baris, the company's operations and finance director. Garco Constructi

Gas, water divisions buoy Itron

Quarterly revenue is up despite slow electric unit

August 14, 2014

Judith Spitzer

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility meter reading technology, with year-over-year revenue growth driven by double-digit gains in both its gas and water lines of business, is poised to take advantage of new global markets, says Philip Mezey