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Technology

—Katie Ross

Gravity Jack doubles sales, looks to add more offices

Mobile application developer specializes in customization
September 25, 2014
Katie Ross
Gravity Jack Inc., the Liberty Lake custom mobile application and augmented reality software developer, has doubled its revenues thus far in 2014, and is expecting to do it again in 2015, says co-founder Jennifer Richey. 'I know we doubled this year,
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Alliance Machine Systems

Alliance Machine Systems rolls out new box fabricator

Valley manufacturer says model is easier to operate
September 11, 2014
Katie Ross
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
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Katie Ross

Life sciences recruitment startup launches here

Business plans to hire more staff next month
August 14, 2014
Katie Ross
Two veterans of the life sciences industry have partnered to form a new biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry talent recruitment business here, called Celere LLC. Former Jubilant HollisterStier CEO Marcelo Morales and Justin Rayment, who owns a sepa
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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
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—Linn Parish

Irv Zakheim: Dishing on an animated career in manufacturing

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July 31, 2014
Linn Parish
Dish up a kids' snack onto a plastic plate featuring the Frozen princesses or that goofy snowman they hang around with, and chances are good you're using a project created by West Plains-based Zak Designs Inc. Thirty-eight years old, the company has
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—Mike McLean

Chucking the punch clock with results-only work environment (ROWE)

Zipline says flexible work schedules improve productivity
July 17, 2014
Mike McLean
Zipline Communications Inc., the Spokane-based website and mobile applications builder that does business as Zipline Interactive, has tossed the 9-to-5 workday and has liberated its employees from their office confines. Ryan Stemkoski, 31, who co-founded
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—Judith Spitzer

Innovation's turning point

Community leaders anticipate an 'entrepreneurial ecosystem'
July 3, 2014
Judith Spitzer
The closure of the Innovate Washington agency leaves a noticeable hole in the fabric of resources for nurturing startups here, but entrepreneurs and those involved in the angel investment community say they have been working to create an 'entrepreneuria
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—INTELLIPAPER LLC

intelliPaper ramps up, to roll out new product

Paper USB device maker works toward profitability
June 19, 2014
Linn Parish
As intelliPaper LLC ramps up production to fill its backlog and meet increasing demand, the Edwall, Wash.-based maker of recyclable, paper-based USB flash drives has a new product in the works that it expects will help it accelerate its growth. Meanti
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—Mike McLean

Aerostar Aircraft takes long, slow journey to make fast jet

Hayden concern seeks $50 million for domestic manufacturing of aircraft
June 19, 2014
Mike McLean
Three decades after the last new Aerostar airplane was manufactured, the current owners of Aerostar Aircraft Corp. still are working to carry out the vision of the plane's designer-to produce with the same basic airframe small jets for business and pe
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—Katie Ross

Aerospace industry searches for skilled workers

Labor gap looms as many workers near retirement
June 19, 2014
Katie Ross
As demand for aerospace products rises worldwide, the industry here and across the state is experiencing a shortage of skilled workers, and the gap could continue to widen, industry leaders here say. Mike Marzetta, president of Liberty Lake-based Altek
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