Key Tronic Corp., the Spokane Valley-based contract manufacturer, says it expects 10 new customers to come on line in its 2009 fiscal year, which began at the end of June, and to contribute strongly to its revenue.Jack Oehlke, Key Tronics and

Goodrich Corp., the Charlotte, N.C.-based company that makes carbon aircraft brakes at a nine-year-old plant on the West Plains, has won a big reduction in the personal-property taxes it pays on the expensive equipment at the plant.The company

Freedom Truck Centers Inc., of Spokane, is developing a $7 million dealership building near the Interstate 90-Medical Lake interchange and plans to consolidate its other Spokane-area operations there, says owner Ken Cook.Work on the project is

Given consumers rising concerns about gas prices, Rachel Oxrieder figures her year-old North Spokane business is in a good position to capitalize on their shift toward more fuel-efficient vehiclesspecifically, those with two wheels.Oxrieder

Indian pharmaceutical giant Jubilant Organosis Ltd., which acquired Hollister-Stier Laboratories LLC about 14 months ago, jettisoned two of the Spokane-based drug makers top executives late last month for undisclosed reasons.It was not a It

Wagstaff Inc., the 62-year-old Spokane Valley maker of equipment for the aluminum-casting industry, plans to construct a large office-building addition to accommodate strong recent growth, says Paul May, its CEO.Due partly to surging sales, is

Banner Bank, looking to become a more recognized name and expand its market share here, could open as many as five to seven more branches in the Spokane-Coeur dAlene market in coming years, says D. Michael Jones, its top executive. Depending on a

Jeff Fountain says he and Bob Britton, both licensed architects, last week completed a three-year buyout of Copeland Architecture & Construction Inc., of Spokane, from founder Gerry Copeland. The firm specializes in custom design-build projects

Developers of three planned low-income apartment projects here that together are expected to cost about $21 million say theyve been able to sidestep a worrisome downturn involving one of their main sources of development moneyhighly coveted tax

Tom Quigley had little doubt while growing up here that he would carry on the family legacy, operating Spokane Neon Sign Co., which his grandfather, Jack, had founded in the 1930s and later passed down to his father, Glenn.That was intended a