Spokane Journal of Business

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New-home construction picks up

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The overall residential construction market here is projected to be flat or show modest growth this year, but some builders are reporting surprisingly strong demand, particularly since the start of this year, raising hopes for a potentially sharper upturn...

Itron opts to buy back more of its own shares

Itron Inc., the Liberty Lake-based maker of utility meter reading technology, says it plans to buy b...

Coffman Engineers opens new office in Bozeman

Coffman Engineers Inc., the multicity engineering firm with a large Spokane office, has opened an of...

Telect finds new home for its U.S. operations

Telect Inc., the Liberty Lake-based communications networking equipment manufacturing company, has l...

Water-from-air company targets oil, gas industries

Ambient Water Inc., a Spokane-based company that manufactures systems that make pure drinking water ...

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Caterpillar buys land next to its West Plains facility

Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. has purchased a parcel of land next to its big distribution center on the West Plains, leading some people familiar with the transaction to conclude that the company is planning to expand there soon. Dick Edwards, a co...

Spokesman-Review to consolidate some functions, pursue plans to reduce staffing

The Spokesman-Review newspaper says it will consolidate operations in the Spokesman-Review building and neighboring Spokane Chronicle building to make additional space available for lease, along with reducing its workforce by 5 percent, as disclosed earli...

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Post Falls wall system maker enhances its products

TekR, a Post Falls-based manufacturer of energy-efficient wall panels that fit together on a construction job site like Lego pieces, says it has enhanced its products by switching to an insulation material that offers even greater thermal performance. ...

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Niche machine shop in North Idaho eyes further expansion

Northwest Swiss Inc., a Hayden, Idaho, precision parts manufacturer that expanded operations just last year, is considering adding a new line of products that would require it to expand once again, says Monty Spencer, the company’s founder. The company...

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Alliance Machine Systems rolls out new box fabricator

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...