Accurate CNC Services, of Hayden, Idaho, plans to move next month into nearly double the space it currently occupies, says Heike Stinson, president of the company she co-owns with her husband, Don.
The company has leased a building with 14,000 square feet of floor space at 2321 W. Dakota, in Hayden, where it plans to move, Stinson says. It's outgrown its current location at 11354 N. Government Way, where it occupies 7,200 square feet of space, she says.
Accurate CNC Services is a fabrication shop that specializes in machining and cutting services for sign companies, furniture builders, cabinet companies, and other manufacturers, Stinson says. "We cut parts for other people to make their products," she says.
Many of the company's customers are in the Spokane and Coeur d'Alene area, but it also serves customers throughout the U.S. and in Canada and England, Stinson says.
The Stinsons launched Accurate CNC Services in 2003 after moving to North Idaho from Las Vegas to raise their family, she says.
"Don manages the shop, and I do the books," Stinson says.
Accurate CNC Services is their first business venture together, she says, adding that they both come from corporate backgrounds.
"Don found out about CNC (computer-numeric-controlled) routers and how they operate," she says. "He liked what they did and we decided to start our own business."
The Stinsons initially operated the company with no employees and have since grown the staff to include six other people.
"We just added one employee to help with the expansion, and we're hoping to add one or two more," she says.
The expansion also will make room for new equipment, Stinson says.
"We're looking into adding a bigger router," she says.
In addition to its CNC routers, the company has a laser cutter, and in October acquired a vertical mill, which is a CNC machining center that can perform a number of tasks, Stinson says.
Accurate CNC Services works with aluminum, brass, plastics, hardwoods, foams, composites, and other materials, she says.
Real estate agents Craig Hunter and Rob Kannapien, both of Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Commercial Realty, of Coeur d'Alene, handled the Dakota Avenue lease.