Manufacturing

Caterpillar buys land next to its West Plains facility

Some speculate that company will expand

October 23, 2014

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

Quest Aircraft Co. lands in Chinese market

Sandpoint airplane manufacturer inks second Asian contract

October 23, 2014

Mike McLean

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint-based aerospace manufacturer that produces the rugged Kodiak light airplane, has reached a long-term sales agreement with a Chinese company that also plans eventually to manufacture Kodiak aircraft for the Chinese market.

Clearwater Paper posts lower net income

Net sales, however, rise by nearly 5 percent

October 22, 2014

Staff Report

Clearwater Paper Corp., of Spokane, reported this afternoon third-quarter net income of $6.3 million, or 31 cents a diluted share, compared with income of $13.3 million, or 60 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The company attributed the declin

intelliPaper LLC shatters Kickstarter funding goal

'Smart' card product draws 10 times more than sought

September 25, 2014

Judith Spitzer

IntelliPaper LLC, the Edwall, Wash.-based company that makes recyclable, paper-based USB flash drives, has raised more than 10 times its goal of $10,000 through a recently completed Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign for swivelCard, a 'smartâ€ business

State loan, grant fuel job growth in Airway Heights

Steel companies plan to add 20 jobs there

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

The Washington state Community Economic Revitalization Board has approved a loan and a grant totaling $538,000 to construct infrastructure to expand one steel supplier and to bring another supplier to the Inland Northwest market. Together, the companies

Niche machine shop in North Idaho eyes further expansion

Northwest Swiss mulls adding bone-screw line of products

September 25, 2014

Mike McLean

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

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

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