Manufacturing

Nicks Handmade Boots buys old Display House building

Company to move from smaller space in Hillyard

July 16, 2015

Nicks Handmade Boots has bought the former Display House building in Spokane Valley and plans to move its operations there this fall, says Nicks general manager Frank Petrilli. The 20,000-square-foot space, which is located at 6510 E. Sprague and will h

Quest Aircraft certified for safety in Russia, African nation

New credentials enhance foreign sales prospects

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Quest Aircraft Co., the Sandpoint-based maker of the rugged Kodiak light airplane, says it has been awarded type certification from the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee and the Civil Aviation Authority of Namibia, Africa. A type certificate is a saf

Inventor set to roll out all-purpose car device

Spare Me 5-1 Rescue tool to hit retail shelves this fall

July 2, 2015

A Spokane-area man has created a tool that he says can be used for five-different functions, ranging from a small snow shovel to a traction device in bad weather. Kevin Klier of Colbert, Wash., says both Napa Auto Parts and O'Reilly Auto Parts have agr

Tate Technology founder, partner roll out new water softening device

Electronic treatment said environmentally friendly

July 2, 2015

Mike McLean

Spokane entrepreneurs Lee Tate and Daniel Phinney say they'll begin marketing this month an electronic device they've developed that treats hard water to prevent lime-scale deposits from forming and reduces existing deposits without the use of salt, c

Unicep moves operations into former Odom facility on the West Plains

Sandpoint-based company vacates Liberty Lake space

June 18, 2015

Kim Crompton

Sandpoint-based Unicep Packaging LLC says it has moved shipping, receiving, and administrative offices from a Liberty Lake distribution center space to the much larger, former Odom Corp. warehouse building on the West Plains and is renovating the structur

Sandpoint plane maker lands first sale in European market

Quest Aircraft Co. eyes growth potential abroad

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

The new European dealer for Quest Aircraft Co. has made its first sale of the Sandpoint-built Kodiak airplane, and Quest is seeking Europe-wide safety certification of the Kodiak, says Quest spokeswoman Julie Stone. Dusseldorf, Germany-based Rheinland Ai

Alcobra buys precision metal-cutting company

ShapeCut to move to new location in late summer

June 18, 2015

Mike McLean

Alcobra Metals Inc., a Spokane specialty metals processor that services machine-shop and fabrication industries, has acquired Spokane precision metal-cutting company ShapeCut Industries LLC and plans to combine the capabilities of both companies, says Alc

Architectural panel maker launches downtown

Ex-CenturyLink executive involved in young company

June 18, 2015

Linn Parish

Former CenturyLink executive Tom Novotney and three partners have launched Revamp Panels LLC, a young Spokane-based company that makes functional metal art and other products. The company opened its first showroom earlier this month in a 2,500-square-fo

SCC looks to keep aerospace momentum rolling

State to kick in money when federal grant ends

June 18, 2015

Though federal funding from an Air Washington worker retraining grant will end in the fall, Dave Cox, dean of Spokane Community College's technical education division, says he's confident the department will continue to grow.