Customers Drive Grizzly’s Growth
Shiraz Balolia made $6 on his first sale of a drill press. Now the sales of the company he founded in Bellingham in 1983...
Simpler by design
360 Modular Building Systems is changing the way building is done
Humans can’t help but be creative. It’s sewn into the fabric of who we...
PIVOT!
How Brist Mfg. became one of the fastest-growing manufacturers in the U.S.
It is among the more memorable television scenes of the 1990s. Chandler, Ross...
COVID-19, Aluminum and U.S. National Security
Will China destroy a critical U.S. industry?
First printed in the Epoch Times, April 1, 2020; updated April 22, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent global...
A tale of modern logging
A founding industry still thriving, changing
Drive almost any road in western Washington and you’ll pass seemingly endless acres of forest. Some of that wood...
Renaissance Woman: Grace Borsari Flying High As Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree
By definition, it’s easy to refer to Grace Borsari as a Renaissance Woman (one with many talents or areas of knowledge).
Early on, Grace was...
HighCraft: A Lean, Mean Cabinet-Making Machine
Left to right: Eric Van Hofwegen, Brian Hendricks, Brad Kuik, and Jason Van Hofwegen.
Process aims to keep waste—and costs—minimal and employees happy
At the age...
Transition Bikes puts culture, passion and riders first
Company aims to provide great bikes — and a place for community
Hobbies are the best. They are why we get up early on Saturday...
Alcoa’s Cool Solution
Intalco Smelter Complied Simply with H2O Mandate and Saved a Ton of Money
At our Intalco smelter in the United States, engineers developed a low-cost...
Signature Plastics customizes keyboards around the world
Many are surprised to discover that a leading U.S. manufacturer of custom keycaps, Signature Plastics, has been operating diligently for more than 40 years...
