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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...
Canadian company set to build electric vehicles in Ferndale
Vicinity Motor Corporation brings EVs to the U.S. market
Transportation accounts for about 29% of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United...
Washington needs manufacturing to lead the economic recovery
Kaitlyn Pype wasn’t sure what she wanted to do with her life, but she knew she enjoyed working on cars. She thought about a...
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...
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...
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...
Canature Kitchen Lynden a massive pet food production facility
Alliance Freeze Dry Group expands to the U.S. with 220,000-square-foot building
A business leader in the pet food sector in Canada will add a state-of-the-art...
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...
In Spite of Disruptions, We Didn’t Run Out of Food. Why Not?
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the national media were quick to reassure the public that grocery stores would not run out of...
