Manufacturing
2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards, Food & Beverage Processor of the Year
Gold: Skagit Valley Malting LLC, Burlington; Silver: Pasco Processing LLC, Pasco
ECOSYSTEM. Dave Green, president and CEO, left, and Adam Foy, vice president of business development, are transforming grain into expanding sales at Skagit Valley Malting.
2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards, Executive of the Year (Large Company): Debbie Lee of Tool Gauge
The CEO of Tool Gauge is this year's Manufacturing Executive of the Year for large companies category
This article appears in the May 2019 issue. See more about the winners of the 2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. Debbie Lee, CEO, Tool Gauge, Tacoma When Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance picked Tool Gauge as its company of the year in 2018, it cited exceptional organizational and managerial characteristics…
2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards, Green Manufacturer of the Year: Silfab Solar Inc.
Silfab Solar Inc. wins gold in the Green Manufacturer of the Year category
ENERGY. Silfab Solar General Manager Dave McCarty leads a growing workforce at the companys Bellingham facility, which has added 90 jobs, with more hires expected.
2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards, Nonprofit Manufacturer of the Year: The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc.
The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc. wins gold in the Nonprofit Manufacturer of the Year category
MACHINING. Clockwise from left: The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc.s Mike Scheschy, machine shop manager; Mike King, set-up specialist; and Machining Supervisor Duane Stephens are part of a 200-employee workforce that manufactures a range of commercial products.
2019 Washington Manufacturing Awards, Legacy Manufacturer of the Year: North Star Ice Equipment Corporation
North Star Ice Equipment Corporation wins gold in the Legacy Manufacturer of the Year category
COOL. Logan Shepardson, president of North Star Ice Equipment, oversees a management team that has turned the challenges posed by transition into opportunity.
Skiing Accident Claims Life of Impact Washingtons Tab Wilkins
Wilkins had been president of the organization since November
Tab Wilkins, the president and center director of manufacturing-services organization Impact Washington, has died after a tragic accident. Wilkins was skiing in the Blackcomb backcountry in Canada when he fell, according to a blog about the tragedy on the website of The Mountaineers club, where Wilkins was a longtime member. Wilkins was wearing proper safety…
Made in Washington: Georgetown’s LightArt Operates an Illuminating Business
LightArt has 80 employees, most of them in Seattles Georgetown neighborhood
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue, and is presented by Impact Washington. Click here for a free subscription. A home-grown custom lighting studio, LightArt was founded in 2005 by Ryan Smith and Ahna Holder. Now a subsidiary of Salt Lake City-based 3form, LightArt has 80 employees, most of them in Seattles…
LeoStella Opens Satellite-Manufacturing Plant in Tukwila
New facility is slated to produce 20 small satellites for Seattle-based BlackSkys Earth-observation platform
LeoStella, a locally based small-satellite design and manufacturing company, has unveiled its new manufacturing facility in Tukwila, Washington, where it will produce its first satellite by the end of March for BlackSky, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries. LeoStella has a contract to produce 20 satellites at its 20,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for BlackSky, which plans…
Made in Washington: Seattle’s Mid-Mountain Materials Inc. Offers Sealing Power
The company employs 43 and has annual sales of $10 million.
This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue, and is presented by Impact Washington. Click here for a free subscription. Family-owned Mid-Mountain Materials Inc. has been making precision-coated fabrics and textiles for more than three decades. Now based in Seattles Georgetown neighborhood with a manufacturing plant in Arlington, Mid-Mountain makes heat-resistant products that…
Boeing Lands $2.4B U.S. Navy Contract
Boeing, which employs about 80,000 people in the Seattle area, will develop the next 19 P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
The Boeing Co. has nabbed a $2.4 billion contract to develop the next 19 P-8 Poseidon aircraft for the U.S. Navy. The company, which is based in Chicago, still maintains its largest workforce in Washington state, about 80,000 people. Production, which will occur locally, is a positive sign for the regions broader aerospace industry, which…