Washington Manufacturing Awards
The 2017 Washington Manufacturing Awards: Sustainability
Gold: Feed Commodities, Tacoma; Silver: Composite Recycling Technology Center, Port Angeles
GOLD AWARD Feed Commodities, Tacoma Bakeries often have leftover ingredients and finished goods that are past their sell-by date. Feed Commodities turns these cereal and grain-based bakery byproducts into animal feed in a certified safe-feed facility. From a small operation launched in 1996, the company has grown to more than $12 million in annual sales…
The 2017 Washington Manufacturing Awards: Innovation
Gold: Gear Aid, Bellingham; Silver: Sterlitech, Kent
GOLD AWARD Gear Aid, Bellingham Outdoor gear takes a beating in rugged conditions. Gear Aid makes the adhesives, tapes, water repellents, cleaners, lubricants and deodorizers to restore camping equipment and sporting goods to prime condition. In recent years, the company added accessories, such as towels, knives and portable lights. Formerly McNett Corporation (after the name…
The 2017 Washington Manufacturing Awards: Manufacturer of the Year Midsize Firms
Gold: Accrafab Inc., Liberty Lake; Silver: Vaupell, Seattle
GOLD AWARD AccraFab Inc., Liberty Lake AccraFab needed room to expand its contract manufacturing and machine-shop operations. It scouted possible locations in Washington and across the state line in Idaho. The decision? Stay put in Spokane County, which is good news for the state and the region. AccraFab already has 180 employees and expects to…
The 2017 Washington Manufacturing Awards: Manufacturer of the Year Small Firms
Gold: AeroGo Inc., Tukwila; Silver: Aeroforge, Puyallup
GOLD AWARD AeroGo Inc., Tukwilia Moving something big and heavy like a nuclear-reactor pump, a boat or an entire spacecraft can be tough even with wheels. So why not let compressed air do the job? AeroGo built a company off the novel idea of air casters, in which a tiny layer of compressed air does…
The 2017 Manufacturing Awards: Manufacturing Executive of the Year
Kent Wall: President and CEO, Portco Packaging, Woodland
GOLD AWARDKent Wall, President and CEO, Portco Packaging, Woodland The only thing people ask of product packaging is that it organize, protect and market whats inside, doing so as efficiently as possible. Three generations of the Wall family have built a successful packaging business that continues to grow and innovate. With production plants in Woodland…
The 2017 Washington Manufacturing Awards
Here is a summary of the 16 honorees.
Sustainability has two applications in manufacturing these days. Theres the meaning weve grown so accustomed to that its almost a buzzword operating in a way that makes smart use of resources without either the process or the product harming the environment. But the more traditional sense of the word is building a business that can…
Kvichak Marine Industries Inc., Seattle
Winner: Manufacturer of the Year (Large Companies)
From left, Kvichak Marines Brian Thomas, Jim Meckley and Keith Whittemore. We know everything we build is a workboat, Kvichak Marine Industries says on its website. The recession notwithstanding, being a versatile builder of aluminum workboats instead of pleasure craft or yachts has been a good place to be lately. Kvichak, with 226 employees, is…
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