March 5, 2023, 6:00am Business
Tech manufacturers across the country are rushing to apply for some of the $49 billion in funds that the Biden administration recently opened up through the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act to incentivize domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research. Companies are applying in droves, including some with heavy manufacturing ties in… Read story
March 1, 2023, 6:05am Business
An effort to home grow a larger high-tech manufacturing workforce has set down roots in Ridgefield. The IT3 workforce development center celebrated its grand opening last week. Read story
February 28, 2023, 6:42pm Business
Camas-based nLIGHT disclosed it has cut its workforce by about 5 percent as it reported mounting losses at its latest quarterly earnings presentation. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:05am Business
When the Columbia River Economic Development Council was formed in 1982, the three largest employers in Clark County were the Boise Cascade paper mill downtown, the Alcoa aluminum smelter near the Port of Vancouver and the Crown Zellerbach paper mill in Camas. Read story
January 22, 2023, 6:04am Business
Clark College’s Center of Excellence for Semiconductors and Electronics Manufacturing program is a big part of the region’s effort to train high-tech employees. Read story
October 12, 2022, 6:04am Business
Do you work at or own a Clark County startup that is thinking about finding venture capitalist investors? Read story
October 10, 2022, 6:31pm Business
A large bus decked out in Manufacturing Week decor pulled up to Clark College’s campus at the Columbia Tech Center on Monday morning. As the bus unloaded, people clad in blue Association of Washington Business jackets crossed the parking lot, hustling for their chance to tour the school’s mechatronics lab. Read story
October 7, 2022, 3:16pm Business
HP Inc. has submitted plans to the city of Vancouver to build approximately 235,000 square feet at its east Vancouver development. Read story
September 30, 2022, 6:01am Business
Another Amazon industrial building is joining the future cluster of Amazon distribution buildings near Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard and Northeast 169th Avenue. Read story
September 23, 2022, 6:11am Business
Vancouver’s Tesla first dealership and service center is about halfway constructed at 6916 N.E. Fourth Plain Blvd. There’s no projected timeline for its opening, although progress shows it could open in about a year. Read story