Former Sen. Smith honored as job creator
Former U.S. Senator Gordon Smith was honored with the first Oregon Business Leadership Award from the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce.
Oregon farmers launch program to end hunger
Farmers Ending Hunger, an Oregon nonprofit, launched a new effort to harvest, process, store and distribute fresh food donated by family farms.
Lucid Energy to sign MOU with Portland
Lucid Energy Inc. and the city of Portland will sign a memorandum of understanding to work together in developing an in-pipe hydropower system.
Downtown Bend businesses booming
Business spaces in downtown Bend are filling up fast, and the area is now at 94% capacity.
Portland prepares for bag ban
Portland merchants are preparing for the city’s plastic bag ban to take effect Saturday.
NuScale completes $30M rescue deal
Corvallis-based NuScale Power completed a $30 million rescue package from Fluor Corp.
Industrial power use drops
Pacific Power’s sales to industrial customers have dropped 30% since 2007 due to economic stress.
Eugene boot company doubles business
Eugene-based Baker’s Boots and Clothing Co. acquired Drew’s Boots, doubling its product line and staff.
Oregon proposes approving wave energy project
Oregon environmental regulators proposed approving a plan to build ten wave energy buoys off the Central Oregon coast, near Reedsport.
CEO Scott Schroeder discusses outsourcing
Vested outsourcing is a topic you likely have not heard much about yet. It is an innovative approach to improving the outcome and effectiveness between companies and their suppliers. It is particularly important to companies that make things themselves or currently outsource production off-shore. Contributing writer Jerry Saveriano discusses vested outsourcing with Scott Schroeder, president and CEO of Mega Tech of Oregon, in a two-part interview series.