Making a Splash
Immersion Research, an industry-leading maker of kayaking gear, has embraced small-batch manufacturing in downtown Hood River.
Manufacturing
Adidas Plans North American Headquarters Expansion
The Red building at the sportswear brand’s North Greeley Avenue campus will get a $7.9M facelift.
A Spirited Response
The 2020 wildfires devastated Oregon’s wineries. A Newberg winery turned its spoiled grapes into stronger stuff — but they say another bad fire season will wipe them out.
Century-Old Portland Business Sold for $1.3B
Radius Recycling, formerly Schnitzer Steel, was acquired this week by a Japanese auto conglomerate.
Packaging Giant Announces Oregon Expansion
The global aluminum products maker Ball closed a Seattle-area factory last year, but wants to keep a toehold in the Northwest.
The Cutting Edge
More than half of all the knives made in the U.S. come from Portland.
The makers of those knives want the world to know.
Clackamas County Man Sues over Crash with Tesla in Self-Driving Mode
A man injured in T-bone crash claims other driver ‘unreasonably relied’ on autonomous features.
Intel CEO Gelsinger Abruptly Resigns
The longtime Intel employee had a tough mission to restore the company to its past glory, but he oversaw major layoffs and revenue decline.
Not So Run of the Mill
Three years after her Portland Garment Factory burned down, Britt Howard tackles a new next challenge with an organic fiber mill in Slab Town.
Owner of Bend Brewery Equipment Company Gets Prison for Defrauding Customers
Matthew Mulder took orders his company, WeCan Brewing Systems, couldn’t fulfill, strung along customers, feds say.