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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PRESS RELEASE 1011 Plum Street SE | PO Box 42525 | Olympia, Washington 98504-2525 | (360) 725-4000 Jan. 22, 2019 Contacts: Penny Thomas, Commerce Communications, 206-256-6106 Jenn Adrien,…
A manufacturing boom town in the heart of Pierce County Things are booming in Pierce County’s Frederickson Industrial Center, one of the largest industrial development sites in the Puget Sound area.…
259 Qualify as Pierce County’s Major Employers in 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2018 – Tacoma, WA The Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County has published its 2018 Major Employers…
Register today: Recruiting Resources During Times of Low Unemployment FREE event 8:30-10 a.m., Dec. 4, 2018 Lakewood City Council Chamber As local unemployment rates drop to historic lows, how do businesses…
AIM Aerospace moves, expands, and adds jobs AIM Aerospace is ramping up its manufacturing operations in Sumner, and that means hundreds of new jobs in Pierce County. The advanced carbon fiber manufacturing…
AFA Governor’s Aerospace Summit offers bold agenda Pierce County is home to thousands of jobs in the global aerospace industry. To ensure the State of Washington remains a leader in…
Governor Jay Inslee announces $125,000 grant to support Washington State aerospace innovation and expansion For immediate release, Sumner, WA – September 25, 2018 The Washington State Department of Commerce today announced…
Pierce County delegation touts region at Farnborough Airshow The EDB and other representatives of Pierce County took to the skies last month to attend the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, July 16-22, in Hampshire,…
James Hardie: EDB recruitment success, then and now In the Frederickson corporate offices of James Hardie Building Products Inc., the framed front page of the September 1997 issue of Teamwork hanging in the…
AMES International making sweet, global splash Consumers in Southeast Asia are looking to satisfy a sweet (and salty) tooth. A deal between AMES Internationaland Tmall will make that easier. Fife-based AMES is the…