Apr. 6—New Northwest Fourslide plant expected to debut in May
Northwest Fourslide is scheduled to open its new plant in Lewiston in May as part of its relocation from Tualatin, Ore.
"(The company) is well underway to moving (its) equipment and machines, and basically conduct operations at their new facility located at the Port of Lewiston," according to a recent newsletter from Valley Vision, a not-for-profit economic development group.
The metal parts manufacturer is moving into a 43,000-square-foot, $10.8 million plant, where, according to the company's most recent update in the fall, it plans to employ 40 people. About half of them were expected to be hired in the area and the others were anticipated to relocate from Oregon.
The hundreds of parts the company makes go into products constructed by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, the region's largest private employer; consoles for lights above airline passenger seats; and missile systems, among others.
Some are so small they are hard to see unaided with the human eye and others are almost a foot long.
Relocating to Lewiston gives Northwest Fourslide the opportunity to own, instead of lease, its site. The relatively low cost of living and strong public school system were other factors that attracted the company owners to the community.