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Tool Gauge Receives Grant to Bring 100 New Aerospace Jobs to Tacoma

Tacoma-based aerospace parts manufacturer Tool Gauge recently received a $125,000 grant for the hiring of approximately 100 new workers and the advanced training of 50 current employees. The Washing... Read More

From Buying to Building Talent

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 | Workforce Development
Kristin Kautz, Impact Washington Resource Provider In my thirty years working with you all in manufacturing and helping you with workforce development and training, I have constantly heard the c... Read More

Impact Washington Center Director Press Release

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | News Release
Date of release: October 11, 2018 From: Impact Washington Board of Directors To: Agencies, Ecosystem partners, all employees, and all Resource Partners Informational Contact:     ... Read More

NIST Updates Cybersecurity Framework to Tackle Supply Chain Threats, Vulnerability Disclosure and More

Four years after the initial iteration was released, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.1 of the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity... Read More

City of Tacoma’s MBDA Business Center Named Public Agency of the Year 

Friday, March 16, 2018 | News Release
Tacoma, Wash. — The City of Tacoma’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center has been named Public Agency of the Year by the Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Dev... Read More

Welcome Will Kitchen

Tuesday, February 13, 2018 | News Release
New Southwest Washington Account Executive, Will Kitchen Dear Clients and Friends, I’d like to introduce a new member of our Impact Washington team, Will Kitchen.  He will be starti... Read More

Stories From the Road

Friday, February 9, 2018 | Manufactured in WA Highlight
Impact Washington recently met with Twin Brook Creamery in Lynden, Healthy Pet in Ferndale, and Golden Boy Foods in Blaine.   Twin Brooks utilizes Jersey cows that produce milk with a higher pe... Read More

Calling All Washington State Manufacturers!

Washington’s Manufacturing Awards program recognizes companies making important progress in productivity, growth and innovation. Considered the Oscars for Washington state manufacturers, comp... Read More

Q&A With Sarah Stuart: Guest Post On Cybersecurity

Thursday, December 28, 2017 | Cybersecurity | CMMC, Operational Excellence
  Geoff Lawrence, Account Executive This month’s Q&A With Sarah Stuart is hosted by her colleague, Geoff Lawrence, Impact Washington’s resident expert on Cybersecurity.&nb... Read More

Q&A With Sarah Stuart: Find Your Bright Spot

Thursday, November 30, 2017 | Operational Excellence
As I have traveled our state, I have received  many questions about the best way to start doing Lean. While Lean has helped many companies in some manufacturing industries improve significantly, ... Read More