Around the Corner: CdA manufacturer honored for waste reduction efforts

CdA manufacturer honored for waste reduction efforts

Advanced Input Systems, of Coeur d’Alene, was honored Monday for reducing water consumption and lead waste at its Coeur d’Alene facility.

The company designs and manufactures custom input devices, such as specialized medical keyboards.

Advanced Input Systems has cut its generation of lead waste to less than 1 pound per year, down from about 279 pounds in 2013, according to the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

The company also reduced the volume of wastewater it sends to the city of Coeur d’Alene’s treatment facility by twentyfold. It now produces about 20,500 gallons per year, down from about 442,000 gallons.

Advanced Input Systems was recognized with a “Pollution Prevention Champion” award from Idaho DEQ.

Founded in Coeur d’Alene in 1979, Advanced Input Systems was later purchased by Bellevue, Washington-based Esterline Technologies Corp. The company operates in about 139,000 square feet on Wilbur Avenue.

CdA Casino Resort Hotel earns corporate travel recognition

Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel has been named Best Casino Resort of the Year in Universal Media’s Corporate Travel Awards, which recognizes excellence in corporate travel and leisure.

GSI announces speakers for annual Economic Forecast

Greater Spokane Incorporated and the Journal of Business will present the 20th annual Economic Forecast on Nov. 8.

At the event, “Anniversaries, Long Shadows, Help Wanted,” Grant Forsyth, chief economist at Avista Corp., and John W. Mitchell, principal at M&H Economic Consultants, will discuss the state of the regional labor, housing and business markets in a fluctuating world.

Cost is $50 for GSI members; $70 for non-members.

The event will be 7:30-9:30 a.m. at the Spokane Convention Center, Ballroom 100AB. Breakfast will be served. For more information and to register, please visit https://greaterspokane.org/events/2758/.

CCS joins with Texas college to aid international students

Quad Learning, an international education partner with the Community Colleges of Spokane, has announced a partnership with Kilgore College in Texas to offer the American Success program.

The program helps international students be successful at a two-year community college, with the intent to enroll in a four-year program and earn a bachelor’s degree.