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Down to a Science: Associated Chemists Contain Costs With OSB Bins

Smart companies know that cutting manufacturing costs is not the only way to make a product cost competitive. One such company is ACI of Portland, Oregon. A simple materials handling modification allowed ACI to reduce packaging and delivery costs, amounting in a savings that ACI has passed along to its...

Tags: manufacturing

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From Cold Storage to Hot Ideas: Glulams Save a Gem in Portland's Pearl District

The Pearl District is a venerable, industrial core that runs east-west across town from the prospering center of Portland, Oregon. Most of its buildings are aged, run-down concrete-block warehouse buildings of three to six stories. Yet quite a few exhibit enough architectural distinction to attract a more varied and modern...

Tags: storage

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Wieden + Kennedy: Portland, Oregon - Under-Floor Comfort System Helps Transform Building

Wieden + Kennedy are an international agency known for its unique consumer product advertising. The agency had indicated an interest in a "loft style" building with the potential for abundant communication among project teams. The ultimate decision was to remodel an old warehouse building in Portland's revitalized, postindustrial neighborhood known...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, American Standard Inc., agency, team, advertisement

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New Owners Keep Their Company Going & Growing In Portland, OR

October 1999 was not a good month for Medical Specialty Solutions of Portland, OR. The company, which provided billing, collection, and other support services for area physician groups, learned that its largest client planned to dissolve at the end of the year. In a matter of months, Medical Specialty Solutions...

Tags: Portland, support services, physician, billing

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ANCAP Refines SAP Performance With IBM eServer iSeries Solution

ANCAP Administracion Nacional de Combustibles Alcohol y Portland is a Uruguayan state monopoly responsible for petroleum import, exploration and refinery processes, and producing Portland cement. With over 2,500 employees, the company has downstream operations in Uruguay and investments in upstream operations outside the country. Back in 1997, ANCAP had set...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Servers, Portland, SAP R/3, SAP AG, petroleum, Y2K, IBM Corp., performance, server, software

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Solar Electric Power in Portland

Gary and Ulrike Calaba of Portland want to leave the world in better shape. The Calabas use the electricity produced by their solar electric system to reduce the amount they buy from Portland General Electric (PGEAt the end of each month, PGE bills them for their net energy consumption under...

Tags: Portland, agreement

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Additional Resources

Coming to Stay: A COLUMBIA RIVER JOURNEY

Coming to Stay A COLUMBIA RIVER JOURNEY Mary Dodds Schlick Oregon Historical Society, Portland, in association with the University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2006. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography, index, xiv + 192 pp. $22.50 paper. Several years ago, Mary Dodds Schlick wrote Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors,...

Articles 2008-06-30

UCLA basketball player acknowledges the gamble of early entry into

LOS ANGELES -- In announcing his decision to forgo a senior season at UCLA and remain in the NBA draft, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute acknowledged there is no guarantee he will be selected and is unsure of what is ahead. "There's obviously a gamble," he said....

Articles 2008-06-26

The Jeffrey in Portland gets finishing touches

David Bassler of WB Painting, left, puts a coat of paint on a new light stanchion in front of The Jeffrey, an affordable, mixed-use apartment project, above, that is nearly complete. The 80-unit, six-story building at 1201 S.W. 11th Ave. in downtown Portland will have 50...

Articles 2008-06-26

Portland Metro makes key land purchase

With a goal of protecting rural land south of Lake Oswego, Metro has purchased 25 acres of land in the Stafford Basin for $1.8 million. The triangle-shaped area, which is located in the Tualatin River basin, includes five lots that will now be protected from future development. ...

Articles 2008-06-26

Portland firms feel pinch of tightening economy

The most recent Architecture Billings Index shows demand for architecture services in the United States continues to slump, in tandem with a slowing economy caused by surging fuel prices, tightening credit conditions and the threat of inflation. The Portland market isn't immune from the downturn. The billings...

Articles 2008-06-26

Commentary: Financial planning -- family style

Whether it's our parents or children, special needs for assistance arise from time to time. Take Jake's parents, for example. They moved to Tucson, Ariz., in their 50s and now they are in their late 70s and early 80s. They no longer need two cars. They...

Articles 2008-06-26

Architecture center holds photo contest in Portland

The devil may be in the details, but so are the prizes being offered to winning entries in an annual photo contest being promoted by the Architectural Heritage Center. This is the third year the center has held a photo contest. Last year's competition asked shutterbugs to...

Articles 2008-06-26

Fios to Unveil Updated Book, "A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide to Electronic Discovery," at LegalTech West Coast

New Edition. By Mary Mack, Addresses Latest Case Rulings and Evolving Industry Standards PORTLAND, Ore. -- Fios([R]) Inc., the only full-service provider that focuses exclusively on the complex and rapidly evolving realm of e-discovery, announced today that the completely updated book, A Process of Illumination: The Practical Guide...

Articles 2008-06-25

Portland's Yost Grube Hall Architecture promotes two

Yost Grube Hall Architecture has promoted Meredith Curran and Jonathan Bolch to its ownership group and has awarded additional corporate shares to Gordon Gillan, Miles Woofter and Mark Stoller. Curran is an interior designer and project manager with 12 years of experience. She has been with YGH...

Articles 2008-06-25

Portland firm, Metro on list of top green products

Sustainable building products created by Portland-based Eleek Inc. and Metro have been listed in Sustainable Industries Top 10 Green Products for 2008. Metro was recognized for MetroPaint, an interior and exterior paint made from 100 percent postconsumer-recycled interior and exterior latex paint. The paint was collected from...

Articles 2008-06-25

Portland's SRG Partnership honored for brick use in hall near Mount

The Brick Industry Association has recognized Portland design firm SRG Partnership for its use of brick in its design of the Mount Angel Abbey Annunciation Hall, located in unincorporated Marion County near Mount Angel. The firm received a Silver Award in the House of Worship category at...

Articles 2008-06-25

Ex-army center to house Portland's homeless

Portland City Council today will adopt a resolution to turn a former army reserve center located at 2730 S.W. Multnomah Blvd. in Portland, into a mixed-income development with supportive housing for homeless adults and families. The city worked with Community Partners for Affordable Housing to develop the...

Articles 2008-06-25

CRU-DataPort Rated #7 Among Portland Business Journal's 2008 List Of 'Fastest Growing Private 100 Companies'

CRU-DataPort recently received honors for itsglobal leadership in data security and data mobility solutions, rankingseventh in The Portland Business Journal's 2008 list of "Fastest GrowingPrivate 100 Companies." Since 1986, DataPort® removable drive enclosures have been an industrystandard for physical data security and safe data transporting in thegovernment, education and business...

Articles 2008-06-25

Portland's Telegram Building welcomes ShoreBank Pacific

Soon, the Telegram Building at 1101 S.W. Washington St. will become the new home of ShoreBank Pacific. The chartered community bank, which focuses on fostering what it calls sustainable business practices, is flush in the middle of moving into the historic building. At 8,690 square feet, the...

Articles 2008-06-25