Idaho News & Events

"We have been aggressive in our efforts to expand opportunities for Idaho businesses and these numbers reflect our great success story in our continued efforts to sell Idaho goods and services around the world," Kempthorne said. "Our trade missions to Asia and Mexico have opened doors for Idaho exports and built relationships that are producing amazing results."

Hull is now looking for representatives to sell the product, and for dealers to stock them. He’s also working on a version for airplane tie-downs.

TenXsys is developing the sensors and BSU’s Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research (COBR) is testing the accuracy of the sensors using computer animation technology at COBR’s lab. It is the first time COBR — a lab run by BSU’s engineering and kinesiology departments — has collaborated with an outside company on research.

According to Mulholland’s owner, the move can’t come quick enough.

Starting with only 35 employees and one assembly line, the factory now employs 160 Magic Valley residents and produces an average eight to 10 trailers per day on its two assembly lines.

Simplification and bureaucracy are not words that often go together, but a new on-the-job training program to help qualified businesses reduce the cost of training new employees is now available in Idaho.

With 18,000 employees worldwide, Micron is the smallest company ranked in the top 10, Micron officials noted. Canon, the next smallest company, has 21,300 employees.

Have you ever visited the popular health Web site called WebMD.com and clicked to learn more about a health issue? If so, you’ve read information from Healthwise, a Boise-based company.

Quietly, with nary a microbit of the hopeful fanfare and choreography of its 1995 groundbreaking, Micron Technology’s sprawling Lehi complex has at long last begun ramping up for production.

"All of the airplanes in this hanger will be flying at that air show," Terry Bagley told The Associated Press on Thursday. "These airplanes all fly. They’ve all been restored. They’re beautiful. It’s not a static display."