This is the kind of growth and development the area needs:
ALK-Abell� Source Materials Inc., the allergen supplier that includes the former Biopol Laboratories Inc. operation here, says it�s gearing up for a significant increase in demand for the raw materials it produces as its Danish parent rolls out a new allergy medication line.
The company currently is constructing a $32 million, 85,000-square-foot plant in Post Falls into which it plans early next year to consolidate operations currently scattered around the area.
It also expects to boost its current employment here to 50, from 35 now, by the end of next year, and envisions a work force of 80 people by the following year. Currently, it has open positions for scientists, engineers, and technicians.
In the 19 months since it first announced its building project here, the company has twice increased the size of the planned facility, which now is expected to be nearly twice the size of what was originally planned.
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Filed under: Economics of North Idaho | Tagged: employment, growth, kootenai county
