BUSINESS OF… JULY 2019

BY CHLOE MARCHANT

Manufacturing By the 283,889 Total Washington Numbers state manufacturing jobs in 2017 77,200 526,500 Manufacturing Total jobs in the 425 employment for area code in 2017 the area in 2017 An Economic Base $72,550 14.7% Median manufactur- of all jobs in the The Eastside’s often-overlooked ing wages for region are manu- Metro in 2017 facturing. manufacturing industry remains strong and is gaining steam

Largest shares of all manufacturing jobs in the area: 51% any Eastside cities may “Every year we are growing. This year world. With 472 million cubic feet of and innovation to continue improving “Manufacturing provides an Everett be known for their more we are looking at a total of 19,000 cases space across 98.3 acres, this building the community,” McSherry said. excellent base to our economy and tech-centric businesses, bottled, where we had around 16,500 in could house the entirety of Disneyland should be a growing industry for but if you look further 2018,” said John Patterson, general man- and still have room for the parking lot. cross town, there is the manufac- years to come,” Long added. Myou’ll find that the area — much like its ager and owner of Patterson Cellars. “We are proud this region is home A turing plant for PACCAR, a Fortune The Eastside isn’t just neighbors in all directions — also has its In 1976, Chateau Ste. Michelle to Commercial Airplanes, and 500 company headquartered in Bellevue about the big manufacturers 21% 10% share of manufacturing firms. became the first winery in Woodinville. almost half of Boeing’s global workforce,” and known for making some of those big- like Boeing and PACCAR. But the Eastside’s manufacturing Today, Woodinville has more than 100 said Bill McSherry, vice president of rig trucks that can be found traversing Small manufacturers make up Renton Redmond industry is somewhat different. The wineries and tasting rooms attracting government operations for Boeing our nation’s highways. approximately 96 percent of the conjured images of conveyor belts, forg- close to 1.6 million wine enthusiasts and Commercial Airplanes. PACCAR has manufacturing plants total jobs here, many of which SOURCES: PSRC, 2017 & US CENSUS ONTHEMAP (OTM); 2015 es, and machine parts aren’t necessarily novices each year. Boeing’s thousands and thousands around the world, including an assembly have been around for decades, and AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY; 2017 1-YEAR ESTIMATES, what it’s all about here. And if you look Patterson Cellars opened its of jobs allow for a wealth of job plant in Renton, and employs more than some are still family-owned. US CENSUS (TABLE B24041) at the Merriam-Webster definition of doors in 2000, and today its staff of opportunities on the Eastside for those 1,000. According to the City of Rent- There’s local aerospace manu- manufacturing: “… something made 40 maintains two tasting rooms in interested in aerospace. Producing on, PACCAR has produced more than facturer Renton Coil Spring, for from raw materials by hand or by Woodinville, one in Seattle, and one airplanes such as the , which 130,000 Kenworth trucks since 1993 example, which has been around since In 2000, Alliance Packaging moved machinery, usually in mass produc- in Leavenworth. The winery’s largest is 225 feet long, requires a large enough and is known as a global leader in the 1949; family-owned food processing into its current 420,000-square-foot tion,” you can see that the Eastside has customer is Costco, to which they sell facility for building. design and manufacture of high-quality, company Northwest Gourmet Foods; and manufacturing plant, which designs and plenty of businesses that fall under the an average of 3,500 cases annually. Drive south from Everett about 40 premium trucks. box manufacturer Alliance Packaging. manufactures custom corrugated and manufacturing umbrella. This can be “It’s amazing the variety of miles, and you’ll find the Renton Boeing In fact, the City of Renton boasts the Founded in Seattle in 1967, Alliance foam packaging and displays. Top clients anything from producing baked goods consumers that visit our locations. It’s facility. Compared to the Everett loca- second-largest percentage of manu- Packaging, now based in Renton, is the include Nike, Starbucks, Intel, Nintendo, to milk bottling and pasteurizing to unique to see the process from creation tion, it’s small, but still quite large com- facturing jobs on the Eastside, with a Eastside’s largest independent corrugat- and Amazon. making ready-mixed concrete. to retail happening all under one roof,” pared to most facilities. At 1.1 million whopping 21 percent. ed box manufacturer and employs 300. “At Alliance, we are privileged to work In Woodinville, for example, the Patterson said. square feet, the Boeing Renton factory “Renton has a long history of “Last year, we installed the region’s with many of the region’s best compa- manufacturing of some of our area’s employs another 10,000-plus people. manufacturing and remains among our first high-speed large-format digital nies, in industries from aerospace to favorite drinks is happening on a lsewhere on the Eastside, Boeing’s “Aerospace plays a vital role in largest pieces of our city,” said Cliff Long, corrugated printer, an EFI Nozomi retail,” Bowman said. “We love what we daily basis. More than 7 million cases E manufacturing presence can’t be the Puget Sound economy and in our economic development director for the C18000, which can print six colors up do, and being part of a vibrant business of wine are produced there annually. ignored. The Boeing Everett Production local communities, and we take our City of Renton. to 68 feet by 118 feet at 200 feet per community, working with established For many wineries, that production Plant, built in 1967, is said to have the commitment to this region seriously, In total, there are more than 77,000 minute,” said Matt Bowman, general companies, new start-ups, and every-

continues to grow. largest manufacturing building in the investing in education, infrastructure, LEFT PHOTO BY RACHEL COWARD; RIGHT PHOTO COURTESY PATTERSON CELLARS manufacturing jobs on the Eastside. manager of Alliance Packaging. thing in between.”

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