Slide Show: City of Industry
In Portland’s manufacturing world, the business of making stuff is alive and well.
Photography by William Anthony
PORTLAND GARMENT FACTORY Britt Howard (middle) started Portland Garment Factory after she couldn’t find a local manufacturer for her own fashion line.
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
HOUSERWORKS This eight-employee precision machining shop on NE Airport Way makes both small-run prototypes and mass-produced components for the likes of Boeing and Ducati.
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
Christian Hansen (and Ned) inspects motorcycle parts.
Photography by William Anthony
COLUMBIA WIRE Among other specialties, Columbia Wire & Iron Works builds large-scale steel structural components for projects ranging from docks to Portland’s new light-rai
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BENCHMADE At Benchmade’s Oregon City factory, workers handcraft knife blades after laser operator Gary Hopkins and others cut basic forms from large sheets of steel. The 180-worker company, part of a vi
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
CHRIS KING PRECISION COMPONENTS This premium bike parts maker’s 2003 move to Portland meant a well-trained workforce—30 perc
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GROVE Founded in 2009 by a furniture maker and an engraver, Grove makes bamboo cases for Apple’s iPhones and iPads. Staff roughly tripled in the past year, to 15 full-timers. From left, Wendy Oh, Ellie
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
INDOW WINDOWS Like many new Portland manufacturers, Indow Windows combines handcraft with mass production. Each one of the company’s innovative energy-efficient window inserts,
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
Photography by William Anthony
PEOPLE OFTEN SAY “American manufacturing” in wistful sighs: once, our forefathers labored in factories; now China makes everything…. “Portland manufacturing,” on the other hand, can be said with a fist-pump...
