SEL Expands to Post Falls, Nampa

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  Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories announced plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Post Falls“For the second time this week, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories has unveiled plans for a new manufacturing plant. The region’s largest private employer is acquiring a “large industrial building” in Post Falls where it will make electronic devices like those it produces in Pullman and Lewiston, according to a news release issued Wednesday evening.”
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  Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories creating about 250 jobs starting in 2027“The facility is expected to initially create about 250 jobs and open in 2027.”
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  Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories confirmed a $150 million investment in a Nampa facility“The announcement about Post Falls came less than two days after the company shared that it’s investing more than $150 million in a 103,000-square-foot building it is acquiring at 1406 N. Galleria Drive in Nampa.”
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  Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories adding another 250 jobs“The facility is expected to initially create about 250 jobs and open in 2027.”
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  Both sites will produce electronic devices for power grid protection“The facility is expected to initially create about 250 jobs and open in 2027. SEL’s starting wages for manufacturing positions are $26 per hour or more, depending on the hours of the shifts. The announcement about Post Falls came less than two days after the company shared that it’s investing more than $150 million in a 103,000-square-foot building it is acquiring at 1406 N. Galleria Drive in Nampa. The company expects to initially create about 250 jobs at its new site in Nampa. The former occupant of the property was a robotics company, according to SEL. The addition of the two sites will increase SEL’s ability to meet the significant demand for its products, said SEL President Dave Whitehead in the news release about Post Falls. SEL invents, designs and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids throughout the world. The technology has benefits such as preventing blackouts and improving power system reliability.”
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  Both sites will have starting wages of $26 per hour or more“SEL’s starting wages for manufacturing positions are $26 per hour or more, depending on the hours of the shifts.”
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  The expansion follows a significant increase in demand for SEL's products“The addition of the two sites will increase SEL’s ability to meet the significant demand for its products, said SEL President Dave Whitehead in the news release about Post Falls.”
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  The expansion follows a significant increase in demand for SEL's products as utilities upgrade electrical infrastructure“The addition of the two sites will increase SEL’s ability to meet the significant demand for its products, said SEL President Dave Whitehead in the news release about Post Falls. SEL invents, designs and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids throughout the world. The technology has benefits such as preventing blackouts and improving power system reliability. The “significant increase in demand” for those products is driven by utilities making major upgrades to electrical infrastructure to accommodate more use, data centers and expansions of large industrial”
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  SEL President Dave Whitehead stated the new facilities will help meet this demand“The addition of the two sites will increase SEL’s ability to meet the significant demand for its products, said SEL President Dave Whitehead in the news release about Post Falls.”
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  The Nampa site, acquired from a robotics company, is set to open in 2027No usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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  The Post Falls facility's timeline was not specified in the announcementNo usable supporting receipt — unverified.