Building a smarter grid – AML diversifies its defense operations
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Building a smarter grid – AML diversifies its defense operations
AML Communications built a solid business over the last 20 years supplying the defense industry, but a small company it bought last year could prove a big win as the federal government pushes to make the U.S. electricity grid more efficient. The Camarillo-based company makes microelectronics that deal with microwave signals and has turned a Read More →
Elective energy – Hospitals take independent path to power
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Sunday, June 28th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Elective energy – Hospitals take independent path to power
With healthcare costs rising at double-digit rates, the gap simply can’t be closed with one or two big ideas alone. But some Central Coast medical campuses are doing their part to generate small savings through energy efficiency. Two area hospitals, Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria and Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, have taken steps Read More →
Cruise with the current – Area firm building electric powerboat
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 19th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Cruise with the current – Area firm building electric powerboat
While the Bay Area has Tesla Motors rolling out high-end sports cars powered by laptop batteries, the Tri-Counties can claim a company specializing in cutting-edge boat technology married to retro styling aimed at upscale buyers. Going green may have its price, but Oxnard-based American Beauty Boats expects customers to line up to pay for prestige Read More →
A steady hand at tiller – Nahra to lead bank trade group
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Sunday, June 14th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on A steady hand at tiller – Nahra to lead bank trade group
Lynda Nahra gets things done quickly. During nine years as president and chief executive at Community West Bank, Nahra has grown the bank’s assets to $683 million, developed the Small Business Administration lending division into a nationwide network of offices and added branches in Santa Maria, Westlake Village and downtown Santa Barbara. Now one state Read More →
Franchise paradise – Business model gains ground in recession
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, June 5th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Franchise paradise – Business model gains ground in recession
Chad Jordan grew tired of the corporate grind six years ago. With a craving for sandwiches and smoothies, he and two friends, as well as their wives, drafted the idea for California Fresh over lunch. Upon founding the laid-back sandwich and smoothie deli in Santa Maria, Jordan took the leap from the ranks of the Read More →
Red light for racers – Pacific Coast Motorsports files Ch. 7
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, May 29th, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Red light for racers – Pacific Coast Motorsports files Ch. 7
Tyler Tadevic is losing his house but not his drive. A lifelong motorsports fanatic, he went from cleaning wheels and sweeping up a shop to building and managing his own racing team, Oxnard-based Pacific Coast Motorsports. In just a few short years, it came within fractions of a second of racing in the Indianapolis 500, Read More →
Macy
By Pacific Coast Business Times Staff / Friday, May 22nd, 2009 / Top Stories / Comments Off on Macy
If you’re seeing stars, it’s probably because of the dizzying number of Macy’s logos that have popped up across the region in the past decade. In the past four years alone, Macy’s has drastically increased its tri-county presence. Thanks to a new store at Simi Valley Town Center and its 2006 acquisition of Robinson’s May, Read More →
