Companies to Watch in 2016 - Innovative & Growing

Sep 19, 2026

A 2016 business feature profiling emerging and expanding companies with locations, websites, ownership or leadership, employee counts, and founding years. Each entry highlights products or services, current “Hot News” developments, and growth outlooks, often including acquisitions, awards, facility moves, investment wins, and planned expansion. The coverage emphasizes innovation across craft brewing, aviation-related manufacturing and research, machining, business intelligence, and hard cider, with measurable growth goals and industry positioning for 2016.

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Companies to Watch in 2016

Company highlights (profile, hot news, growth outlook)

22 • Cascade Business News • February 3, 2016 Companies to Watch in 2016: Innovative & Growing 10 Barrel Brewing Location/website: 1135 Northwest Galveston Ave., www. 10barrel. com, 541-678-5228 Brewing location: 62970 NE 18th St., Bend, OR 97701 Owner: Anheuser-Busch InBev Founders: Jeremy Cox, Garrett Wales, Brad Wales, Chris Cox No. Employees: 125 Year Established: 2006 Product/Service: Craft beer. Hot News: Purchased by Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2014. Outlook for Growth: With Anheuser-Busch InBev resources, 10 Barrel is expanding distribution and locations, investing $10 million locally in new production facility. | Advanced Aviation
Location/website: 63006 Powell Butte Hwy., Bend OR 97701, 541- 330-5817, [www.advancedaviationinc.com](www.advancedaviationinc.com)
Owner: Aaron Brook
No. Employees: 2
Year Established: 1994
Product/Service: Experimental aircraft builders assist shop.
Hot News: Helping to build the safestand highest quality aircraft possible.
Outlook for Growth: Aircraft have won several awards at the Oshkosh, Sun-n-Fun and Arlington air shows. | | --- | | Advanced Machining Services LLC
Location/website: 20690 Carmen Loop \# 100 Bend, OR 97702, 541- 617-9500, [http: //amsbend.com](http: //amsbend.com)
Owners: Craig Aschatz and Mark Wolfkeil
No. Employees: 12
Year Established: 2002
Product/Service: Full-service machining shop excelling in CNC
machining and design; specializes in precision-machined from the aerospace industry to custom projects.
Hot News: Better than average year in 2015 with customers reporting good potential for growth.
Outlook for Growth: Plan to continue improving sales and are working more with the aircraft industry. | | Aerospace Instrumentation Research
Location/website: Mountain High E&S Co., 2244 SE Airport Way Ste.
100, Redmond, 541-548-7500, [www.mhoxygen.com](www.mhoxygen.com)[ ](www.mhoxygen.com)CEO: Robert Jamieson
No. Employees: 15
Year Established: 1985
Product/Service: Research, design and manufacturer of patented state-of-the-art digital aviation oxygen equipment. The company is known particularly in the general aviation, glider and home industry for the MH EDS electronic ‘Pulse-Demand’ adaptive oxygen delivery devices.
Hot News: Moved into a larger location in the Lancair Building at the Redmond Airport.
Outlook for Growth: Systems have an outstanding industry reputation for the research and design improvements to aviation oxygen use and the patented Pulse-Demand oxygen system used by both military and general aviation pilots as well as other oxygen users worldwide. | | Aircraft Rubber Manufacturing (ARM-USA)
Location/website: 1550 NE Kingwood Ave, Redmond, OR 97756, 541-923-6005, [www.arm-usa.com](www.arm-usa.com)
CEO: Al Baris
No. Employees: 30
Year Established: 1988
Product/Service: Fuel cells for race cars, planes and boats. tanks, industrial tanks. Welding and fabrication.
Hot News: Capable of designing exible containment systems meet every conceivable application from ultra-lightweight UAV bladders to fully armored, self-sealing fuel cells to large industrial storage tanks to in atable bladders and structures.
Outlook for Growth: Demand for high tech fuel containment solutions in the aviation and aerospace industries has never been greater. ARM is capable of producing extremely lightweight,
aviation bladders that are resistant to all types of aviation fuels including: avgas, JP fuels, gasoline and diesel. | | Amplion Research
Location/website: 1011 SW Emkay Drive, Bend, OR 97702, 458-206- 4788, [www.amplion.com](www.amplion.com), [support@amplion.com](support@amplion.com)
CEO: John Audette
No. Employees: 5
Year Established: 2013
Product/Service: Provides business intelligence solutions that give pharmaceutical and diagnostics companies strategic control of the complete clinical biomarkers landscape.
Hot News: Won $150,000 Investment Award f

FAQs

What information is provided for each company in the 2016 profiles?

Each company profile includes location and website, ownership or leadership, employee count, year established, products or services, plus “Hot News” and an “Outlook for Growth.”

How do the “Hot News” items relate to growth plans?

“Hot News” describes recent developments such as acquisitions, awards, facility expansions, investment wins, or new product activity, and these developments are used to support the stated “Outlook for Growth.”

What types of industries are covered in the “Companies to Watch in 2016” list?

The list includes craft brewing, aviation-related services and manufacturing, machining, business intelligence for healthcare, and specialty food and beverage such as hard cider.

Sep 19, 2026

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