Last month was National Disability Employment Awareness Month, which celebrates the many contributions of workers with disabilities. The campaign’s goal is to raise awareness about disability employment issues. So, what did we learn? Close to 70% of people with disabilities are not in the labor force  in any capacity. There are more than 10 million Americans...Read More

Sometimes when you least expect it, wonderful things happen to your business. Take what happened on a Tuesday morning back in 1989. I was in a staff meeting when my secretary came in and told me I needed to take a call, which was pretty unusual. But the call was pretty unusual too! The woman...Read More

Boeing Quality—Make it Personal Award Chinook Enterprises received Boeing’s prestigious “Quality: Make It Personal” award for the second time in two years. Boeing’s Fabrication division unveiled the award just two years ago to spotlight suppliers who achieve exceptional quality standards. Only one supplier per quarter can receive the award and Chinook Enterprises has won it...Read More

In the past 34 years at Chinook, we have done some things that worked out really well, and some things that, well, didn’t.  I am thankful for the former, and learned lessons from the latter.  One of the things that I think has really worked out well is structuring Chinook Enterprises as a business that...Read More

Chinook is honored to be able to announce that our Mount Vernon Production team has been awarded the annual Boeing Performance Excellence Award (BPEA) for the third consecutive year. This achievement is given for maintaining a Silver or Gold performance rating in each of the twelve months of the reporting period, recognizing suppliers with superior performance. ...Read More