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  • Local entrepreneur

    Nov 23, 2017

    --Steve Stone photo Pavlo Rudenko of Colfax, founder of TriboTEX, explains the science behind his company at The Center as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week observance Nov. 13-19....

  • Library Calendar: Nov. 9, 2017

    Nov 9, 2017

    Thursday, Nov. 9 Colton - 3 to 6 p.m. – Free Medicare Help – Drop-in for free, impartial help to meet your needs. St. John - 3:30 to 5 p.m. – Tinker Tech Time – Grades K-5 are invited to meet monthly at the school for a variety of activities including Snap Circuits, Lego Mindstorms, Lego building, Code-a-Pillar, Ozobots, Magnetix and more. Tekoa - 4 to 5 p.m. – Ladies Craft Circle – Enjoy an afternoon filled with crafts and friendship, and learn something new. Albion - 5 to 7:30 p.m. – Knit Night and Fireside Chats – Learn to knit, finish a...

  • Colfax operation wins Defense Innovation award

    Garth Meyer, Gazette Reporter|Oct 19, 2017

    Pasha Pavlo Rudenko, left, founder of Tribotex, stands with Vladimir Borisov, Tribotex research and development engineer, at the company's display in Tampa, Florida. A local company was named a winner of a Defense Innovation Award at the 2017 Defense Innovation Technology Acceleration Challenge in Tampa, Fla. Held Oct. 3-5, the technology-prospecting event draws representatives from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, NASA, Air Force Space Command, Department of Energy and more. Tribotex,... Full story

  • Car coating manufacturer up and running in Colfax

    Garth Meyer, Gazette Reporter|Mar 15, 2017

    Pasha Pavlo Rudenko works in his garage laboratory in Colfax Tuesday, March 7. It's game on for a Colfax man with a new product to aid old cars in longer use. Pasha Pavlo Rudenko, who earned a doctorate degree from WSU in materials science in 2014, started his company Tribotex in 2010. Its product is Carboss, a self-forming carbon coating which aims to reduce metal wear in engines. The idea came out of research Rudenko did as a graduate student at WSU. “We found something that would be wrong n...