LANE PR, an independently owned, national public relations agency, extends its food and beverage portfolio with the addition of three clients: The Dussin Group, Restaurants Unlimited Inc. (RUI) and Yoshida’s Riverview Restaurant.

“Each of these restaurants represents a unique segment in the marketplace,” said Wendy Lane, president and founder of LANE PR. “We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to leverage our relationships to educate local and national consumers about the excellent breadth of dining options available in the Pacific Northwest.”

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The city’s best new restaurants range from an unapologetically meat-driven spot to a hotel dining room with a menu inspired by the chef’s garden.

At the Heathman Hotel (a new branch of the Portland, Oregon, flagship), Brian Scheehser is close to his three-acre garden in Woodinville, which provides him with ideas and ingredients for his refined American menu. He uses zucchini as a garnish for pan-roasted trout and adds tomatoes to his saffron-scented Pacific seafood soup. The hotel’s bar is equally strong on cocktails like rosemary-spiked martinis and Northwest red wines, including Chehalem and Leonetti.

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Current design complexities, shorter design cycles and increased levels of outsourcing have forced a shift in DFM methodology.

While “Design for Manufacture” (DFM) tools have been an ongoing innovation in the electronic design automation and computer-aided design sectors of the electronics industry, they have surprisingly not enjoyed such prevalence with their close relative, printed circuit board design. DFM technology has only recently become a critical component in a PCB’s design to manufacturing process. Previously, designers were forced to make underinformed decisions resulting in significant rework and missed market opportunities. New DFM methodology helps designers incorporate manufacturing knowledge during the initial design process, preventing, or minimizing, yield issues while saving time and money.

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