Pullman’s major employers, Washington State University and Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc., welcome ancillary businesses that act as suppliers of goods and services unique to each business.
Washington State University (WSU)
- Founded 1890 as Washington’s original university
- Considered a top-tier research university with over $350 million in total research expenditures annuallySupports over 20,000 students on its main Pullman campus and over 30,000 students systemwide
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories Inc. (SEL)
- SEL invents, designs, and builds digital products and systems that protect power grids around the world
- For more than a decade, North American electric utilities have raked SEL as the #1 relay manufacturer in the Newton-Evans Worldwide Study of the Protective Relay Marketplace in Electric Utilities