Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Productization, Inc.

Productization, Inc., appeals a superior court order denying its motion to compel arbitration. We affirm.

Productization is a Kansas corporation. Pope & Talbot, Inc., is a Delaware corporation. At the times material here, neither was registered as a contractor.

In 1989, Productization and Pope entered into a contract under which Productization was to "construct on a 'turnkey’ basis a complete wood waste fuel refinery”. Productization was to dismantle a "pellet plant” 2 in Florida, ship it to Washington, and reconstruct it on land owned by Pope.

Article 16 of the contract contained an arbitration…