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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told more than 500 existing and potential suppliers during Wednesday’s (June 19) Open Call he wished he could tell everyone “yes.” It’s the sixth year for…
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Walmart filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) letter on Wednesday (June 19) detailing the closure of its jewelry distribution center No. 6051 (Bentonville) effective Aug. 31. The…
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Walmart hosted a prep day Tuesday (June 18) for participants for this year’s Open Call event, to be held Wednesday at its corporate headquarters in Bentonville. More than 500 businesses…
by - June 17, 2019 12:53 pm
U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta told more than 100 state and local officials in Little Rock on Monday (June 17) that congressional approval of the Trump administration’s U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade pact…
by - June 17, 2019 12:24 pm
Fort Smith Public School students are getting right to the nuts and bolts of things during a recent weeklong camp taking a look at advanced manufacturing. Thanks to a grant…
by - June 17, 2019 8:29 am
Lockheed Martin announced a $142 million expansion investment in its Camden, Ark. facilities that will add another 326 new workers to the complex. Currently, Lockheed Martin employs around 700 workers…
by - June 14, 2019 12:45 pm
The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments fell 0.2% to $1.46 trillion in April, from March, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The combined value rose 2.8%…
by - June 10, 2019 2:11 pm
Simmons Pet Food Inc., a company of Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods Inc. and Affiliates, recently opened a $60 million Flexible Packaging Facility in Emporia, Kan. The 208,000-square-foot plant is expected…
by - June 7, 2019 4:32 pm
Only new 75,000 positions were added to the U.S. economy in May as the labor market continues to tighten and several states push into job loss territory amid concerns that…
by - June 5, 2019 7:08 pm
The Butterball turkey processing plant in Ozark reopened on Tuesday (June 4) after flood waters receded around the facility. The plant that employs about 600 workers has been closed since…
by - June 5, 2019 10:19 am
U.S manufacturing companies’ seasonally adjusted after-tax profits rose 7.2%, or by $11 billion, to $164.2 billion in the first quarter of 2019, from $153.2 billion in the fourth quarter of…
by - June 4, 2019 2:48 pm
Big River Steel on Monday (June 3) announced it had closed on a debt-and-equity financing arrangement to expand its scrap metal recycling and flat-rolled steel production facility in Osceola, doubling…
by - June 4, 2019 10:50 am
Georgia-Pacific announced Tuesday (June 4) it is permanently shutting down the equipment and processes supporting the bleached board operations at its Crossett facility in south Arkansas as of October 2019….
by - June 4, 2019 10:22 am
If President Donald Trump moves forward with his plan to impose a 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico starting on June 10, the impact would be equal to a…
by - June 3, 2019 10:21 am
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell 0.7 percentage points to 52.1% in May, from April, as economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded, and the overall economy grew for the…
by - June 1, 2019 10:54 am
Butterball’s turkey slaughter and processing facility in Ozark has been closed for the past week, and remains closed as flooded roads surround the plant, Butterball Public Relations Manager Christa Leupen…
by - May 31, 2019 9:50 am
Industrial production declined 0.5% in April, according to the Federal Reserve. Output declined 1.9% in the first quarter, from the same period in 2018. Manufacturing production fell 0.5% in April…
by - May 31, 2019 7:59 am
Natural State Medicinals Cultivation in Jefferson County will be the second marijuana grower to harvest and make cannabis product available to Arkansans making the trek to Hot Springs this weekend,…
by - May 29, 2019 9:57 pm
Westrock Coffee Company, a vertically-integrated coffee supply and service provider, is expanding its North Little Rock, Arkansas-based roasting and packaging plant. The manufacturing facility expansion in North Little Rock is…
by - May 24, 2019 4:42 pm
The port of Fort Smith is underwater. Port operations in Van Buren are either underwater or will be by Sunday (May 26). The port of Little Rock is likely to…
