by - November 12, 2019 12:12 pm
Springdale-based Tyson Foods posted record sales of $42.405 billion in fiscal year 2019, up 5.87% from the prior year. But net income fell $1 billion short of last year at…
by - November 12, 2019 11:32 am
Superior Group of Companies announced a “significant” expansion and upgrades to its Eudora, Ark., distribution center. The company will invest $10 million in the next three years and add 125…
by - November 11, 2019 2:51 pm
Privately held Big River Steel in Northeast Arkansas has closed on its deal announced last month to make United States Steel Corp. a minority stakeholder of the company’s scrap recycling…
by - November 9, 2019 10:50 am
Tyson Foods will report fiscal 2019 earnings on Tuesday (Nov. 12) and the fourth quarter results ending Sept. 30. Wall Street expects per share net income of $1.29 per for…
by - November 8, 2019 11:13 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the Oct. 28 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - November 8, 2019 9:23 am
Mission Critical Electronics (MCE), a California company that makes electronic power products, has acquired Lowell-based electrical products manufacturer Purkeys Fleet Electric. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Purkeys…
by - November 7, 2019 7:22 pm
As Gov. Asa Hutchinson wraps up his fourth Far East trade mission, a new report released Wednesday (Nov. 6) by a coalition of U.S. trade groups says the ongoing trade…
by - November 7, 2019 8:17 am
Manufacturing employment in Arkansas has been growing faster than in the rest of the economy the past 18-20 months, while overall job growth has occurred mostly in Northwest Arkansas, central…
by - November 6, 2019 2:25 pm
“The world is changing too fast.” That’s one of a litany of concerns that Ted Abernathy outlined for about 600 statewide business leaders on Wednesday (Nov. 6) at the Arkansas…
by - November 6, 2019 11:19 am
Steel can manufacturer Ball Metalpack plans to close its Springdale plant and cut 76 full-time positions there by the end of the second quarter of 2020. The company will gradually…
by - November 1, 2019 1:29 pm
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose 0.5 percentage points to 48.3% in October, from 47.8% in September, as economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted for the third consecutive month…
by - October 30, 2019 11:42 am
HMS Mfg. Co. announced plans Wednesday (Oct. 30) to open a new 550,000 sq. ft. injection molding facility in the Port of Little Rock. HMS Mfg. Co. expects to create…
by - October 29, 2019 4:32 pm
Glatfelter on Tuesday (Oct. 29) reported third quarter revenue was up more than 10%. The company, which operates a manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, also reported earnings per share of…
by - October 29, 2019 12:43 pm
PotlatchDeltic Corp. on Monday beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter, but volatile lumber prices kept profits well below year ago results for the Spokane, Wash.-based real estate investment…
by - October 28, 2019 3:36 pm
Shares of Tyson Foods rose 4.59% on Monday (Oct. 28) as analysts expect chicken processors will benefit on news that China could soon lift a ban on U.S. poultry that…
by - October 25, 2019 5:03 pm
Cool temperatures and drizzle greeted guests that gathered in Hickman Friday (Oct. 25) as Nucor unveiled its new $230 million specialty cold mill complex. Mississippi County has long been touted…
by - October 24, 2019 7:06 pm
It’s been a long road for Safe Foods Corporation. Borne out of research conducted at UAMS twenty years ago, the privately-owned startup biotech company has turned a big corner and…
by - October 24, 2019 11:03 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 1.1%, or by $2.8 billion, to $248.2 billion in September, from August, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau announced Thursday…
by - October 23, 2019 4:29 pm
Hefei Risever Machinery (Risever), a Chinese-based heavy equipment parts manufacturer is on the verge of starting operations at its $20 million facility in Jonesboro. The company held a grand opening…
by - October 22, 2019 4:16 pm
Lockheed Martin Corp., which broke ground in September on the first of many expansions at the company’s industrial site in Camden, Ark., on Tuesday (Oct. 22) posted earnings that were…
