by - November 9, 2022 6:04 pm
Specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corp. said Wednesday (Nov. 9) it planned to invest up to $540 million to expand and modernize two bromine facilities in Magnolia. The company said the…
by - November 7, 2022 12:22 pm
Rheem, which produced its first unit in Fort Smith in August 1970, is investing another $20 million into the Fort Smith plant in an expansion that will add an estimated…
by - November 2, 2022 5:52 pm
Bartlo Packaging, a manufacturer serving the specialty chemical industry, announced Wednesday (Nov. 2) it will conduct a $1.3 million expansion of its operations in Helena, Arkansas. The company has recently…
by - November 1, 2022 11:03 am
Manufacturing sector growth moderated in October, from September, while prices fell and manufacturers faced uncertainty in medium- to long-term demand, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The ISM…
by - November 1, 2022 9:18 am
Highbar LLC, a newly formed company focused on sustainable scrap metal recycling and steel production, announced Tuesday (Nov. 1) it has selected a greenfield site in Northeast Arkansas to build…
by - October 26, 2022 4:59 pm
Springdale-based George’s Inc. announced Wednesday (Oct. 26) it is selling Campos Foods, a fully cooked meat processing plant in Caryville, Tenn., to Gold Creek Foods for an undisclosed amount. George’s…
by - October 17, 2022 4:52 pm
Commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in the first nine months of 2022 is up 4.5%, with September tonnage up 18.5% and outbound tonnage up 54.3%, according to figures…
by - October 11, 2022 6:26 pm
Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions and the Arkansas District Export Council are offering a series of free webinars focusing on export finance. The four webinars are: Session 1, October 19, 9am CDT…
by - October 11, 2022 11:27 am
Preformed Line Products Co. (PLP) is once again expanding its Rogers operations. The Cleveland-based company announced Tuesday (Oct. 11) it would complete its $16 million expansion in December of this…
by - October 6, 2022 11:25 am
Six Arkansas companies were honored Wednesday night (Oct. 5) for excellence in global trade at an awards ceremony at the Governor’s mansion in Little Rock. The awards were presented by…
by - October 5, 2022 12:58 pm
Tyson Foods announced Wednesday (Oct. 5) plans to consolidate corporate operations at the company’s headquarters in Springdale beginning next year. It’s estimated to add around 1,000 jobs to the campus…
by - October 5, 2022 7:30 am
Lockheed Martin on Tuesday (Oct. 4) marked the opening of a new All-Up Round III (AUR III) facility at its Camden operations in Arkansas. The 85,000-square-foot expansion supports increased production…
by - October 4, 2022 7:11 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Oct. 4) approved two ordinances regarding $138 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds related to the new Owens Corning facility under construction. The…
by - October 3, 2022 1:05 pm
Marshalltown is adding more than 100 jobs to its Fayetteville locations with the acquisition of Long Beach, Calif.-based Wal-Board Tools. Financial terms were not disclosed. Marshalltown said nearly 200 total…
by - October 3, 2022 10:10 am
Manufacturing growth softened in September as the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell by 1.9 percentage points to 50.9%, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The September index was…
by - September 27, 2022 5:39 pm
Tyson Foods Chief Financial Officer Stewart Glendinning will become the company’s group president over prepared foods, succeeding Noelle O’Mara, who left the job on Sept. 23. A Tyson great-grandson will…
by - September 21, 2022 4:26 pm
Zekelman Industries announced Wednesday (Sept. 21) that construction will begin in December on its new inline steel tube galvanizing factory in Blytheville. Similar to the company’s most recent expansion in…
by - September 14, 2022 5:37 pm
A potential strike by union workers of railroad companies would cause such significant economic disruption – an estimated $2 billion a day in losses across many sectors – that analysts…
by - September 12, 2022 10:00 am
U.S. Steel, through its Big River Works’ facilities, has donated $1 million to organizations in Osceola and Mississippi County. The donations are slated to be used for infrastructure and essential…
by - September 1, 2022 11:13 am
The manufacturing sector expanded in August at the same rate it did in July as price growth declined to the lowest level since June 2020, according to the Institute for…
