by - May 5, 2020 1:14 pm
Entrepreneur Suni McClelland has owned and operated her Arkansas-based business, Razor Chemical, for 28 years. There have been other pandemics while she’s been in business, but nothing has compared to…
by - May 4, 2020 12:31 pm
Hugg & Hall Mobile Storage announced Monday (May 4) a number of promotions for the company’s management team, including naming Art Kinnaman as Chief Operating Officer and Holly Warren as…
by - May 4, 2020 12:11 pm
Lockheed Martin has received a $6.07 billion contract from the U.S. Army for the production of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptors and associated equipment. The interceptors…
by - May 4, 2020 12:05 pm
The coronavirus rained hard on Tyson Foods’ second-quarter earnings and there is no end in sight for the financial weight of the pandemic that CEO Noel White says is the…
by - May 1, 2020 1:46 pm
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) decreased 7.6 percentage points to 41.5% in April, from March, as the manufacturing sector contracted for the second consecutive month and the overall economy contracted…
by - April 30, 2020 3:40 pm
Derrell Peel, livestock marketing analyst at Oklahoma State University, has said a recent emergency order from President Donald Trump mandating meat processing plants remain open doesn’t change much for the…
by - April 30, 2020 3:36 pm
The executive order handed down this week from President Donald Trump known as the National Emergency Production Act as amended to cover the food supply chain ordered meatpackers and processors…
by - April 30, 2020 8:58 am
An Arkansas nonprofit, First2Give.org, is working with manufacturers, healthcare facilities, schools, state agencies and businesses to obtain the personal protection supplies required in preparation for re-opening businesses across the state…
by - April 29, 2020 2:30 pm
Tyson Foods continues to keep as many plants open as possible amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Springdale-based meat giant announced Wednesday (April 29) it was doubling the cash bonuses it…
by - April 28, 2020 1:09 pm
President Donald Trump said Tuesday (April 28) he’s issuing an executive order aimed at Tyson Foods and its competitors’ liability amid reports of coronavirus outbreaks at meat-processing plants that are disrupting…
by - April 28, 2020 12:25 pm
Springdale-based poultry company George’s Inc. said Tuesday (April 28) it has confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases at three of its production facilities, but the company has not closed any of its…
by - April 27, 2020 2:37 pm
Tyson Foods Chairman John Tyson warns “millions of pounds of meat” will disappear from the supply chain as the COVID-19 pandemic closes packing plants and backs up the animal supply….
by - April 24, 2020 9:43 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods declined 14.4%, or by $36 billion, to $213.2 billion in March, from February, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released Friday…
by - April 23, 2020 10:44 am
Cynergy Cargo, an enclosed cargo trailer manufacturer headquartered in Douglas, Georgia, announced Thursday (April 23) that it will build a new facility in the Crossett Industrial Park. The company plans…
by - April 22, 2020 11:48 am
Tyson Foods said Wednesday (April 22) it plans to indefinitely suspend operations at its Waterloo, Iowa, pork processing plant amid raised concern for worker safety and the community as COVID-19…
by - April 21, 2020 10:49 am
The National Association of Manufacturers announced Tuesday (April 21) it has released the American Renewal Action Plan as it looks to strengthen the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure…
by - April 20, 2020 3:56 pm
Hormel Foods has temporarily shuttered a processing plant in Rochelle, Ill., after health officials linked two dozen COVID-19 cases to the processing facility that makes bacon, ham and microwavable meals. It’s…
by - April 18, 2020 11:34 am
The severity of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic started to manifest in the second week of March. The timeline is still fresh in James Smith’s mind. “The first week of March…
by - April 16, 2020 3:28 pm
The supply chains of product manufacturers of consumer packaged goods and the retailers they supply are being challenged in unprecedented ways amid the spread of coronavirus. Long truck lines form…
by - April 16, 2020 3:07 pm
Total industrial production declined 5.4% in March as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic led many factories to suspend operations late in the month, according to the Federal Reserve. Manufacturing output fell…
