by - March 20, 2017 1:35 pm
One of Bentonville’s oldest businesses has been sold and is going out of business, possibly making way for more development in the city’s Market District. Bentonville Casting Co., founded in…
by - March 20, 2017 9:33 am
Trucking and shipping companies shouldn’t hold their breath for big rate increases, analysts said. Shippers aren’t in the mood to see their rates rise. Shippers are offering carriers existing incentives…
by - March 16, 2017 5:15 pm
As more details of President Donald Trump’s budget were unveiled, a number of Arkansas agencies and organizations that could see deep or complete funding cuts were speaking out. Delta Regional…
by - March 15, 2017 1:00 pm
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for February, and the story told is another positive one with the PMI at 57.7%, a…
by - March 14, 2017 3:58 pm
Change is the only constant in the retail world today and Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon told Wall Street analysts Tuesday (March 14) the retailer is committed to its digital…
by - March 12, 2017 3:39 pm
A report from Arlington, Va.-based Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) is forecasting modest to moderate U.S. economic output and “relatively sluggish manufacturing output growth” in 2017. Economic and…
by - March 12, 2017 3:30 pm
Health care spending continues to be one of the top concerns for manufacturers, and recent increases in health insurance premiums for most firms have deepened the frustration. In the most…
by - March 11, 2017 9:07 pm
A new study from IHS Economics and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) shows that natural gas encouraged U.S. manufacturing growth and employment in recent years. Manufacturers use natural gas…
by - March 6, 2017 3:18 pm
A grower farm in south central Tennessee contracted with Tyson Foods tested positive for a strain of bird flu over the weekend. Tyson said the farm’s 73,000 birds would be…
by - March 4, 2017 7:37 pm
Made in America is a roundup of manufacturing-related news. ROBOTS ON THE RISE, 2016 SHIPMENTS JUMP 10% TO $1.9 BILLION The Robotic Industries Association recently reported that the North American…
by - March 4, 2017 2:43 pm
The 100-year-old Ford Motor Company faces a future that includes autonomous vehicles and a sharing economy that threatens vehicle sales, according to Sheryl Connelly, global consumer trends and futuring manager…
by - March 1, 2017 4:53 pm
Arkansas’ first and to date only industrial superproject is in full operation, and officials hope it may lure an auto manufacturer to The Natural State. Big River Steel announced Wednesday…
by - February 28, 2017 8:18 am
Springdale-based NanoMech has partnered with Truck-Lite Co. of Falconer, N.Y., to produce a new line of electrical system products with improved resistance to electrical malfunction, corrosion and oxidation. The new…
by - February 27, 2017 4:39 pm
“Automation-weakens-manufacturing” stories are fake news, according to National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons. Contrary to what billionaire investor Mark Cuban recently stated about robots costing Americans…
by - February 26, 2017 7:16 pm
Editor’s note: Made in America is a roundup of manufacturing-related news. LITTLE ROCK’S BROADWAY BRIDGE TO OPEN 30 DAYS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THIS WEEK The new U.S. Highway 70 Broadway…
by - February 24, 2017 11:05 am
The Delta Regional Authority is investing $235,000 in infrastructure projects in southeast Arkansas and northeast Louisiana with the help of the Economic Development Administration. The projects will add 115 jobs…
by - February 23, 2017 8:45 am
An Arkansas retailer and Texas manufacturer are teaming up to produce two new “bed-in-a-box” products to capitalize on the growing online mattress sales market. The RiteBed will be produced at…
by - February 22, 2017 4:19 pm
According to a filing Wednesday (Feb. 22) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, investment management firm Southeastern Asset Management of Memphis has picked up 1,827,558 shares of common stock…
by - February 21, 2017 4:35 pm
Tom Hayes has been CEO of Tyson Foods for just seven weeks and has already shaken up the company’s core structure, rolled out a new logo, will begin grinding up…
by - February 20, 2017 2:10 pm
Whirlpool Corp. has sold its 1.2 million square foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith to Milwaukee, Wisc.-based Phoenix Investors. Whirlpool closed the refrigerator plant in June 2012, with most production…
