by - October 1, 2015 8:19 pm
Manufacturing is much more than pressing steel or driving a fork lift, several manufacturing officials said Thursday as the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Manufacturing Day. Officials…
by - October 1, 2015 5:13 pm
Rockline Industries and Wal-Mart Stores announced a re-shoring effort that creates 50 jobs and brings production of facial wipes from Germany and Italy to Rockline’s Springdale manufacturing facility. The celebration…
by - September 30, 2015 7:53 pm
United Technologies, doing business as Pratt & Whitney, was on Wednesday (Sept. 30) awarded an $11.347 million contract to remanufacture a rear engine turbine case. Such cases are part of…
by - September 30, 2015 12:25 pm
Hytrol Conveyor Company Inc. and the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce are teaming up on Oct. 1 to host an event honoring local manufacturers. The Manufacturing Day event will be…
by - September 29, 2015 6:13 am
The Pentagon released a comprehensive report showing Arkansas ranked near the bottom out of all 50 states in national defense spending in fiscal 2014, but it wouldn’t take much to move the needle.
by - September 28, 2015 4:51 pm
Canadian timberland company Canfor Corp. on Monday (Sept. 28) announced it has agreed to buy family-owned Anthony Forest Products Co. (AFP) of El Dorado for $93.5 million, a deal which…
by - September 27, 2015 4:59 pm
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping to cash in on the devaluation of the Chinese currency in recent weeks, and is now asking many suppliers in China for better product pricing.
by - September 27, 2015 7:22 am
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by - September 25, 2015 12:34 pm
The largest structured steel facility in the western hemisphere will be getting a little larger as Nucor announced Friday a major investment project at its Blytheville mill. Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor…
by - September 24, 2015 10:42 am
Manufacturing and farming giant Caterpillar Inc., which operates a large motor grader plant in North Little Rock with several hundred workers, announced a major across-the-board restructuring and cost reduction Thursday…
by - September 24, 2015 4:48 am
Five of the state’s eight metropolitan areas experienced flat or weaker business growth in 2014 as Arkansas’ economic output fell well below the rest of the nation last year, according…
by - September 23, 2015 6:56 pm
University of Central Arkansas President Tom Courtway and Arkansas Economic Development Commission Executive Director Mike Preston announced the establishment of the Technical Assistance Program for Arkansas Mayors on Wednesday (Sept….
by - September 23, 2015 9:53 am
An August survey of business contacts indicated that a little more than half expect that economic conditions in 2015 will be better than in 2014, according to the Federal Reserve’s…
by - September 21, 2015 5:50 pm
In an Arkansas National Guard hanger filled with military personnel and a phalanx of government and legislative officials at North Little Rock’s Camp Robinson, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday unveiled…
by - September 21, 2015 12:06 pm
A lack of qualified workers remains the top threat to manufacturing growth, according to industry leaders, but revenue growth remains encouraging.
by - September 20, 2015 1:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s weekly address discussed the state’s new workforce training centers: This year, we worked hard to fund four new Career Centers in Ashdown, Clarksville, Mountain Home and Paris,…
by - September 20, 2015 6:24 am
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by - September 18, 2015 10:49 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in August dropped two-tenths of a percentage point in tandem with the national unemployment rate as the state’s labor pool rose by 1,400 to a robust 1,338,300…
by - September 17, 2015 9:42 am
Growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) module production has slowed in recent years to 4% annually from 2011 to 2013 after increasing by an average of 78% from 2006 to 2011….
by - September 17, 2015 9:38 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Defense’s Transition to Veterans Program Office announced the recent integration of agriculture into the career training and counseling programs that service…
