by - February 25, 2019 6:26 pm
Sally Grimes, Tyson Foods group president for prepared foods, is exiting the company later this year when her successor is named and there is an adequate transition period. Grimes gave…
by - February 21, 2019 11:59 am
Noted Bentonville architect Harrison French has purchased a unique property in the Boxley Valley of Newton County. French, founder and CEO of architectural firm HFA (Harrison French & Associates), completed…
by - February 18, 2019 10:41 am
Industrial production fell 0.6%, and manufacturing production declined 0.9% in January, from December, largely as a result of a decrease in motor vehicle assemblies, according to the Board of Governors…
by - February 16, 2019 11:10 am
A recently released report by the nation’s top human resource trade group said the “skills gap” in the U.S. is real and getting worse as four out of five hiring…
by - February 11, 2019 9:01 am
The U.S. had the highest number of workers go on strike in more than 30 years as the number of major work stoppages across the U.S. rose to its highest…
by - February 7, 2019 2:16 pm
Tyson Foods reported net profits of $551 million for the first quarter ending Dec. 31. This compared to record results of $1.631 billion reported in the year-ago period. On an…
by - February 7, 2019 9:45 am
Tyson Foods on Thursday (Feb. 7) announced the pending acquisition of the Thai and European operations of Brazil Foods for $340 million. The deal will expand Tyson’s global footprint and…
by - February 4, 2019 5:20 pm
Despite Tyson Foods’ efforts to boost margins across its large processing operations the meat giant struggles to combat excess supplies and higher freight costs that are expected to bring first-quarter…
by - February 2, 2019 4:50 pm
Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan Holdings Inc., which recently opened a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, reported full year 2018 net income of $224 million, or $2.01 per diluted share, below the…
by - February 2, 2019 12:48 pm
Futuristic fears that robots and artificial intelligence advances will replace workers in the manufacturing sector are not exactly panning out as factory employers in Arkansas and the rest of the…
by - February 1, 2019 3:07 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in January, and the overall economy grew for the 117th consecutive month as raw materials prices fell for the first time in almost…
by - January 29, 2019 6:46 pm
U.S. steelmaker Nucor Corp., which operates three large steel mills in Northeast Arkansas, on Tuesday (Jan. 29) reported record fourth quarter and year-end profits as the company continues to benefit…
by - January 28, 2019 5:29 pm
A new report by the progressive Brookings Institution think tank predicts that automation and artificial intelligence (AI) will disrupt virtually all U.S. industries in the coming years, taking note that…
by - January 23, 2019 3:47 pm
Springdale-based nanotechnology company NanoMech Industries has been named a 2019 award winner by Edison Awards — a program that was inspired by Thomas Edison’s persistence and inventiveness and recognizes the…
by - January 22, 2019 7:59 pm
Arkansas State University opened Hytrol Materials Handling Laboratory Tuesday on the ASU campus. The laboratory, located in room 130U of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, was made possible after Hytrol a…
by - January 19, 2019 6:31 am
The Port of Los Angeles moved more cargo in 2018 than any time in its 111-year history, racking up 9.458 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), 1.2% more than 2017’s record-breaking…
by - January 18, 2019 5:40 pm
Gerber Products Company released a statement Friday (Jan. 18) announcing the baby foods manufacturer would cut 49 jobs from its Fort Smith facility. Content partner KFSM 5 News posted a…
by - January 17, 2019 12:33 pm
The Hot Springs facility of Triumph Group will benefit from a deal to provide structural formed skins for the Bombardier thrust reversers to be fitted on Geared Turbo Fan powered…
by - January 17, 2019 12:28 pm
Machine tool orders in November fell slightly on a monthly basis while still posting a gain compared with a year earlier, based on a report from the Association for Manufacturing…
by - January 16, 2019 8:00 am
The manufacturing sector could face a headwind in 2019 based on a prediction that U.S. sales of cars and light trucks are forecast to slow this year, according to Cox…
