by - March 24, 2018 10:45 am
More manufacturing jobs are being posted
More than 427,000 manufacturing jobs were up for grabs as of January, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The number represents a spike from the 374,000…
Manufacturing
by - March 24, 2018 10:44 am
Tariffs credited for expected return of nearly 3,000 steel industry jobs
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) announced nearly 3,000 steel industry jobs are coming thanks to anticipated steel and aluminum tariffs as members of President Donald Trump’s administration head into…
by - March 15, 2018 7:33 am
ISM’S Purchasing Managers Index sees positive February reading
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 60.8% —…
by - March 15, 2018 7:30 am
Del Monte taps former Arkansan for CMO
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Del Monte Foods has tapped Bibie Wu as its new chief marketing officer. Wu’s experience includes ten years in marketing at General Mills where she led brands…
by - March 11, 2018 10:52 am
UA economist sees tariffs leading to consumer price hikes, retaliation from other countries
UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj doesn’t see much upside to tariffs that President Donald Trump says he plans to impose. On Thursday (March 8), Trump pulled the trigger on…
by - March 8, 2018 5:10 pm
Trump’s tariffs opposed by Gov. Hutchinson, majority of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation
President Donald Trump on Thursday (March 8) pulled the trigger on tariffs for steel and aluminum imports, with exceptions made for Canada and Mexico. The move was praised by the…
by - March 7, 2018 2:41 pm
Tyson Foods to lay off 150 workers at Van Buren processing plant
Tyson Foods confirmed Wednesday (March 7) about 150 employees in the Van Buren chicken processing plant will be out of a job because of a temporary layoff at the end…
by - February 28, 2018 10:40 am
Denso to spend $190 million to expand Tennessee plant with 320 new jobs
Japanese auto supply giant Denso North America announced plans Wednesday (Feb. 28) to add four new production lines and 320 new jobs at its huge manufacturing complex in Athens, Tenn.,…
by - February 27, 2018 5:26 pm
Baldor is no more; ABB to unify all products, facilities under ABB brand
Evidence of Baldor Electric Co. being a brand and company name based in Fort Smith will in the near future be found at the Fort Smith Museum of History. ABB…
by - February 24, 2018 10:16 pm
Camden manufacturer scores contract for military munitions
American Rheinmetall Munitions, Inc. (ARM) in Camden, Ark., has been awarded a $3 million contract to produce day and night-capable 40mm x 46 practice cartridges, one of two new contracts…
by - February 21, 2018 8:06 pm
New manufacturing pre-apprenticeship program to begin in Crawford County
The Crawford County Adult Education Center in Van Buren has announced a new industrial manufacturing technician pre-apprenticeship program authorized by the National Apprenticeship Training Foundation (NATF). The program will roll…
by - February 20, 2018 7:34 pm
Senate panel setting for debate on benefit of economic development incentives
Arkansas Economic Development Commission Director Mike Preston told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday (Feb. 20) that state incentives level the playing field in areas where Arkansas has a competitive disadvantage in…
by - February 20, 2018 7:09 pm
Tyson Foods CEO says company is ‘resetting the table’ for the protein industry
Chickens, cows and pigs don’t take themselves to market. And with fewer trucks, trailers and drivers, the trip to market for the aforementioned agri products has resulted in rising costs…
by - February 15, 2018 7:32 pm
Union Partners to build facility on Big River Steel campus
Union Partners announced Thursday (Feb. 15) plans to build a new steel processing facility on the Big River Steel campus in Osceola. The new facility will be adjacent to BRS’s…
by - February 15, 2018 2:23 pm
Loss of Unique Fabricating not a unique story in Fort Smith metro manufacturing sector
The same day one Michigan company announced it would open a plant in Fort Smith, another announced it would close a Fort Smith operation. The juxtaposition is emblematic of a…
by - February 14, 2018 6:53 pm
Deltic ekes out small 4Q profit, expects to close Potlatch merger by end of month
Deltic Timber eked out a small fourth quarter profit as the El Dorado timber manufacturer with Murphy Oil ties closed out its final chapter as a publicly held company ahead…
by - February 13, 2018 3:50 pm
Michigan company to expand into Fort Smith, add 30 manufacturing jobs
Livonia, Mich.-based Applied Process has acquired a 51,000-square-foot building in Fort Smith to expand its metal heat treatment business. The more than $2.5 million investment by the company is expected…
by - February 13, 2018 6:42 am
Fort Smith-based FFO acquires furniture retailer in Kentucky
Fort Smith-based furniture retailer and manufacturer FFO Home has announced the acquisition of Service Furniture and Bedding, Inc, an operator of home furnishings and bedding retailers in the Louisville, Ky.,…
by - February 8, 2018 11:34 pm
Blake Shelton surprises Fort Smith with ‘spur of the moment’ Smithworks Vodka concert
Blake Shelton, country music singer and panelist on The Voice, has served another cause near and dear to his heart, which brought him and love interest Gwen Stefani to Fort…
by - February 8, 2018 4:35 pm
New directory to aid state trade community
The World Trade Center Arkansas (WTCA) in Rogers has compiled and released new information it hopes will help grow trade for the state. The Arkansas Exporter Directory is a 103-page…