by - June 26, 2018 11:05 am
ABB, the company which bought Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric, is closing its plant in Clarksville, a move that will eliminate 140 full-time and 30 part-time jobs. It’s the second loss…
by - June 25, 2018 7:28 pm
Democratic Party of Arkansas chairman Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, believes state residents should know fully the impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs with China, the European Union and other…
by - June 25, 2018 12:08 pm
Michelle Bernhardt-Barry, assistant professor of civil engineering at the University of Arkansas, has been studying methods to use soils and sands to build roads and structures in remote areas —…
by - June 25, 2018 10:19 am
Three Chinese manufacturers from the Shandong Province that announced plans to locate in Arkansas following one of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s frequent Far East trade missions have not yet moved out…
by - June 22, 2018 12:10 pm
A Chinese clothing maker that signed one of several deals with Gov. Asa Hutchinson to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. has begun production and posted “help wanted” signs…
by - June 21, 2018 1:25 pm
Simmons Prepared Foods, a subsidiary of Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods, hosted a site dedication ceremony Thursday (June 21) to officially mark the start of construction on its new Benton County poultry processing…
by - June 20, 2018 7:13 pm
A merger of two custom metal fabrication companies in the Fort Smith metro could add between 15-20 news jobs following a $1.6 million expansion of a Fort Smith facility. Arkoma,…
by - June 20, 2018 6:26 pm
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which has been a strong ally of President Donald Trump since he took office in January 2017, came out strongly against his administration’s move…
by - June 18, 2018 5:47 pm
About three years ago Ronnie Samuel’s son was searching for a bumper for his ATV. When Samuel saw what was on the market, he told his son they could make…
by - June 15, 2018 7:26 pm
Arkansas’ manufacturing sector continued to outperform most of the state’s economy in 2018 as another 1,200 jobs were added at mostly “soft good” factories across the state between May and…
by - June 15, 2018 5:39 pm
It took a little longer than they expected and cost a little more than planned, but Glatfelter officials publicly opened their new $90 million manufacturing operation in Fort Smith with…
by - June 15, 2018 4:44 pm
Hefei Risever Machinery (Risever), a Chinese-based heavy equipment parts manufacturer broke ground on a $20 million facility in Jonesboro on Friday (June 15). The plant will be located in the…
by - June 15, 2018 11:18 am
Cass and Estelle Rowland drove their 40-foot motorhome 20-plus hours from Thorndale, Penn., to Bentonville and slept in Walmart’s Home Office parking lot Tuesday night (June 12). They did not…
by - June 14, 2018 5:21 pm
Springdale-based meat giant Tyson Foods will continue to invest into downtown Springdale after CEO Tom Hayes announced plans to build a manufacturing and automation technology center, southwest of the company’s…
by - June 14, 2018 4:57 pm
Part of the more than $3.65 million in ongoing work by Phoenix Investors to further renovate the former Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Fort Smith could make way for a warehouse/distribution…
by - June 13, 2018 3:41 pm
Warren Brown of Virginia and Casey Millspaugh of Fort Smith were among the more than 450 business owners welcomed by Walmart to its Bentonville home office Wednesday (June 13) for…
by - June 12, 2018 7:42 pm
More than 450 hopeful entrepreneurs began streaming into Bentonville on Tuesday (June 12) from 46 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia for Walmart’s “Open Call.” This year, Walmart…
by - June 7, 2018 4:38 pm
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) has released its monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for May, and the story told is another positive one with the PMI at 58.7% —…
by - June 7, 2018 4:32 pm
On Tuesday (June 5), the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution supporting Applied Process Fort Smith, LLC’s entry into the state “Tax Back” program authorized by the Consolidated…
by - June 4, 2018 4:41 pm
The Tyson Foods buying spree continues. The Springdale-based company announced Monday (June 4) the acquisition of Tecumseh Poultry, a company that touts its humane methods of processing all organic “Smart…
