by - March 7, 2018 2:41 pm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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, 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
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…
by - February 8, 2018 7:25 am
Selling chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods has been good business for Tyson Foods. So is the new federal tax law. Officials with the Springdale-based meat giant estimate a more…
by - February 6, 2018 4:54 pm
At Charleston High School, eight students have designed the barista of the future. Gunner Heft, Mason Keener, Ryan Keener, Andrew Kimmell, Hayden Pittman, Mary-Ashley Qualls, Garrett Phillips, and Dalton Ripley…
by - February 5, 2018 4:13 pm
Equity analysts estimate Tyson Foods will on Feb. 8 report first-quarter profits of $562.5 million, down 5.3% from the $594 million earned a year ago. Analysts have an earnings consensus…
by - February 5, 2018 3:14 pm
The United Steelworkers (USW) voiced its approval of a recent decision to provide relief to U.S. manufacturers of residential washing machines as well as solar cells and modules. USW International…
by - February 1, 2018 10:29 am
Lockheed Martin has started to build the spaceship that is expected to take astronauts to the Moon. On Thursday (Feb. 1), the global security and aerospace company, based in Bethesda,…
by - January 31, 2018 8:12 pm
Allegations against the U.S. broiler industry of price collusion continue to brew with two new lawsuits filed against Tyson Foods and 16 of chicken competitors along with Agri Stats, an…
