by - June 20, 2017 8:25 am
The Arkansas manufacturing industry has been awarded a C grade in a new national study from Ball State University and Conexus Indiana. Categories in the report included overall manufacturing industry…
by - June 19, 2017 5:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and his economic development team on Monday (June 19) met with Dassault Falcon Jet officials at the Paris Air Show on the first leg of a European…
by - June 16, 2017 7:55 am
Gerdau plans to use virtual reality to train its nearly 500 employees at its Fort Smith steel mill. The company recently developed a smartphone app, allowing employees to use it…
by - June 15, 2017 7:26 am
Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will kick off the 2017 Manufacturing Summit in Washington, D.C. The event, schedule June 20-21, is…
by - June 14, 2017 11:51 am
The Springdale manufacturing facility of Wisconsin-based Rockline Industries has been recognized by the Arkansas Department of Labor for workplace safety. Rockline, a manufacturer of wet wipes and coffee filters, has…
by - June 8, 2017 7:18 am
One U.S. manufacturing trade association has a message for Washington, particularly congressional leaders: talk is no longer enough; more leadership is now required. The manufacturing sector had gained more than…
by - June 6, 2017 4:24 pm
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s operations in Texarkana received the Governor’s Award in the large manufacturing exporter category at the 8th annual Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Global Trade. The…
by - June 1, 2017 2:44 pm
Animal slaughtering and processing continues to dominate Arkansas’ manufacturing scene, according to a new report from Bid on Equipment, an online marketplace for packaging and processing machinery. The company looked…
by - May 31, 2017 3:12 pm
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market is expected to hit $195.47 billion by 2022, according to a new report from research firm Markets and Markets, and is expected to…
by - May 24, 2017 6:30 pm
A top executive for Walmart’s international operations expressed deep support for maintaining strong bilateral free trade alliances abroad, advising more than 200 people at an annual luncheon spotlighting the state’s…
by - May 24, 2017 11:43 am
Fort Smith-based Corrugated Specialties has purchased Century Corrugated Container Corp of Kilgore, Tex., according to a Tuesday (May 23) press release. Corrugated Specialties is a manufacturer of corrugated boxes and…
by - May 19, 2017 6:18 pm
French aviation giant Dassault Falcon announced Friday (May 19) “a less than 6%” reduction in the company’s global workforce, which includes some 1,800 workers at the French jetmaker’s completion facility…
by - May 17, 2017 5:17 pm
A 10-year decline in global productivity growth halted last year, and is projected to show an uptick in 2017, according to the latest release of annual productivity growth rates for…
by - May 15, 2017 7:28 pm
Entrepreneur and businessman Jody Shackelford knew it was time to seize the moment. A few years earlier, his grandfather Harry Shackelford invented The Rocket Shot, a device that shoots two…
by - May 15, 2017 1:47 pm
A Chicago-based group that advocates for the return of manufacturing jobs to the U.S. says “the tide has turned,” with more jobs “onshored” than leaving the country. But it will…
by - May 12, 2017 4:31 pm
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company is investing in the U.S. manufacturing market — advanced manufacturing, to be specific — to the tune of $1 billion. The reveal came…
by - May 12, 2017 12:15 pm
Top Hino Motors Corp. and local and state economic development officials today (May 12) launched the expansion of a 110,000 square feet production line at the Japanese auto part giant’s…
by - May 12, 2017 9:42 am
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is out, presenting a dichotomy between eager employers and a continuing skills gap that…
by - May 10, 2017 3:48 pm
Editor’s note: This story is completely updated with this report from Wesley Brown. –––––––––––––––– Making good on a seven-month old promise to bring a major employer to the Arkansas Delta,…
by - May 8, 2017 3:09 pm
Two plant fires and continued disruptions in Tyson Foods’ chicken and prepared foods segments hindered profits for the Springdale-based meat giant in the second quarter ending April 1. But that…
