by - April 17, 2017 9:36 am
Chinese manufacturer Pet Won Pet Products announced Monday (April 17) it is locating a new facility in Danville to develop pet treats. The company will create 70 new jobs at…
by - April 12, 2017 2:41 pm
Dearborn, Mich.-based SME, a company that promotes advanced manufacturing technology and workforce development, has selected 17 “Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers” to be honored for exceptional contributions and accomplishments in the…
by - April 11, 2017 9:32 pm
Representatives from Whirlpool and Ramboll Environ, the company’s environmental consulting firm, reported progress on multiple fronts to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on cleanup efforts at the former site…
by - April 11, 2017 4:09 pm
The U.S. beef market is off to a good start in 2017 and a big reason lies in improved exports in the first two months of the year, according to…
by - April 11, 2017 10:33 am
Longtime Tyson Foods executive Doug Ramsey has been promoted to president of the company’s poultry division. He succeeds Noel White, who was who promoted to chief operations officer in February….
by - April 11, 2017 6:31 am
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission through its Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions arm has spent the last several years teaching industries around the state about Toyota’s kata problem solving system. This system…
by - April 6, 2017 5:53 pm
The new senior leadership team at Tyson Foods is tasked to build on the momentum of three years of record growth. President and CEO Tom Hayes is betting big on…
by - April 6, 2017 5:32 pm
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) has released its first Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey since President Donald Trump took office, and the one-word summary is “optimism.” Following the third consecutive month…
by - April 6, 2017 4:41 pm
The Port of Little Rock has generated nearly $5.1 billion in economic activity in central Arkansas in the last decade and contributed almost $2.5 billion in gross regional product (GRP)…
by - April 4, 2017 9:54 pm
A worker operating one of the lines inside a MPG Gear Technologies plant had an epiphany. The line would stall eight or 10 times per shift, and the restarts hurt…
by - March 31, 2017 5:21 pm
Northwest Arkansas is poised for continued growth from several of its key employment sectors., according to economic development officials from around the region who spoke to the Chamber Leadership Fayetteville…
by - March 30, 2017 8:51 am
Fort Smith-based food manufacturer OK Foods Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 1 million pounds of breaded chicken, according to a recent press release from Industrias Bachoco, its Mexico-based…
by - March 28, 2017 11:58 am
Heath Rhodes decided a free giveaway on social media was the best way to spur his hunter dog box business, DHK Manufacturing. The specialty boxes made by his company can…
by - March 26, 2017 8:18 am
Toyota is world renowned for the quality of the vehicles it produces, and the efficiency in its work practices. There’s a movement in Arkansas to incorporate the company’s methods, often…
by - March 23, 2017 10:52 pm
Nearly 11 months after Gov. Asa Hutchinson held a historic ceremony to sign a memorandum of understanding with Shandong Sun Paper, the Chinese paper goods giant has filed its first…
by - March 23, 2017 4:17 pm
Technologies such as augmented reality, drones, 3D printers and the Internet of Things have the potential to revolutionize the supply chain between retailers and manufacturing suppliers, but one key area…
by - March 22, 2017 4:36 pm
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) has voiced its support for Robert Lighthizer, President Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. trade representative (USTR). In an open letter published on AmericanManufacturing.org, AAM…
by - March 21, 2017 9:24 am
3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) announced Monday (March 20) the Figure 4 production platform — described as the “first modular, scalable and fully-integrated additive manufacturing platform.” The Figure 4 promises to produce…
by - March 20, 2017 7:34 pm
A second farm in Tennessee contracted for Tyson Foods’ breeder stock has tested positive for Avian Influenza. Late last week state officials and Tyson Foods said they had began to…
by - March 20, 2017 5:59 pm
A key program that is part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s workforce initiative to retrain and retool Arkansas’ blue collar-focused labor pool for a more technology-oriented economy could be at risk…
