by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Adios For Real This Time
Magnetek is going for good this time. After announcing last March it would close its Prairie Grove plant and eliminate 105 jobs over the next nine months, the company managed…
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by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Hospital Sale Goes Throough
Quorum Health Group is paying $66 million for real estate owned by Northwest Health Systems Inc. of Springdale. The deal was finalized Dec. 4. The sale included the 222-bed Northwest…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Rogers Plaza Changes Hands
Woodland Plaza at 700 N. 13th St. in Rogers has sold, but its four tenants are staying. Schmeiding Enterprises Inc. of Springdale bought the professional building Dec. 3 for $700,000…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Springdale Airport Hanging in With AAA
Air America Aviation LLC of Springdale is building a 20,000-SF hangar at the Springdale Airport. The company received a $650,000 construction loan Dec. 21 from McIlroy Bank & Trust of…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
New Manufactuer Will Spruce Up Area
A Rogers eyesore is being turned into the state’s first semiconductor processing equipment manufacturing plant. The former Gordos electronic component manufacturing plant at 1000 N. 2nd St. in Rogers was…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Fayetteville offices getting overhaul
Richard Alexander and Robert Merry-Ship bought the old Pyatt Building at 205 N. College Ave. for $360,000 through their North College Development Co. Alexander and Merry-Ship purchased the 8,500-SF property…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Internet Service Providers Launch Local Association
There’s a move afoot by several Northwest Arkansas Internet service providers to form a local association — a group that they hope will give them greater lobbying power and provide…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Dillard’s Inc
The board of Dillard’s Inc. has declared a cash dividend of 4 cents per share on class A and B common stock. The dividend is payable Feb. 1 to shareholders…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Hudson Foods Inc.
Hudson Foods Inc. and two former employees entered “not guilty” pleas Jan. 5 to federal charges that they lied during a government investigation that led to the largest meat recall…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Treadco Inc.
Treadco Inc. has settled its dispute with Bandag Inc. and certain of Bandag’s current and former employees. Under the settlement terms, Treadco received a one-time payment and will report additional…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Coup Gives Coveted Foothold
Century 21 Cupit Street Realtors of Fayetteville scored a major coup Dec. 18 when it merged with Cooper Homes Realty in Bella Vista. Cooper Homes, a division Cooper Communities, the…
by - January 11, 1999 12:00 am
Consulting Firms Form Alliance
Two Northwest Arkansas consulting firms have created an alliance with a third firm to integrate and combine their services in OSHA consulting, compliance programs and training and other areas. Mike…
by - December 21, 1998 12:00 am
Crown Group Buys Rogers-Based Car-Mart Chain
Things won’t change much when Crown Group Inc. of Dallas takes over Rogers-based Car-Mart in January. Car-Mart, with $52 million in annual revenue, has a reputation in northwest Arkansas for…
by - December 21, 1998 12:00 am
Staffmark Goes Global With British Acquisition
With the acquisition of Robert Walters Plc in November, Fayetteville-based StaffMark Inc. became a global company that deals primarily with professional and technical workers. The $179 million acquisition will give…
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
AERT To Triple Springdale Operations
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc., which makes building components from recycled plastic and sawdust, will expand its Springdale operations threefold with a multimillion-dollar bond issue endorsed Oct. 27 by the…
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
UA Misses Bell Donation on List
The University of Arkansas didn’t promise that its list of major contributions, compiled at the request of our sister publication, Arkansas Business, was comprehensive. But we immediately noticed one notable…
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
Alan Alda, Others Contribute to UA Fountain
Among the names planted recently at the base of the J. William Fulbright Memorial Peace Fountain at the University of Arkansas are those of Alan and Arlene Alda. The actor,…
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
TransMontaigne Oil to Expand
All we know at this point is that TransMontaigne Oil Co. is in the process of making another acquisition. Company officials aren’t willing to give us details for another week….
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
Ozark Aircraft Searches for Airport Staff
Ozark Aircraft Systems LLC is looking for about 300 airframe and propulsion mechanics to staff its new facilities at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport. “Hard to believe, isn’t it?” says…
by - November 2, 1998 12:00 am
Will Southwestern Energy’s CEO Retire?
Last month’s announcement that Harold Korell would succeed Charles Scharlau as CEO of Southwestern Energy Co. on Jan. 1 wasn’t clear about whether Scharlau is considering retirement any time soon….