by - February 13, 2025 10:46 am
Energy and workforce availability, higher costs, and global uncertainty primarily related to tariffs and trade wars are on the minds of U.S. and Arkansas manufacturing industry executives as they navigate…
by - September 2, 2024 12:46 pm
Arkansas’ manufacturing sector accounts for 12% of the state’s total payroll jobs and could add more than 1,000 jobs if recent growth rates continue, according to economist Greg Kaza. Job…
by - January 4, 2024 12:18 pm
Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector contracted in December at a slower rate than in November, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). December was the 14th consecutive…
by - July 5, 2023 2:11 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted faster in June as optimism fades about the second half of 2023, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). June was the…
by - December 1, 2022 3:01 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in November for the first time since May 2020 after 29 consecutive months of growth, according to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)….
by - March 1, 2022 1:04 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector rose at a faster rate in February, from the previous month, amid strong demand and waning pandemic-related impacts, according to the Institute for Supply…
by - December 1, 2021 1:17 pm
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector increased at a faster rate in November, from October, as pandemic-related issues continued to limit production growth, according to the Institute for Supply Management…
by - May 3, 2021 11:28 am
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector increased at a slower rate in April, while the overall economy grew for the 11th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management…
by - January 16, 2021 9:40 am
After more than a decade of struggling to gain employment momentum, Arkansas’ manufacturing sector began showing signs of renewed life in early 2018. And then the calendar turned to March…
by - August 26, 2020 10:37 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 11.2%, or by $23.2 billion, to $230.7 billion in July, from June, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau released Wednesday…
by - July 1, 2020 10:52 am
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector increased as the overall economy grew for the second consecutive month in June following one month of contraction in April, according to the Institute…
by - February 27, 2020 3:05 pm
While several economists say Arkansas’ manufacturing sector was healthier than expected in 2019, the struggling industry added only 5,400 jobs — an increase of 3.4% — in the past decade….
by - November 28, 2019 10:29 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods rose 0.6%, or by $1.5 billion, to $248.7 billion in October after declining 1.4% in September, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census…
by - June 26, 2019 12:31 pm
New orders for manufactured durable goods fell 1.3%, or by $3.3 billion, to $243.4 billion in May, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census Bureau announced Wednesday (June 26) the May…
by - February 2, 2019 12:48 pm
Futuristic fears that robots and artificial intelligence advances will replace workers in the manufacturing sector are not exactly panning out as factory employers in Arkansas and the rest of the…
by - November 12, 2018 7:48 pm
When the state’s manufacturing sector ebbed to its lowest point following the Great Recession, the one bright spot were factories in Northeast Arkansas at or near full production that continued…
by - August 19, 2018 9:13 pm
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), typically an ally of President Donald Trump, has called on the Trump administration to “get Beijing back to the negotiating table.” NAM President and…
by - August 12, 2018 11:37 am
A new McKinsey & Co. survey on digital manufacturing has found that most manufacturers are stuck in “pilot purgatory” when it comes to the practice. By “pilot purgatory,” McKinsey means…
by - May 28, 2018 7:22 pm
In a new takedown of trade negotiations with China, United Steelworkers International President Leo Gerard chastised the administration of President Donald Trump for not backing up its talk on China….
by - March 24, 2018 10:44 am
The Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) announced nearly 3,000 steel industry jobs are coming thanks to anticipated steel and aluminum tariffs as members of President Donald Trump’s administration head into…
