by - July 12, 2012 5:24 pm
Louisville, Ky.-based American Air Filter Co. (AAF) will invest $516,000 in its Fayetteville plant and add an estimated 58 jobs. The Fayetteville plant, which makes panel and pleated air filters…
by - July 10, 2012 1:37 pm
Springdale nano-engineering firm NanoMech announced Tuesday a partnership to supply valve and flow equipment manufacturer Cameron with its TriboTuff lubricant.
by - July 6, 2012 9:49 am
Fort Smith manufacturer’s decision pleases labor secretary.
by - July 6, 2012 9:19 am
City’s prosperity is tied to river projects, many believe.
by - July 5, 2012 1:24 pm
Labor unions formed in the United States during the 1870s. Close to 150 years later, the Democratic Party has been credited as the political party that champions their cause. But…
by - July 2, 2012 2:48 pm
BLOOMBERG — Manufacturing in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in June for the first time since the economy emerged from the recession three years ago, indicating a mainstay of the expansion…
by - May 14, 2012 3:01 pm
BLOOMBERG — Paul Bonin has no problem getting enough orders to keep his South Bend, Indiana, factory busy. What he can’t find are enough qualified employees to work on the…
by - May 1, 2012 9:12 pm
BLOOMBERG — Manufacturing grew in April at the fastest pace in almost a year, propelled by a pickup in orders that signaled factories will remain a source of strength for…
by - April 27, 2012 2:53 pm
Lowell-based company expects 40,000-SF facility to be completed by February.
by - April 8, 2012 7:29 pm
Accomplished and acclaimed Fort Smith businessman and philanthropist Don Flanders has died. He was 87. He died in his home Easter Sunday, said his son, Dudley. (Link here to read…
by - March 1, 2012 10:50 am
Bad Boy Mowers, a manufacturer of a variety of zero-turn mowers and multi-terrain vehicles (MTV), on Thursday (March 1) announced plans to expand its operations in Batesville, where the company…
by - February 17, 2012 11:30 am
Caterpillar has selected a location near Athens, Georgia for a new $200 million hydraulic excavator manufacturing facility. Arkansas economic officials had been working to land the plant in state, possibly…
by - February 14, 2012 11:40 am
As national manufacturing rebounds, Arkansas hasn't been an obvious beneficiary, but economic development leaders are hoping to turn that around as an industry paradigm shift occurs. The numbers don't lie…
by - January 27, 2012 4:16 pm
An estimated 59 jobs may leave Fort Smith later this year as Trane moves some production from its Fort Smith plant to an operation in Columbia, S.C. Trane’s Fort Smith…
by - January 18, 2012 8:12 pm
The president of Huntington Foam, a vendor to Whirlpool’s operation in Fort Smith, said Wednesday the company will close its Fort Smith operation as early as May. About 14 jobs…
by - January 7, 2012 10:54 pm
Fayetteville firm aims to help small to medium-sized companies.
by - December 12, 2011 11:58 am
Delta Group increases space, production capabilities.
by - November 28, 2011 5:29 pm
J.V. Manufacturing now eyeing higher honor.
by - September 19, 2011 12:00 am
Northwest Arkansas is expected to see second-biggest gain.
by - August 22, 2011 12:00 am
A mountain of nominations produces another top-shelf list of Northwest Arkansas Business Journal Forty Under 40 honorees.
