Tag: manufacturing

NanoMech Signs Deal with Cameron to Provide ‘Breakthrough’ Lubricant

Springdale nano-engineering firm NanoMech announced Tuesday a partnership to supply valve and flow equipment manufacturer Cameron with its TriboTuff lubricant.

Baldor to Pay $2 Million in Back Wages, Offer Jobs in Discrimination Settlement

Fort Smith manufacturer’s decision pleases labor secretary.

Fort Smith Banks on Liquid Highway

City’s prosperity is tied to river projects, many believe.

AFL-CIO to push ‘Bring Jobs Home Act’

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…

U.S. manufacturing contracted in June

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…

Worker skills hinder U.S. factory gains

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…

U.S. manufacturing grows at fastest pace in a year

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…

Central States Manufacturing Expanding to South Dakota

Lowell-based company expects 40,000-SF facility to be completed by February.

Business leader Don Flanders has died (Updated)

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…

Bad Boy plant to add 150 jobs

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…

Caterpillar picks Georgia for new plant

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…

U.S. manufacturing rebounds; Arkansas sector declines

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…

Trane may cut up to 59 Fort Smith jobs

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…

Huntington Foam to close Fort Smith plant

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…