Tag: manufacturing

5-Star Productions Gains Success with Market Change

Mike Hart’s company, 5-Star Productions Inc., is having its best year ever. sales reached $100,000 in July alone.

Conference To Teach Techies Business Sense

The 4th annual Technology Conference, which focuses on the movement of technology from concepts to commercialization, will be held Oct. 6 in Fayetteville.

AERT Tries to Bury Ashes

Despite escalating raw materials costs, legal battles, the destruction of seven total fires and a burdensome stock option plan, AERT co-CEO Joe Brooks said he’s never thought of folding up the tent.

Strategic Networking Starts By Tapping Into Connectors

The business world is numb with numbers, analysis ad nauseam and jargony gibberish. But executives say one tangible that accounts for the majority of their business can’t be crammed into a spreadsheet ? the ability to network.

Northwest Arkansas Business Journal 2005 40 Under 40

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2005 40 Under 40 list of the region’s most influential business and political leaders.

Diversity Key to Fort Smith Economy

Fort Smith city leaders plan to study how to maintain the city?s traditional manufacturing base while increasing service-industry jobs.

Companies Weigh Benefits Of Public vs. Private Status

The number of public companies in the Fort Smith area had dwindled from six to four since 2000, reflecting a national trend of public companies going private.

Paintball Gun Maker Awarded in Suit

A sister company to Brass Eagle Inc. of Bentonville was recently awarded $1.2 million by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.

Whirlpool’s Fate on Hold Until Early 2006

Whirlpool Corp. workers in Fort Smith are forced to wait another year before finding out if their jobs will be outsourced to a new plant in Mexico.

Andraski Unveils New CPFR Model

Joe Andraski, president and CEO of the Voluntary InterIndustry Commerce Standards Association, tells more than 250 retail suppliers that consumers remain at the center of his organization?s collaborative business model.

Terra Studios On the Block for $2.2 Million

Terra Studios in Durham, famous for making the glass Bluebird of Happiness figurines, is apparently for sale for $2.2 million, according to an Internet posting.

Virtual Incubation Client, Nano Nano, Wins SBIR

Fayetteville-based Virtual Incubation Corp. scores a total of 26 Small Business Innovation Research awards for its clients since January 2003.

Arkansas Nonfarm Jobs Up, Unemployment Down

Arkansas was up slightly for total nonagricultural jobs for the third quarter of 2004 compared to the third quarter of 2003.

Pair of Local Programmers Making a Name Nationally

Little Rock company designs warehouse management system used by national retailers but get little recognition at home.

Two-Piece Design Adds Flexability to Hex Wrench

Jim Ruff, owner of Ruff Machine Shop in Harrison, decided to put more flex in the hex wrench and is now marketing his new tool to leading manufacturers.

The Region’s Biggest Deals of 2004

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s deal for Brazilian supermarket chain, Bompreco, for $300 million tops the list of the region’s biggest deals.

Best & Worst 2004: From Batman Sperm To Bogus Blind Boys

A look back at some of the best and worst news in Northwest Arkansas, according to our editors.

SPP Joins UA?s ITRC

Southwest Power Pool Inc., a Little Rock-based group of 44 electric utilities, has joined the Information Research Technology Center.

Tax Work Bolts for Bombay (John Ervin Commentary)

Outsourcing, the trend of sending jobs overseas, which has primarily affected high-paying manufacturing and information technology jobs, is now starting to sweep through the accounting profession.

Daisy Diversifies Lines To Hit Revenue Target

Daisy Manufacturing Co. has enjoyed three straight years of double-digit sales growth triggered by the same component that made its legendary BB guns the stuff of Christmas dreams ? imagination.

Arkansas Tourism Ticker: Tourism tax numbers down through August, job numbers up

Acres.com, ULI NWA establish partnership

Connections: Yellow Rocket Concepts hosts gift card fundraiser

Coon Supper, pre-event reception scheduled for Jan. 10