Tag: manufacturing

For Xmas, Buba?s Got a Brand New Bag

Shopping for the person who has everything? Here are a few unique, high-end items available in Northwest Arkansas for last-minute Christmas gifts.

It?s About Time for Amendment 2 (Editorial)

We?ve hollered in these pages about the need for enlightened state corporate taxes and economic development tools until we?re blue. So we?re glad the voters approved the ability to issue general-obligation bonds for infrastructure projects.

Vision Tech Lands $2M Navy Contract

Rogers-based Vision Technologies Inc. has won a $2 million U.S. Navy contract renewal for 2005.

Syroco Inc. Gets Ownership Change

Industrias Vassallo Inc. of Ponce, Puerto Rico, bought Syracuse, N.Y.-based Syroco Inc. in September. That includes it?s 40-employee plant in Siloam Springs.

River Valley Execs See Big Pay Increases

Seven of the 10 biggest public company executive pay increases from 2002 to 2003 happened for honchos from the Arkansas River Valley and Northwest Arkansas.

Work Ethic Fuels Fort Smith Allure

Quanex Corp. of Houston is investing $20 million in its 500,000-SF Fort Smith plant.

It?s Time to Accelerate (Editorial)

A $200,000 study commissioned by Accelerate Arkansas noted that Arkansas has made progress in improving its knowledge-based assets, especially with the number of new high-tech firms that have started in the state.

Hook, Line and Thinker

Don Tyson’s billfishing passion has spawned creativity and conservation.

Hunt, Graham Buy Block USA Properties

J.B. Hunt and Tim Graham have purchased Block USA?s concrete block plants in Springdale, Fort Smith and Russellville and merged those plants with ABC Block of Arkansas to form a new company called ABC Central Block.

Eads Bros. Co. Weathers 103 Years of Business

One of the state?s oldest companies, Eads Bros. Furniture Co. of Fort Smith, has withstood fire, flood, high winds and the Arkansas River Valley economy for 103 years.

Retail Furniture Market Changes

With the urbanization of Northwest Arkansas, traditional furniture stores may go the way of the bundling bed.

Recruitment Tool Tightens Up

Land scarcity and costs in Northwest Arkansas are causing significant shrinkage in public industrial park space, local economic development leaders said.

Road Systems to Add 120 Jobs in Searcy

Road Systems Inc. of Searcy, which makes freight trailers and other transportation equipment, says three new contracts will enable it to hire 120 new workers.

Reality Check Starts Rebounds (John Harrison Newman Commentary)

John Harrison Newman writes about the benefits of facing one’s fears head on in business and in life.

Learning, Listening Spirit Shared by 2004 Honorees

Nearly every person profiled in the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2004 list of 40-under-40 honorees shared the same trait ? a desire to continue learning.

Fort Town Gets ‘OK’ For Private Business

The Arkansas River Valley boasts eight of the 49 largest privately held companies in the six-county area. With their combined $1.24 billion in 2003 revenue, those firms bring in more money than the largest private concerns in any other area city.