Priority1 Inc. of Little Rock, a privately held third-party logistics services company, says it will hire at least 50 new corporate headquarters employees as a result of its continued national growth.
Arkansas Business will honor more than 40 companies designated among this year's "Best Places to Work" during an awards luncheon in September.
Mundo-Tech, a tube bending and fabrication supplier for the aerospace and defense industries and commercial companies, announced Wednesday that it is expanding its facility in Rogers.
A growing number of startups are making cell-based or cultured meat. They want to offer an alternative to traditional meat production that they say is damaging the environment and causing unnecessary harm to animals, but they are far from becoming mainstream and face pushback from livestock producers. read more >
Power Technology Inc., a home-grown Arkansas company that's been doing innovative things with lasers for 50 years, is ready for its cinema close-up. read more >
Job growth strengthened in nearly all major industry sectors in June, with notable jumps in government, business services, education and health. read more >
For "Telecommute Month," Metroplan highlights the health and financial benefits of a growing workplace trend. read more >
Startup Junkie consultants will start meeting with entrepreneurs, innovators and small business owners in Springdale at its new Fairlane Station office this month. read more >
The Candian's company, Standard Lithium Ltd., broke ground last week on a pilot plant in El Dorado, a key step toward a unique vision of pulling battery-grade lithium from a saltwater sea beneath south Arkansas. read more >
The mission of the Arkansas Center for Data Sciences is twofold: to narrow the gap between open technology jobs in the state and the talent available to fill them, and to help existing businesses use data analytics to better compete. read more >
Yang Luo-Branch, president of the Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses, says her organization seeks to bridge Arkansas and Asia. read more >
Jeff and Lori Standridge have established the first endowed scholarship in innovation and entrepreneurship at the University of Central Arkansas College of Business. read more >
Global financial services company FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and the Venture Center in Little Rock named the 10 startups selected to participate in the 2019 VC FinTech Accelerator program. read more >
Bill Groves, chief data and analytics officer at Walmart Inc. of Bentonville, has been named chairman of the Northwest Arkansas Technology Council. read more >
Rejuvenix of Little Rock, a graduate of the Delta Innovation Fund accelerator, won $10,000 for technical assistance last week at the program's 2019 Demo Day at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. read more >
An audience of prospective investors and bankers gather in North Little Rock to mark the end of the inaugural ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator, sponsored by the Independent Community Bankers of America and hosted by the nonprofit Venture Center of Little Rock. read more >
Navaux Inc., an early stage life sciences company in Little Rock, has merged with Stage I Diagnostics Inc. of Little Rock. read more >
Endeavor of New York City has received a $2 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation that will help it launch a new office in northwest Arkansas. read more >
With the presence of the Little Rock Tech Park, The Venture Center, FIS FinTech Accelerator program and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, among other assets, the Little Rock Region is becoming known and respected in the startups/innovation sector. read more >
Arkansas can become a leader in the knowledge-based economy if its state government, industries and educators work together to develop a workforce attractive to innovators. read more >
The Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation has given $23.7 million to the University of Arkansas' research and economic development infrastructure. read more >
The Independent Community Bankers of America is partnering with The Venture Center in Little Rock to launch the ICBA ThinkTech Accelerator, a community bank-focused fintech accelerator program. read more >
BioVentures converted to a nonprofit last year to become more competitive with private companies and other universities commercializing new technology. read more >
A two-part production, “Hot Springs: The Experience of a Lifetime" is the centerpiece of Arkansas' first VR tourism campaign. read more >
The Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Boot Camp run by BioVentures recently won a national award, the second-place Innovations Research & Research Education Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges. read more >
With a $30 million investment commitment from the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, plans to build a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into refined liquid fuel near Pine Bluff reached a significant landmark this week. read more >
Two relative newcomers to the Arkansas roster of chemical companies continue to grow their Phillips County operations since setting up shop. read more >
SFC Fluidics of Fayetteville is closer to bringing its first product, a wearable insulin pump, to market, thanks to its partnership with JDRF. read more >
University of Arkansas alumni Kelly and Steve Barnes of Dallas have made a $500,000 commitment to the university's Sam M. Walton College of Business to create the Kelly & Steve Barnes Health & Wellbeing Innovation Fund. read more >
Global financial services company FIS of Jacksonville, Florida, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson say they will sponsor the VC FinTech Accelerator for another year. read more >
The Venture Center of Little Rock says CEO Lee Watson will move into a newly created position, "chief innovator," and that a former Acxiom Corp. leader, Bill Yoder, will be interim CEO. read more >
A new venture capital firm in Conway seeks to raise $20 million to focus on startups in Arkansas. read more >
Over a decade, Arkansas has fallen in line with the national trend of embracing and publicly funding a relatively new form of economic development: structured help for entrepreneurs. read more >
