2020 Brought Feast, Famine to Private Companies
by Gwen Moritz – 1 day ago
Data collected for this week's list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries.
Data collected for this week's list of private companies illustrated the uneven and sometimes counterintuitive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on various industries.
Rising oil prices have lifted hopes for a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into liquid fuel in Jefferson County.
2020 was the best year in Anthony Timberlands' history, and this year is shaping up to surpass that, said Steve Anthony, president of the company, based in Bearden.
Steve Cannon,, a business CEO who graduated with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point, thinks the best place for leaders to be is in the trenches with their troops. read more >
When it comes to the largest private companies, what has stayed the same is as notable as what has changed. read more >
Lexicon's 2020 performance included the start of a $100 million job for Tesla in Austin, Texas, and continuing work for Nucor and Big River Steel. read more >
After a judge dismissed a civil lawsuit that accused him of human trafficking, Terry Fleming has asked that a case he filed against a woman be dismissed. read more >
Christy Valentine has joined Hytrol Conveyor Co. in Jonesboro as manager of academic partnerships. read more >
Over the next few decades, advancement in tools that range from clean energy itself to the mechanisms used to finance installment will rapidly transform the energy economy. read more >
Terry L. Fleming scored a legal victory last week when a judge dismissed a civil lawsuit that accused him of human trafficking and sexually exploiting younger women. read more >
This week a quartet of million-dollar transactions takes the stage. The group consists of a Jacksonville mobile home park and three Little Rock properties: a cocktail lounge, apartment project and commercial site. read more >
On the cusp of an electric vehicle revolution that could expand the market for lithium fivefold over the next 10 years, CEO Robert Mintak of Standard Lithium Ltd. is right where he wants to be. read more >
Our state's largest electric utility, Entergy Arkansas, is currently deciding how it will power its customers over the next 20 years. read more >
Sheridan Brewer has been hired as an implementation specialist at CAT Squared in Conway. read more >
Doman Building Materials Group Ltd. of Vancouver acquires Hixson Lumber Sales of Dallas, which has five locations in Arkansas, for $375 million in cash. read more >
The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulls the plug after Canadian officials failed to persuade President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its permit. read more >
U.S. employers posted a record 9.3 million job openings in April with the U.S. economy reopening at break-neck speed. read more >
The solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has proven to be the most successful federal policy to support the growth of solar energy in the United States. read more >
Chlorine is in short supply, and it's likely going to be more expensive as a result, thanks to Bio-Lab Chemicals, a major pool chemical manufacturing plant in Louisiana, burning down in August. read more >
Steve Cannon, CEO of AMB Sports and Entertainment, will lead the June 9 webcast in a series presented by Arkansas Business throughout 2021. read more >
Sealtite offers alternative to coal tar-based products, now facing prohibitions. read more >
Developers and power plant owners plan for 39.7 gigawatts of new electricity generating capacity to start commercial operation this year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. read more >
Doug Schoenfeld bought the 162,000-SF Ball Metalpack location on Crutcher Street in Springdale. read more >
ABB's NEMA motor division says it is giving $1 million to the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith. read more >
Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale agrees to pay $4.625 million to settle a price-fixing suit filed by direct purchasers of turkey products. read more >
L'Oréal USA announces a $12 million-plus expansion of its North Little Rock plant that will create 45 full-time jobs and increase production for all its brands. read more >
Custom Craft Poultry opened a second plant Wednesday in Little Rock that could more than double its workforce and capacity. read more >
In the biggest sector of Arkansas' biggest industry, the mission these days is not counting your chickens, but counting your workers. read more >
The 14,880-SF Walgreens in Little Rock was purchased by a company from Oakland, California. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.4% from March and April. read more >
Anthony Timberlands Inc. of Bearden says it will invest $10 million in improvements to its pine sawmill in Malvern over the next six to eight months. read more >
Hardy Wentzel, CEO of Structurlam, had a different view of the massive snowstorm that hit Arkansas in February. read more >
Mass timber production in Conway is on schedule and ready to deliver for Walmart and other customers. read more >
