Prysmian Group of Milan, Italy, says it will expand its Paragould facility, investing $2.8 million and adding 12 positions. The plant already employs 182 people at 1 Prestolite Drive.
Gina Radke has been awarded the Women in Manufacturing STEP Ahead Award from the Manufacturing Institute in Washington, D.C.
Deepening a trade battle and sending financial markets spinning, China announced Monday it was raising tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for the latest hike in U.S. tariffs on its exports.
Arkansas' unemployment rate in April was 3.6%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
Meat processor Tyson Foods Inc. of Springdale sues the USDA for $2.4 million, saying it had to destroy 8,000 carcasses because a federal meat inspector lied about checking hogs at a plant in Iowa. read more >
Mew Investments LLC of Maumelle, led by Michael Bullerwell, purchased the 22,563-SF Little Rock Broom Works at 7710 Jamison Road in south Little Rock for $600,000. read more >
Doug Voss, associate professor of logistics and supply chain management at UCA, says the school's logistics program excels at recruiting employees for the transportation industry. read more >
U.S. and Chinese negotiators are to resume trade talks Thursday just hours before the United States is set to raise tariffs on Chinese imports in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the world's two biggest economies. read more >
Verizon Arena is recognized as the key that started a redevelopment engine for downtown North Little Rock. Celebrating its 20th birthday in October, the facility is touted as an $83 million, debt-free, financially self-sufficient showcase for central Arkansas events. read more >
The debut of a major riverfront arena 20 years ago turned out to be a warmup act for the real headliner: a sweeping transformation of downtown North Little Rock. read more >
The unemployment rate in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metropolitan statistical area remains near a historical low, 3.5% in February. read more >
Curtis Chase has been promoted to director of operations at IFB Solutions Little Rock, formerly Arkansas Lighthouse for the Blind. read more >
U.S. manufacturers expanded at a slower pace in April, as measures of new orders, production and employment each slipped. read more >
An April survey of business supply managers suggests there will be solid economic growth over the next three to six months in nine Midwest and Plains states, although some survey category figures declined, a report said Wednesday. read more >
President Donald Trump's trade war with China may have helped delay the $410 million textile plant planned for Forrest City, but it hasn't killed it. read more >
Louisiana & Third Properties LLC, led by Haitham Alley, purchased the Tripp Building at 209 W. Second St. read more >
Two-thirds of Arkansas' counties lost population between 2012 and 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. read more >
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 3.2% annual rate in the first three months of the year, a far better outcome than expected, overcoming a host of headwinds including global weakness, rising trade tensions and a partial government shutdown. read more >
Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake and Gov. Asa Hutchinson celebrated the defense contractor's new facility designed to help Aerojet compete for a spot in the Pentagon's overhaul of America's ground-based nuclear missile defenses. read more >
Dragon Woodland Sawmill Corp. celebrates the grand opening of its Helena-West Helena facility, a $10 million investment that will create 75 jobs and double the firm's output capacity. read more >
Air Products, an industrial gas company, announces an agreement to build, own and operate a second air separation unit that will support expansion of Big River Steel's plant in Osceola. read more >
Czech gun-maker CZ-USA plans a $90 million gun manufacturing operation and North American headquarters that will employ 565 people at the Little Rock Port, the governor and company officials announce. read more >
Two major economic development projects in Arkansas are caught up in the trade fight between the United States and China, and one is now on hold, Arkansas' economic development office said Monday. read more >
A federal jury in Jonesboro recently awarded a former West Memphis firefighter $937,500 for being burned while wearing a fire coat that didn't properly fit. read more >
Almost five years after it opened, the Conway Municipal Airport at Cantrell Field is living up to expectations, city and economic development officials say. read more >
An affiliate of Altus Equity of Santa Rosa, California, purchased the 118-unit Arrow's Edge Apartments at 300 Indianhead Cove for $4.1 million. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate in March was 3.7%, down one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. read more >
Publicly traded Greenbrier Companies Inc. of Lake Oswego, Oregon, announced Thursday that it will acquire the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries of St. Charles, Missouri, for $430 million from ITE Management LP. read more >
The bids didn't materialize, so the city of Osceola will hang on to a former industrial site and lease it as warehouse and storage space. read more >
Arkansas Business will once again honor the state's outstanding young professionals at a luncheon for its 40 Under 40 class. You can order tickets here. read more >
SIG Sauer Inc. of Newington, New Hampshire, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson celebrate the company's plant in Jacksonville, which has added more than 100 jobs since opening two years ago. read more >
The Springdale nanotechnology firm estimates both its debts and its assets as between $10 million and $50 million. Documents say the company has struggled through continual losses from operations together with slow revenue growth. read more >
Five years after hard cider manufacturer Black Apple Crossing was founded in downtown Springdale, it's now legal — well, even more legal — to manufacture hard cider in Arkansas. read more >
