Robert Foster

The Minnesota-based lawnmower maker says it wants to double business at its newly-acquired company in Batesville. read more >

The deal adds a well-known line of zero-turn professional mowers to Toro's portfolio. read more >

Intimidator Inc.'s up-by-the-bootstraps saga helped turn the Independence County Industrial Park into a commercial mower hotbed, but it's also a tale of rivalry, strife and acceptance with rival Bad Boy Inc. read more >

In Arkansas, where the May unemployment rate was a record-setting low of 3.4 percent, manufacturers aren’t concerned about robots taking jobs. They’re concerned about competing in a global marketplace. read more >

People who can visualize things that have never existed are as mysterious and awe-inspiring to me as the people who can hear music that has never been written. read more >

Maybe a thousand feet as the crow flies separates the Intimidator plant from the Bad Boy facility in the Independence County Industrial Park. And though Intimidator is the startup, it lays claim to the 1 Bad Boy Blvd. address; Bad Boy is at 102 Industrial Drive. read more >

Intimidator Inc. of Batesville plans to expand its manufacturing operations in Independence County, investing $12 million in facilities and equipment and adding 400 full-time employees over four years. read more >

Bad Boy Mowers of Batesville has hauled its cross-town competitor into court over allegations that it’s infringing on a Bad Boy patent for lawnmowers. read more >