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The state’s top economic developer, Clint O’Neal, called firearms and ammunition a “target industry” for Arkansas. But there’s no question Arkansas-made gun, ammo and accessory sales are booming. read more >

2,600 companies displayed products and services in booths covering more than 821,000 SF at the January show. read more >

The project is expected to create 625 jobs over the next five years. read more >

Fiocchi of America, the U.S. subsidiary of Italian ammunition maker Fiocchi, plans to put a factory in Pulaski County, investing $15 million in an operation that will employ 85 people. read more >

A growing list of gun manufacturers with Arkansas facilities are currently employing more than 3,000. 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 >

American Marksman Arkansas LLC, an ammunition distributor, plans to expand in Searcy and create up to 100 new advanced manufacturing positions. read more >

A New Hampshire firearms manufacturer that employs 1,400 people is expanding to Arkansas where electric power is less than half the cost. read more >

Little Rock’s Bank of the Ozarks Inc. acquired about 46.2 acres of mostly undeveloped property for a corporate campus in west Little Rock. read more >

Office space in downtown Little Rock, an ammo plant in Jacksonville and a Little Rock warehouse provide our trio of multimillion-dollar deals this week. read more >

Over the last year, your Arkansas Economic Development Commission has traveled almost 20,000 miles around the world searching for good-paying jobs for the people of Arkansas. It’s a reflection of the times in which we live. Ours is a global economy, and the competition for new jobs is no longer with surrounding states only, but with every country around the globe. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday announced that a pair of firearm manufacturers will add 134 jobs in central Arkansas. SIG Sauer of Newington, New Hampshire, plans to put a new manufacturing facility employing 50 in Jacksonville. And the Remington Outdoor Co. of Madison, North Carolina, said it will create 84 new jobs at its plant in Lonoke. read more >