Industrial facilities like the $400 million Trex plant, the Synthesia Technology thermal/acoustic insulation plant and the Fiocchi primer complex are under construction now at the Little Rock Port. read more >
In a 138,846-SF building originally devoted to wind turbine blades, production has shifted to structural steel fabrication. read more >
The location of choice for an Italian ammo maker’s second Pulaski County manufacturing plant presents challenging topography dominated by floodplain and wetland. read more >
The ammunition manufacturer said the project will create 120 jobs. read more >
The project, long a goal of County Judge Barry Hyde and County Attorney Adam Fogleman, is expected to be completed next year. read more >
In the last two years, eight major distribution and logistics projects have been announced in the greater Little Rock area. read more >
Kansas-based commercial real estate firm Bluestem Partners broke ground on the development Thursday. read more >
A rainy Wednesday morning could not dampen the spirits at the Little Rock Port, which is having a moment. read more >
The port is looking at buying the two-story building for $2 million and using it for job training, extra office space and more. read more >
Synthesia Technologies will employ 50 workers and generate 850 railcars of traffic yearly. read more >
For the moment, the industrial park’s prime source of cash to buy land has gone dry. read more >
The Little Rock Port Authority plans to begin installing a new security system this summer, a project funded in part by a $570,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in January. read more >
The holdings overseen by the Little Rock Port Authority recently grew by more than 330 acres in a cashless transaction. read more >
Tamika Edwards and Keith Harvey are sworn in as new members of the Little Rock Port Authority Board. read more >
President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 includes $149 million for the Three Rivers Project, which officials say would prevent an economically devastating shutdown of the 50-year-old McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. read more >
Now is the right time to repair infrastructure and invest in it for the future, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg says marking the 50th anniversary of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation System. read more >
Unlike other companies calling, Amazon didn’t focus on incentives when it paid the market rate for its future distribution center property. read more >
Many of Arkansas’ current infrastructure projects require long-term plans that can be modified as needed, four industry professionals said during the “RechARge Arkansas: Regional Infrastructure Update” webinar. read more >
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, joined state economic development leaders and executives of Welspun Tubular LLC of Little Rock on Friday, aiming to raise pressure on the Biden administration for revoking the federal permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. read more >
President Joe Biden revoked the federal permit for the on-again, off-again Keystone XL oil pipeline on Wednesday, a move that will have ripple effects on Welspun Tubular LLC of Little Rock and the Little Rock Port. read more >
