W&W/AFCO Steel Building Bridges at Little Rock Port
In a 138,846-SF building originally devoted to wind turbine blades, production has shifted to structural steel fabrication. read more >
In a 138,846-SF building originally devoted to wind turbine blades, production has shifted to structural steel fabrication. read more >
Arkansas is set to see its first wind farm this year or next, a $300 million scattering of 500-foot-tall turbines with the capacity to generate 180 megawatts of electricity. read more >
As a business owner or manager, it’s important to train your staff to manage without you. read more >
A rainy Wednesday morning could not dampen the spirits at the Little Rock Port, which is having a moment. read more >
The $18.7 million investment is expected to create 115 full-time jobs over five years. read more >
Investors from northwest Arkansas are poised to break ground on new construction at the former LM Wind site at the Little Rock Port Industrial Park. read more >
The sale of a 237,383-SF former wind turbine complex at the Little Rock Port Industrial Park is backed with a five-year loan of $8 million from First National Bank of Paragould. read more >
LM Wind Power said Tuesday that it will close its wind blade manufacturing plant in Little Rock later this year amid declining demand for its product. read more >
Two months after planners gave up hopes of crossing Arkansas with a $2.5 billion wind-energy transmission line as doomed, the U.S. Department of Energy hammered a nail in the project's coffin Friday by ending its participation in the Plains & Eastern Clean Line. read more >
Donald J. Trump won the presidency after a campaign largely negative to renewable sources like solar and wind power, but forces in favor of cleaner power could prove even bigger than The Donald. read more >
LM Wind Power, the Denmark manufacturer and supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry, said Wednesday that it plans to be carbon neutral by 2018. read more >
Corporations employing 4,000 Arkansans hope to get cheap renewable electricity from a controversial power line project. read more >
LM Wind Power Blades Inc. was slapped with a hefty lien by the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, which collects unemployment taxes. read more >
General Electric of Boston said Tuesday that it will purchase LM Wind Power, the Denmark manufacturer and supplier of rotor blades to the wind industry, for $1.65 billion. read more >
LM Wind Power said Friday that it will consolidate its two Little Rock operations at the city's port and build a new 44,000-SF warehouse there to open in July. read more >
While the state’s unlucky timing in launching its bid to become a wind component manufacturing hub hurt the prospects of large component manufacturers like Nordex and Mitsubishi, the growth of the wind power sector nationwide continues to benefit the Arkansas economy. read more >
What began as a promising new manufacturing sector for the state has petered out into one the Arkansas Economic Development Commission no longer actively pursues. read more >
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission says Danish manufacturer LM Wind Power, which operates a plant in Little Rock, has repaid the state $3.4 million in incentives following a review that indicated the company had not met specified employment goals. read more >
In this week's Arkansas Business/THV 11 News Week in Review, we talk new jobs at LM Wind Power, new shopping at Central Landing in Conway, new manufacturing in Rogers, new home sales in Arkansas, new money at Catholic High School and more. read more >
LM Wind Power is adding more than 850 jobs to its U.S. manufacturing operations, which will bring employment at its Little Rock plant to a "little more than 400" at the end of 2013. read more >
