The announcement from U.S. Steel in January that it would build a $3 billion “next generation” companion mill to its Big River Steel plant in Mississippi County kick-started a robust year for manufacturing in Arkansas. U.S. Steel’s decision to double…
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Ajit Baridun Director of Business Development, Hytrol Ajit Baridun is an accomplished and goal-oriented U.S. Army veteran with 15+ years of leadership and management experience. Comprehensive background in business development, project management, engineering, operations management, and planning from leading…
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Economic Development in Arkansas: Reaching New Heights
by Mike Prestonby Mike PrestonAcross the great state of Arkansas, businesses are producing goods and services that are helping to drive the global economy. Arkansas produces materials for the aerospace industry, parts for the automotive industry, food products, ammunition, timber and much more. Arkansas’…
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Revisiting Winthrop Rockefeller’s Vision for Arkansas
Earlier this year, Arkansas-based Hytrol announced that the company would be establishing a facility with hundreds of jobs in Fort Smith to support its existing Jonesboro operation, which employs 1,200 workers. The story of Hytrol in Arkansas dates back to…
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Hytrol Expands Product Line in Fort Smith, Creating 100 Local Jobs
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffHytrol Conveyor Company, Inc. has announced the expansion of its product line in Fort Smith. The company says it will add 100 local jobs in the community of western Arkansas as a result. The company, which expanded from Jonesboro into…
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NYITCOM Partners with Local Businesses To Provide Vaccines, Education
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) has been working to provide COVID education and vaccines throughout the region. However, Dr. Brookshield Laurent, chair of clinical medicine at NYITCOM…
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Hytrol Expands to Fort Smith, Plans 250 New Jobs
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleHytrol is expanding across Arkansas, as the company plans to invest $20 million into a manufacturing operation in Fort Smith. On Monday, Jan. 4, the Jonesboro-headquartered material handling systems company announced its plans for an advanced manufacturing operation in Fort…