manufacturing

Simmons Foods will launch a $100 million expansion of its prepared foods operation in Van Buren, the Siloam Springs company announced. The expansion is expected to create 100 new jobs to support robotics and automation processes, according to Joel Sappenfield,…

Westrock Coffee Company announced Thursday plans to expand its operations and beverage capabilities with the purchase of a new facility in Conway, which upon completion, will be the largest facility of its type in the United States. Conway will be…

AMBOTS, a Northwest Arkansas autonomous manufacturing technology startup, was recently awarded a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Phase II Award from the National Science Foundation. AMBOTS stands for Autonomous Mobile roBOTS and Advanced Manufacturing roBOTS. The grant will enable…

Arkansas sporting goods manufacturer Tanners Team Sports Inc. recently filled three key roles at the company’s headquarters at the Mid-America Industrial Park in Hot Springs. According to a company press release, the new hires are due to an increase in…

Trex Company, a leading brand of wood-alternative composite decking materials and high-performance outdoor living products, has announced plans to develop a new production site in Little Rock. Trex, which continues to experience broad-based demand driven by increasing consumer interest in…

Ford Motor Company is announcing plans to bring electric vehicles at scale to American customers with two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the…

Hytrol 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…

Majestic Steel USA has opened a processing facility and service center at the Nucor Steel campus outside Blytheville in Mississippi County, the company announced Monday.   Majestic, a privately held and family-owned company based in Cleveland, Ohio, is a processor…

The Arkansas Forest and Paper Council announced new officers on Monday. The council represents Arkansas pulp, paper, packaging, wood and tissue products manufacturers and forest landowners.   Serving as president is Thomas V. Maxwell, chairman and CEO of Maxwell Hardwood…

Continental Carbonic Products Inc. will be building a second manufacturing facility in Arkansas. The Irving, Texas-based company announced that it will be developing a liquid CO2 and dry ice manufacturing facility in El Dorado. Continental Carbonic Products also has a…