Applications now open for Fuel: An Enterprise Growth Engine for Supply Chain startups
October 02, 2018Fuel is a 16-week, collaborative program that matches early-stage, supply chain-focused startups with key enterprise partners in order to accelerate t...
Read >Ozark IC receives NASA grants to help further Venus exploration
September 10, 2018Ozark IC in Fayetteville has received two $125,000 grants from NASA to facilitate further exploration of Venus.
Read >AEDC Rural Services Division to administer $768,000 in grants for Wildlife Conservation Education
August 30, 2018Rural Services to administer in grants $768,000 for wildlife education.
Read >Aerojet Rocketdyne expands Solid Rocket Motor Center of Excellence at Arkansas facility
August 15, 2018Company will expand its Southern Arkansas facility near Camden, where it manufactures solid rocket motors and warheads critical to national defense.
Read >AEDC to host business cybersecurity, fraud seminar Sept. 12
August 14, 2018Manufacturing Solutions, a department of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission Existing Business Resource Division, will host a cybersecurity a...
Read >Ozark Integrated Circuits receives $1M U.S. Department of Energy award
August 06, 2018Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. (Ozark IC) was selected for a $1 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Read >Governor, AEDC announce $135,776 military grant to Camp Alliance
July 30, 2018Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced today a $135,776 Military Affairs Grant Program award to Camp Alliance to build a day camp network, Kids in Drill, for c...
Read >AEDC, FIS partner with VC FinTech Accelerator for 2019
July 26, 2018Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and FIS, a global financial services company based in Jacksonville, Florida, ...
Read >AEDC receives Esri ‘Special Achievement in GIS’ Award for job creation map
July 13, 2018The interactive Arkansas Job Creation Map developed by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) received a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG)...
Read >Conifex completes acquisition of sawmills in the U.S. South
July 09, 2018Conifex announces purchase of Caddo River sawmill in Glenwood.
Read >Big River Steel expanding Arkansas Flex Mill™
June 29, 2018Big River Steel is expanding its LEED-certified, Arkansas-based scrap recycling and steel production facility. The expansion will double Big River Ste...
Read >Governor Hutchinson, IBM host Blockchain Technology Summit
June 27, 2018In partnership with IBM, Governor Hutchinson has created Blockchain for Arkansas, or BC4AR, to coordinate and align safety and distribution efforts am...
Read >Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication chooses Fort Smith for facility
June 20, 2018As a result of a recent merger, Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication Inc., today announced it has chosen Fort Smith as its new manufacturing headquar...
Read >Simmons hosts groundbreaking on new Benton County facility
June 20, 2018Building on its strong foundation in the region, Simmons Prepared Foods officially dedicated its new chicken processing facility in Benton County.
Read >AEDC receives $65,000 from Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation
June 19, 2018The Arkansas Economic Development Commission announced today it has received $65,000 for its Division of Rural Services Unpaved Roads Grant Program. T...
Read >AEDC launches redesigned, mobile-friendly website
June 07, 2018The design of the new site is based on feedback from site selection consultants, business executives and economic developers and is responsive to all ...
Read >Gov. Asa Hutchinson named 2018 Rural Advocate of the Year
May 24, 2018The honor was presented by Mike Preston on behalf of the agency’s Division of Rural Services and the Arkansas Rural Development Commission at their an...
Read >AEDC Rural Development awards 54 grants totaling $735,516
May 24, 2018The grants fall into one of three programs: the Rural Community Grant Program, the County Fair Building Grant Program, and the Arkansas Unpaved Roads ...
Read >Calstrip announces $15 million capital investment in Arkansas, creating 45 new jobs
May 16, 2018Calstrip Industries Inc. announced plans to build a new processing facility on the campus of Nucor Steel Arkansas, near Blytheville in Mississippi Cou...
Read >World Trade Center Arkansas opens work space in AEDC capital offices
May 15, 2018“Trade is vitally important for Arkansas,” said Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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