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Applications now open for Fuel: An Enterprise Growth Engine for Supply Chain startups

 October 02, 2018

Fuel is a 16-week, collaborative program that matches early-stage, supply chain-focused startups with key enterprise partners in order to accelerate t...

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Ozark IC receives NASA grants to help further Venus exploration

 September 10, 2018

Ozark IC in Fayetteville has received two $125,000 grants from NASA to facilitate further exploration of Venus.

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Aerojet Rocketdyne expands Solid Rocket Motor Center of Excellence at Arkansas facility

 August 15, 2018

Company will expand its Southern Arkansas facility near Camden, where it manufactures solid rocket motors and warheads critical to national defense.

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AEDC to host business cybersecurity, fraud seminar Sept. 12

 August 14, 2018

Manufacturing Solutions, a department of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission Existing Business Resource Division, will host a cybersecurity a...

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Ozark Integrated Circuits receives $1M U.S. Department of Energy award

 August 06, 2018

Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. (Ozark IC) was selected for a $1 million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Governor, AEDC announce $135,776 military grant to Camp Alliance

 July 30, 2018

Gov. 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...

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AEDC, FIS partner with VC FinTech Accelerator for 2019

 July 26, 2018

Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) and FIS, a global financial services company based in Jacksonville, Florida, ...

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AEDC receives Esri ‘Special Achievement in GIS’ Award for job creation map

 July 13, 2018

The interactive Arkansas Job Creation Map developed by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) received a Special Achievement in GIS (SAG)...

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​Big River Steel expanding Arkansas Flex Mill™

 June 29, 2018

Big River Steel is expanding its LEED-certified, Arkansas-based scrap recycling and steel production facility. The expansion will double Big River Ste...

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Governor Hutchinson, IBM host Blockchain Technology Summit

 June 27, 2018

In partnership with IBM, Governor Hutchinson has created Blockchain for Arkansas, or BC4AR, to coordinate and align safety and distribution efforts am...

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Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication chooses Fort Smith for facility

 June 20, 2018

As a result of a recent merger, Midwest Automation Custom Fabrication Inc., today announced it has chosen Fort Smith as its new manufacturing headquar...

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Simmons hosts groundbreaking on new Benton County facility

 June 20, 2018

Building on its strong foundation in the region, Simmons Prepared Foods officially dedicated its new chicken processing facility in Benton County.

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AEDC receives $65,000 from Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation

 June 19, 2018

The Arkansas Economic Development Commission announced today it has received $65,000 for its Division of Rural Services Unpaved Roads Grant Program. T...

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AEDC launches redesigned, mobile-friendly website

 June 07, 2018

The design of the new site is based on feedback from site selection consultants, business executives and economic developers and is responsive to all ...

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Gov. Asa Hutchinson named 2018 Rural Advocate of the Year

 May 24, 2018

The 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...

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AEDC Rural Development awards 54 grants totaling $735,516

 May 24, 2018

The grants fall into one of three programs: the Rural Community Grant Program, the County Fair Building Grant Program, and the Arkansas Unpaved Roads ...

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Calstrip announces $15 million capital investment in Arkansas, creating 45 new jobs

 May 16, 2018

Calstrip Industries Inc. announced plans to build a new processing facility on the campus of Nucor Steel Arkansas, near Blytheville in Mississippi Cou...

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