Matt Twyford named AEDC’s Senior Manager for Community Development
February 15, 2018AEDC Executive Director Mike Preston today announced that Matt Twyford has been named the agency’s Senior Manager for Community Development. Twyford h...
Read >AEDC Names Clint O’Neal Executive Vice President of Global Business
February 13, 2018Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Executive Director Mike Preston announced Tuesday Clint O’Neal will become the agency’s Executive Vice...
Read >Applied Process, Inc., to Open New Plant in Fort Smith, Arkansas
February 13, 2018Applied Process, Inc., the worldwide leader in austempering heat treatment technology, will expand with a new multi-million-dollar heat treatment plan...
Read >Packaging manufacturer Silgan initiates construction in Fort Smith
January 31, 2018Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SLGN), a leading supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, announced to its shareholders Wednesday they h...
Read >Safe Foods Corporation Announces Expansion, Adds 35 Jobs
January 26, 2018Safe Foods Corporation announced expansion plans today, including a $15 million investment in a new North Little Rock facility and an additional 35 jo...
Read >Conductor, Metova and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission Join Forces to Launch 10x Cyber Accelerator
January 25, 2018About the Conductor The Conductor, a public-private partnership with the University of Central Arkansas and Startup Junkie, drives innovation, entrep...
Read >Arkansas talent agency issues casting call for HBO’s "True Detective"
January 19, 2018he Agency Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas, has issued a casting call for up to 1,500 actors, stand-ins and photo-doubles for the third installment of th...
Read >Winrock, Heart Hospital, UAMS team up for health care accelerator
January 09, 2018Winrock International, Arkansas Heart Hospital, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and BioVentures today announced that they are ...
Read >AEDC to host two free workshops Jan. 17 for minority, women-owned businesses
January 04, 2018The Minority and Women-Owned Business Division of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) will host two free workshops to assist small bus...
Read >Governor Hutchinson names Col. Robert Ator II AEDC Director of Military Affairs
January 03, 2018Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced that retired Col. Robert Ator II has been hired as the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) Directo...
Read >Cooks BBQ Products opens manufacturing facility in Searcy County, Arkansas
December 29, 2017Cooks BBQ Products, a provider of eco-friendly premium natural coconut, hardwood, lump charcoals, flavored smoking chips, wood chunks, and pellets, to...
Read >Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission Announces Action Plan for Economic Competitiveness In Data Analytics, Computing In Arkansas
December 21, 2017The Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission today announced its findings about how to grow the state’s economy in its “Report on the Economic Competitivenes...
Read >HBO series True Detective beginning production in NWA soon
December 21, 2017Other notable productions in the state in the last two decades include “Sling Blade,” “Mud,” “God’s Not Dead 2 and 3,” “Greater,” “Antiquities,” “The ...
Read >Morrilton Packing Company expanding operations
December 11, 2017MORRILTON, Ark.(December 11, 2017) – Morrilton Packing Company, parent company for Petit Jean Meats, today announced it is expanding its operations. T...
Read >Boatbuilding Legacy Continues with Launch of New Brand – VEXUS™
December 01, 2017With centuries of combined experience and numerous innovations to their credit, the master boatbuilders of Advanced Marine Performance and the VEXUS b...
Read >OurPharma to open new facility in Fayetteville to create generic medications
November 27, 2017OurPharma, a start-up manufacturer of generic medications, today announced it is locating a facility in Fayetteville to develop lower cost alternative...
Read >Brandi Hinkle Joins AEDC as Director of Communications
October 26, 2017The Arkansas Economic Development Commission today announced that Brandi Hinkle has joined the staff as Director of Communications effective October 3...
Read >Jonesboro Unlimited Welcomes Risever to Jonesboro
October 25, 2017About Jonesboro Unlimited: Jonesboro Unlimited, created in 1986, is a private partnership organization dedicated to the advancement of economic prosp...
Read >Governor Asa Hutchinson, AEDC to Host Seminar in Tokyo
October 09, 2017Governor Asa Hutchinson and a delegation from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) will co-h...
Read >Open Casting Call This Weekend for Movie Shooting in Little Rock
September 28, 2017PUREFLIX, the Christian motion picture company announced today that they are conducting an Open Casting call on Saturday, September 30 in search of pr...
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