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  • Man Industries to Locate New Manufacturing Facility/Headquarters in Little Rock

    Friday March 14, 2008
    Man Industries announced plans to locate a new manufacturing facility/headquarters in Little Rock creating 250 new jobs and investing $100 million.
  • LM Glasfiber Manufactures First Blade Set in Little Rock, Arkansas

    Wednesday February 27, 2008
    LM Glasfiber manufactured its first blade set from the Little Rock location and will deliver it to Acciona Windpower North America.
  • BJ Services Company to Establish Regional Headquarters in Searcy

    Tuesday February 26, 2008
    BJ Services Company announced plans to locate a new regional headquarters in Searcy, Arkansas allowing the company to provide pressure pumping to the natural gas industry in the region.
  • Chesapeake Energy to Expand Shale Activity

    Friday January 11, 2008
    Energy firm says confidence in market grows and it will add four drilling rigs.
  • Chesapeake Energy Opens Regional Headquarters

    Thursday January 10, 2008
    The gas boom in White County became even larger as the leading development company dedicated its regional headquarters here Thursday.
  • Pine Bluff Poultry, LLC Locates in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

    Tuesday December 18, 2007
    Pine Bluff Poultry, LLC and Phuellink Investments, LLC of Lodi, California have entered into an agreement to create a spent hen processing facility.
  • Sage V Foods announces plans to locate in Little Rock Port

    Monday September 17, 2007
    Sage V Foods to locate in Little Rock Port and will hire 200 within two to three years.
  • LM Glasfiber announces new blade plant in Little Rock

    Wednesday July 18, 2007
    LM Glasfiber announced plans to build a production facility to manufacture blades for wind turbines in Little Rock. The plant is scheduled to begin operations in first quarter 2008.
  • Welspun to Build Manufacturing Facility in Little Rock

    Saturday June 30, 2007
    Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd. (W.G.S.R.L) announced plans to build a $100 million manufacturing facility in Little Rock on a 740-acre site adjacent to the Little Rock Port Authority employing 300.
  • Creative Food Products Announces Plant Opening in Bryant

    Tuesday May 22, 2007
    Food Processing facility opens in Bryant, Arkansas creating new jobs and $2 million in capital investment.
  • New Manufacturing Facility to Bring 175 Jobs to England

    Thursday May 17, 2007
    England OilField Services Inc. will build a manufacturing facility in England, Arkansas, creating 175 jobs.
  • MLRA Website Receives Standard of Excellence Award

    Tuesday May 1, 2007
    The Web Marketing Association awards MetroLittleRockAlliance.com with the Standard of Excellence Award.
  • Medical Distribution Facility Locates in Maumelle

    Tuesday February 13, 2007
    Developer announces Fresenius Medical Care North America as tenant for Maumelle Distribution Center
  • Entergy, SAIC to Locate New Data Center in Downtown Little Rock

    Tuesday December 12, 2006
    SAIC, Entergy's technology services provider, will establish a new data center operations in Little Rock resulting in 100 new professional jobs in the city.
  • Stanley, Inc. Locates in Hot Springs

    Monday October 30, 2006
    Stanley, Inc. will locate in Hot Springs, Arkansas, creating operations to conduct passport book personalization services for the U.S. federal government.
  • New Biodiesel Facility Announced for Little Rock

    Thursday September 14, 2006
    Green Way Bio Energy of Little Rock announced the company intends to construct a 10 million gallon biodiesel production facility on the Arkansas River in the Little Rock Port Authority.
  • ACCENT Marketing Services LLC to Locate in Hot Springs

    Tuesday June 20, 2006
    ACCENT Marketing Services LLC announced on June 20th the selection of Hot Springs, Arkansas, as the site for its 12th inbound contact center.
  • MLRA Names New Executive Director

    Tuesday June 13, 2006
    Joey Dean of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development is named the new Executive Director of MLRA. Dean will begin his new role July 10, 2006.
  • Little Rock's Central High Ranks in Top 20 Best Schools

    Friday June 9, 2006
    Newsweek Magazine's 2006 list of Top 1,000 America's Best High Schools ranks Little Rock's Central High number 20 and Mills University Studies number 50.
  • MLRA Announces New Website

    Wednesday May 24, 2006
    Metro Little Rock Alliance launches new, innovative Website.
  • ITT Koni America, LLC Locates New Manufacturing Facility in Searcy

    Friday May 5, 2006
    ITT Industries, Inc. will open a new brake pad production facility in Searcy, Arkansas.
  • Green Bay Packaging in Morrilton Receives Training Funds

    Friday December 16, 2005
    Green Bay Packaging's Arkansas Kraft Division in Morrilton has been awarded $49,812.50 from the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board.
  • Cardinal Health, Inc. Opens New Facility

    Tuesday October 11, 2005
    Cardinal Health Locates in Central Arkansas With New Customer-Care Center & 500 New Jobs
  • Ring Container Opens Plant in Little Rock

    Monday September 5, 2005
    Ring Container will open a new plant in Little Rock creating 35 technically-skilled jobs in a new 84,000 square-foot advanced manufacturing facility.
  • FTD.COM Inc. Opens Customer Information Center

    Wednesday August 31, 2005
    FTD.COM Inc. will open a customer information center in Sherwood creating approximately 250 new jobs for Central Arkansas.
  • Kimberly-Clark to Expand Production at Conway Facility

    Tuesday July 26, 2005
    Kimbery-Clark will consolidate its North American and European adult and feminine care manufacutring operations resulting in an expanded prodcution at the Conway facility.
  • New Falcon 7X Business Jet Prompts Dassault Expansion Plans

    Wednesday March 9, 2005
    Dassault Falcon Jet discussed their new Falcon 7X and how it may quickly lead to a substantial expansion of their Little Rock Airport Completion & Service Center complex.

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