manufacturing

Alabama

Mercedes workers in Alabama to vote whether to join US union | National | #elections | #alabama

The US auto workers union’s drive to organize auto plants in the southern United States faces a second test this week at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama following a triumph last month. Some 5,200 workers at the Mercedes auto manufacturing plant and battery complex near Tuscaloosa, Alabama will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers in […]

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Arkansas

Pine Bluff woos Arkansas families with schools • Arkansas Advocate

When Barbaree took charge, staff had no schedule assigning them to supervise walkways and other common areas. “Everywhere you looked, you just saw kids; you didn’t see adults,” she said. Now, there’s a schedule, and 10 officers patrol the property. One of Barbaree’s first moves was to construct a fence around the entire school. Some […]

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City Council

Napa City Council chambers needs a facelift | #citycouncil

CHRIS D. CRAIKER Craiker Jennifer Huffman I wish I could take credit for the Napa City Council moving forward on using drones for the next Fourth of July Night display…. But I can’t. My little Feb. 3 Architex Angle article about how lasers and drones should replace the traditional Fourth fireworks was simply alerting everyone […]

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Arkansas

SIG SAUER Will Invest $150M In Arkansas Ammunition Facility

Firearms and ammunition maker SIG SAUER will invest $150 million to expand its ammunition manufacturing facility in Jacksonville, Arkansas. The expansion is expected to create 625 new jobs over the next five years. “We are incredibly excited about expanding our ammunition operations here in Jacksonville and building upon years of success in Arkansas,” said Ron […]

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Arkansas

Hybar Building Steel Rebar Mill In Arkansas

A newly formed company, Hybar LLC, is building a technologically advanced, environmentally sustainable scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill project on a 1,300-acre site in northeast Arkansas. “The Hybar project was a team effort involving state, regional and local government leadership, our management team, and many others to get to today’s announcement,” said Dave Stickler, […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Governor Hutchinson breaks ground on a new facility at North Arkansas College

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – North Arkansas College (NAC) held a public ceremony to signify the groundbreaking of the new Center for Robotics & Manufacturing Innovation (CRMI). Governor Asa Hutchinson, one of the project’s lead supporters, was in attendance Monday as the featured speaker. “This is a culmination of what we dreamed of and what we […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas high schoolers learn about opportunities in manufacturing

HARRISON, Ark. (KY3) – Over the last two weeks, North Arkansas College Technical Center had nearly 500 local high school students learn about manufacturing and engineering careers at local companies. Schools that attended included Bergman, Omaha, and Cotter, among others. The event is held nationwide to connect the next generation of workers with local employees […]

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Arkansas

Manufacturing renaissance signaled for micropolitans

Micropolitans with outdoor recreation and some form of manufacturing fared better economically than others through the pandemic. Driving the news: Bentonville’s Heartland Forward on Thursday released its biennial study — “Most Dynamic Micropolitans” — ranking 536 U.S. cities with a population of at least 10,000 but less than 50,000. Why it matters: Researchers sussed out […]

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Arkansas

First-time event to lure outdoor rec industry to Arkansas

The Natural State wants to capitalize on the “natural” part of its nickname, and continue to tap into a multibillion-dollar industry — outdoor recreation. What happened: A summit for outdoor rec convened startups, investors and corporations looking to back Bentonville on Wednesday. It was the first-ever “Innovation in Outdoor Recreation Showcase,” hosted by Plug and […]

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