Arkansas Department of Commerce

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Conagra Brands will expand its existing manufacturing facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas through a multi-year investment of approximately $220 million. The project is expected to create more than 100 new jobs over the next five years.

Clark County is the first county in Arkansas to earn industrial site development-ready certifications from both the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and @EntergyArk, including: • ONSite certification (Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas) • Competitive Communities Initiative (@ArkansasEDC) • Select Site certification (Entergy Arkansas) JD Lowery, director of community and economic development for the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, and Colby Wells, CEO of @SCAECinc, joined state officials including Secretary of Commerce Hugh McDonald and community leaders to celebrate the announcement on Friday. Lowery said, “This is truly a great example of teamwork in Arkansas to support one of the communities we serve. Because this site is split between two electric providers’ boundary lines, it is the first in the state to earn a site certification from both the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas and Entergy Arkansas.” McDonald said, “Clark County is on the rise and we’re looking forward to big wins in the future.” @_AEDCE @AR_Commerce 📸 Tyler Hale, Arkansas Economic Development Commission

Clayton, a leading national builder of attainable single-family homes, celebrated the grand opening of its new home building facility in Conway, Arkansas. This location marks the company’s 41st home building facility, and the first new facility opened since 2016.

SEDIVER USA announced today that the company is expanding its manufacturing plant in West Memphis, Arkansas in 2026 after surpassing 5 million units produced since the facility’s opening. The expansion will create 40 new local jobs. Learn more: arkansasedc.com/news-events/ne…

Bell Lumber and Pole Company is expanding its manufacturing facility in De Queen, Arkansas to accelerate the production of Southern Yellow Pine utility poles in the southern region of the United States.

There’s only one Fortune One - and it’s based right here in Arkansas. Congratulations to the team at @Walmart for reaching this milestone and thank you for all you do for our state.

The Natural State is the natural choice! InnovAsian’s investment strengthens Northeast Arkansas as a food manufacturing hub, creates hundreds of jobs, and opens doors for economic success.

InnovAsian, a subsidiary of Nichirei Foods Inc., will build a state-of-the-art frozen food manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Arkansas. This major development will create approximately 200 new jobs, strengthening the region’s position as a vibrant hub for food manufacturing.

According to Visual Capitalist, Arkansas has the highest purchasing power in the United States. In Arkansas, $100 has the purchasing power of $113. Read more: arkansasedc.com/news-events/ar…

Morrilton Industrial Park – South Site earned the Select Site certification from Entergy Arkansas in recognition of the local community’s efforts to meet rigorous standards for industrial site readiness.

ICYMI: AVAIO Digital Partners announced plans to locate a new state-of-the-art data center campus in Little Rock, Arkansas. This data center and power campus represents a $6 billion capital investment. Read more: arkansasedc.com/news-events/ne…

We are proud @LockheedMartin chose its Arkansas facility to manufacture these missiles, and we look forward to what this deal will mean for the hardworking Arkansans in Camden. Together with President @realDonaldTrump, we’re restoring American military dominance and Arkansas is proud to help build the arsenal of democracy!

We just secured the largest investment in Arkansas history. This $6 billion commitment from AVAIO Digital will build a world-class, data center campus in Little Rock. It will create thousands of jobs and propel Arkansas leadership in technology and innovation.

AVAIO Digital is investing $6 billion to develop a new state-of-the-art data center campus in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Arkansas set a record for the number of Arkansans in the labor force and for the number of employed Arkansans in the November 2025 employment report. The labor force participation in Arkansas also reached a 12-year high. Read more here: commerce.arkansas.gov/arkansas-posts…

R2S, a joint venture between Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Raytheon, held a grand opening for its new manufacturing facility in East Camden, Arkansas.

A pleasure to keynote to Arkansas Lithium Innovation Summit 2025 to see first hand a new Smackover production hub rising. It’s clear lithium should be a top national security policy for the US just as China made it so a decade ago. @SenTomCotton has called for this. Economic security = energy security = national security. Gov. @SarahHuckabee has built a state that is in lock step with industry - a very rare feat - and one that truly gets the #lithium potential on the horizon. The new US-China rare earths deal is a pause on a chokehold - it buys time not independence. It’s the same lesson for lithium - the only solution being to build in the USA. @StandardLithium @exxonmobil @Chevron @ArkansasEDC @AR_Commerce arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/…

Provalus, a cutting-edge information technology (IT) company dedicated to providing dependable, scalable, top-quality IT services from the heart of America, has selected Harrison, Arkansas as the location for its newest facility in the U.S. Heartland.

Morin cut the ribbon on its new manufacturing facility in Little Rock, Arkansas. This will be one of North America's most advanced architectural metal panel plants, and it represents a $15 million investment that creates 25 new jobs.