Arkansas Business Book of Lists 2009 - (Page 66) G E N E RAL I NTE R E ST Largest Manufacturers Largest Manufacturers Ranked by number of employees in Arkansas Company Address, Phone 1 Tyson Foods Inc. 2210 W. Oaklawn, Springdale, AR 72762, (800) 643-3410 2 Pilgrim's Pride Corp. 4845 Hwy. 271 N., Pittsburg, TX 75686, (903) 434-1000 3 Georgia-Pacific LLC 133 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 652-4000 4 Whirlpool Corp. 2000 N. M-63, Benton Harbor, MI 49022, (269) 923-5000 5 Baldor Electric Co. 5711 R.S. Boreham Jr. St., Fort Smith, AR 72901, (479) 646-4711 6 Simmons Foods Inc. 601 N. Hico St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761, (479) 524-8151 7 O.K. Industries Inc. 4601 N. Sixth St., Fort Smith, AR 72904, (479) 783-4186 8 Husqvarna Outdoor Products Inc. 1 Poulan Drive, Nashville, AR 71852, (870) 845-1234 9 ConAgra Foods Inc. 1 ConAgra Drive, Omaha, NE 68102, (402) 595-4000 10 George’s Inc. 402 W. Robinson Ave., Springdale, AR 72764, (479) 927-7000 11 Cargill Inc. 15407 McGinty Road W., Minneapolis, MN 55391, (952) 742-7575 Arkansas Employees 2008 2007 22,266 22,500 4,088 4,100 3,500 3,000 2,800B 4,200 2,500 2,262 2,450 2,428 2,384 2,667 2,250C 2,200 2,200 2,154 2,000 1,875C 1,957D 1,957 AEDC Indicated No. of Arkansas Locations, Range Cities Line of Business 5,000+ 28, including Springdale 3,000- 4,999 14, Batesville, Clinton, El Dorado, De Queen, Hope, Nashville, Atkins and Russellville 2,000- 2,999 10, Crossett, El Dorado, Fordyce, Fort Smith and Gurdon 2,000- 2,999 1, Fort Smith 2,000- 2,999 2,000- 2,999 2,000- 2,999 2,000- 2,999 1,500- 1,749 1,750- 1,999 Top Executive Poultry processing, feeds and related Richard L. Bond products Processed poultry, hatch/grow-out and feed J. Clinton Rivers milling Paper and wood products Jim Hannan Jeff M. Fettig John A. McFarland Mark C. Simmons Collier Wenderoth Bengt Andersson Gary M. Rodkin Gary George Gregory Page Refrigerators, icemakers and trash compactors 8, Fort Smith, Clarksville Electric motors, adjustable speed drives, and Ozark motion control products, gear products, grinders and generators 6, Siloam Springs and Van Frozen poultry, further processed poultry, Buren pet foods 4, Fort Smith Frozen processed poultry products, precooked chicken, feeds 3, Nashville and De Queen Chain saws, trimmers, blowers, edgers, and hedgetrimmers 6, Batesville, Huntsville, Food manufacturing Jonesboro, Ozark and Russellville 5, Springdale Poultry processing Turkey processing 875- 1,249 5, including Springdale, Glenwood, London, Russellville, Booneville, Gentry and Ozark Researched by Jamie Walden 1 Reduced to approximately 2,000 subsequent to publication 2 Employment count estimated based on AEDC range because company would not release exact figure 3 Due to a plant fire in Booneville, employment count is approximately 1,157 Fax: (501) 224-2366 debpba@aol.com | steve@pbainc.net 2226 Cottondale Lane, Suite 220 | Little Rock, Arkansas 72202 66 2009 BOOK of LISTS Download the Book of Lists as a spreadsheet. www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists (501) 224-2160 http://www.flyxna.com http://www.flyxna.com http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/lists
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