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New Manufacturing Facility To Create Hundreds of Jobs in River Valley

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams
Published January 5, 2021 at 1:04 PM CST
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Jonesboro-based Hytrol Conveyor Company is expanding to the River Valley. Officials formally announced yesterday the company is investing $20 million to open an advanced manufacturing operation in Fort Smith, which will create 250 new jobs within five years.

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Kyle Kellams
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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