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Industrial Base

Texarkana's industrial base is broadly diversified. Manufacturing employment has shown steady gains over the past 40 years. Approximately 80 percent of the new jobs have come from expansions of existing industry; the remaining 20 percent have come from new plants.

The diversity of products from manufacturing in the metropolitan Texarkana area verifies the availability of a trainable work force.
Local companies and the products they produce include:

 

Company Name

Product

ALCOA Mill Products

aluminum rolling mill

Applied Control Technology

control panels, electrical & instrumental systems

American Dehydrated Foods

pet food ingredients

AmeriCold Logistics

freezer/warehouse distribution

Carpco, Inc.

steel fabrication & supply

Caraustar Industrial Consumer Products Group

paper tubes and cores

Caraustar Lonestar Paper Sales

paper recycling service

Coleman Cable

telecommunications cable

Commercial Manufacturing

contract metal finishing

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Replacement automobile & truck tires

Davis Roof Truss Manuf. Co.

roof trusses

Day & Zimmerman, Inc.

military ammunition

Detroit Forms, Inc.

disposable plastic packaging for food products

Domtar, Inc.

finished paper products

DOW Chemical

insulation board

Fay-J Packaging

multi-wall paper bags

FCM Products, Inc.

metal fabrication

First Tape and Label

label printing

Flowers Baking Co.

hamburger buns for fast food industry and bakery products

GE Railcar Repair

repair tank cars

Goins Plastic Source

plastic trays for the poultry industry

Humco Holding Group, Inc.

over-the-counter pharmaceuticals

International Paper Co.

bleached paper board and hardwood pulp products

JCM Industries

fabricated pipe fittings and couplings

Ledwell & Son, Inc.

truck bodies & equipment

Lear Siegler Service, Inc.

rebuilds military vehicles

M & M Milling

glue extender

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

hot and cold asphalt

Martin Resources

liquid sulfur and defoaming agents

Mayo Manufacturing Co.

upholstered furniture

N.L. Baroid Petroleum Services

oil & gas drilling fluids

Newcourt, Inc.

laminated panels for material handling industry, architectural, transportation and clean room applications

Paper Chemicals, Inc.

defoamer for paper industry

Parks Metal Fabricators

custom machinery and fabricating

Precision Metal Industries

industrial hard chrome plating and machine welding

Precision Roll Grinders

service industry for large mills using rolling equipment

Red River Army Depot

vehicle repair & supply mission

Rimcor

chemical resistant construction, masonry, fiber glass

River Valley Animal Foods

ingredients for pet foods

Smith-Blair, Inc.

pipe fittings and water meters

The Sterno Group

canned heat and distribution

Texana Tank Car Manuf., Inc.

railroad tank car repair & manuf.

Tri-State Iron & Metal Company

recycling paper, raw materials, plastic, glass, and scrap metals

W. W. Metal Products

custom machinery & fabrication

Ward-Davis, Inc.

pallets

 

For More Information contact:

Jerry Sparks
Director of Economic Development
P. O. Box 1468 | Texarkana, TX/AR 75504
819 N State Line Ave | Texarkana, TX 75501
903-792-7191 ext. 13 or toll free 877-ARK-LATX
Email: jerrysparks@texarkana.org

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