Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Secretary of Commerce Mike Preston, and Tim Allen, president of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, shared how Fort Smith becoming the multi-national training site for F-16 Falcon and F-35 fighter jets reflects how the city and state have become a coveted destination for the aerospace industry.
Send Jason Green, human resource business partner manager at ABB (from left); Tim Allen, Fort Smith Chamber president and CEO; Congressman Steve Womack; Jesse Henson, president of ABB’s NEMA Motor Division; and Terry Morawski, Superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools. (Submitted by Communications Group)
Global technology company ABB’s NEMA motor division says it is giving $1 million to the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith.
The investment will be used to buy state-of-the-art equipment for the center’s advanced manufacturing program. The career and technology center, located in the former Hutcheson Shoes building in east Fort Smith, is scheduled to open in August 2021 as part of the Fort Smith School District’s Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program.
The motor company will help buy equipment for the center, a collaboration between the University of Arkansas and Fort Smith Public Schools to create career pathway programs in 22 districts, set to open in August.