BRS supplier outreach event to target small, minority-owned businesses
Participants to learn about business, contracting opportunities
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (August 28, 2013)
– Two workshops will be held in October for small and minority
businesses interested in doing business with Big River Steel. The
workshops, which will take place October 16 in Little Rock and October 23
in Blytheville, are offered to all small, minority and women-owned
businesses in Arkansas. There is no cost to attend but registration is
required. Register at www.bigriversteelsummit.com.
The workshops are coordinated by Big River Steel, the Arkansas Economic
Development Commission (AEDC) and the Governor’s Office.
In January 2013, Big River announced plans
to build a $1 billion steel mill in Mississippi County that will
directly employ more than 500 people with annual average compensation of
$75,000 a year. The
company plans to produce steel for the automotive, oil and gas, and
electrical energy industries. Construction of the mill will take
approximately two years.
The
October 16 Little Rock workshop will be held 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at
the Jack Stephens Center on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s
campus. The October 23 Blytheville workshop, which will cover the same
material as the Little Rock event, will be held 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at
Arkansas Northeastern College. Participants can attend either workshop
which will outline details and requirements of doing business with Big
River. All business sectors are encouraged to attend as there are a
variety of opportunities.
“This
outreach event is an excellent way for Arkansas’s small, minority and
women-owned businesses to discover new business and contracting
opportunities with Big River Steel,” said AEDC’s Small and Minority
Business Director Patricia Nunn Brown. “We want to ensure that our small
and minority businesses are well represented in constructing and
servicing this plant.”
For more information on this event, call 1-800-ARKANSAS or e-mail info@arkansasedc.com.
Article submitted by Scott Hardin
AEDC Marketing and Communications
501-682-7306
Big steps to boost the steel industry in the US. I hope that there will be moves to boost the steel suppliers in the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteIt's always nice to see larger corporations reaching out to the small business in their area. Steel corporations sometimes seem too enormous to reach. There are still a lot of small companies to be aware of, though. http://www.easternsteelnyc.com
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