Economic Development

Industrial Base

Texarkans's industrial base is broadly diversified. The Red River Army Depot provides the Army’s only facility for rubber products associated with track vehicles. This defense complex is capable of rebuilding/recapitalizing over 30 HMMV’s each day. The region’s timber industry supports two paper mills. Cooper Tire and Rubber and Alcoa join the list of productive, skilled manufacturers. Approximately 80 percent of 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
Applied Control Technology	control panels, electrical & instrumental systems
American Dehydrated Foods	pet food ingredients
AmeriCold Logistics	freezer/warehouse distribution
ASI	Industrial wastewater treatment facility and hydrocarbon recovery
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
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
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 Resources	liquid sulfur and defoaming agents
Mayo Manufacturing Co.	upholstered furniture
N.L. Baroid Petroleum Services	oil & gas drilling fluids
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 & manufacturing
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