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From humble beginnings as a small family business in Northeast Ohio, Shearer’s has expanded over four decades to become an award-winning snack food manufacturer and distributor.

We are now a leading contract manufacturer and private brand supplier for the snack industries in North America, Australia, Asia, Central and South America. Headquartered in Massillon, Ohio, Shearer's  has eleven GFSI compliant state-of-the-art, geographically diverse production facilities operating in Ohio, Texas, Arkansas, Oregon, Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada including one of the industry's first platinum LEED® certified food manufacturing facility in Massillon, Ohio.

Commitment to quality and dedication to exceeding customer expectations are just two of the reasons Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC continues to be the leading supplier of tie plates for the railway industry.

In October 1989 Sumitomo Corporation and Yamato Kogyo Company, Ltd., Japan joined to purchase the assets of a small steel mill located in Newport, Arkansas. That mill which produced specialty products for the railroad industry came to be known as Arkansas Steel Associates, LLC (ASA).

Arkansas Department of Corrections, Grimes Unit. Grimes Unit is a prison for men in the Arkansas Department of Correction, located in Newport, Arkansas, off Arkansas Highway 384, 4 miles east of central Newport. Established in 1998, the prison houses a medium security men’s unit. The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School.

Arkansas Department of Corrections, McPherson Women's Unit. McPherson Unit is a prison for women of the Arkansas Department of Correction, located in Newport, Arkansas, off Arkansas Highway 384, 4 miles east of central Newport. Established in 1998, the prison houses the state's death row for women. The unit houses a campus of the Riverside Vocational Technical School.

Our mission

To improve the quality of health and well-being for the communities we serve through compassionate care.

Our vision

Unity Health associates and partners strive to create a healthy community by creating a healing environment that enables people to reach their highest potential for health.

Our hospital

As the leading healthcare provider in an eight-county area, Unity Health associates strive to improve the quality of health and well-being for the communities it serves through compassionate care. The Unity Health System is the area's largest employer with more that 2,250 associates. Our facilities offer a combined total of 571 licensed beds and a medical staff of more than 160 physicians who specialize in various areas of healthcare.

Arkansas State University Newport is a public two-year college system located in northeast Arkansas, with its flagship campus in Newport, Arkansas. The ASU-Newport system is a subset of the Arkansas State University System.

The Newport Special School District’s mission is to “Empower students to be lifelong learners and decision makers.” The District has a long history of academic excellence and award-winning student clubs and organizations. They provide an environment for the students that offers a challenging curriculum along with a sense of responsibility.

Innovative thinking. Leadership through service. And above all, an unwavering commitment to saving people money. It’s what makes us the business we are today, and shapes the company we will be tomorrow. Sound like a lot of work? We’re just getting started.

SSP is a domestic high quality, low cost producer of steel forgings serving the railcar, energy, industrial, and mass transit markets.  We have a qualified team, the raw materials available, and the latest equipment to produce products that will meet and exceed your expectations.  We produce large forged products at a high volume that most other forge shops are unable to match.

Gränges is a leading global supplier of rolled aluminium products for heat exchanger applications and other niche markets. Every second car produced in the world today contains material manufactured by Gränges.