Paragould, Arkansas

NOWHIRING: anchorpac.com/careers ©2021 Anchor Packaging LLC - St. Louis, Missouri Anchor Packaging is an equal opportunity employer Anchor Packaging is anational leader in foodpackagingandour people are thekey toour success. AtAnchor, dedication tocustomers andour team is demonstratedby long-standingpartnershipswith foodservice leaders andahistoryof innovation that includesmany industry-firsts. Our role is essential.With15 consecutiveyears of double-digit growth, we’reonlygetting started. Aproudmember of theNortheast Arkansas community for over 35 years! HelpingFeed America fromParagould businesses owners to know they aren’t alone. Newer downtown retailers all have been small businesses and together they form a solid district full of possibility. The city’s economy is also strengthened by the local railroad and transportation sectors. Agee explains, “The city was built by the railroad industry, with its name coming from the surnames of two major railroad tycoons. J.W Paramore and Jay Gould disagreed over who should name the city, so they combined their names. Our city has really taken the railroad history and run with it. Our Main Street office is an old caboose. We also have The Greenbrier Companies (GBX), which produce rail cars along with Corbitt Manufacturing, also a Greenbrier Company. There’s even AXIS which manufactures one-third of all the train car axles in the world.” Paragould’s industrial sector is more than transportation. Hestand notes, “We have several manufacturing industries that have continued to