Fort Smith, Arkansas — Elite Comfort Solutions is planning to upgrade equipment and invest around $3m at its recently acquired Hickory Springs site on State Line Road, Fort Smith, according to local press reports.
The expansion could see the generation of a further 100 jobs at the site over the next couple of years, according to Tim Allen, president of the Fort Smith regional Chamber of Commerce.
Arsenal Capital Partners, which owns Elite Comfort Solutions purchased the foam production assets of Hickory Springs in March, 2016 as it builds Elite. The purchase saw it gain production facilities in Mississippi, California, Georgia, Arkansas and North Carolina.