# Risever to start trial production at $20M heavy equipment parts plant in Jonesboro

Hefei Risever Machinery held a grand opening for its new $20 million manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas, on October 23, 2019. The plant will produce steel machine parts for heavy construction equipment and is expected to be fully operational by January 2020.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2019-10-23
- Where: Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $20.0M
- Jobs: 130
- Starts operating: 23 Oct 2019
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 6,000 tons of heavy steel per year
- Products: counter weights, boom arms for excavators, earth moving equipment parts
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md), [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Hefei Risever Machinery Co., LTD](https://endata.com/companies/17803.md)

## Sources

- [arkansasedc.com](https://www.arkansasedc.com/news-events/newsroom/detail/2019/10/23/risever-cuts-ribbon-on-jonesboro-facility), 2019-10-23: "This is a day of celebration and a remarkable occasion for Risever."
- [talkbusiness.net](https://talkbusiness.net/2019/10/risever-to-begin-trial-operations-in-jonesboro/), 2019-10-23: "We plan to start production at the start of 2020."
- [ualrpublicradio.org](https://www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-regional-news/2019-10-23/grand-opening-for-20-million-plant-in-northeast-arkansas), 2019-10-23: "We plan to start production at the start of 2020."

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