Davison saw more opportunities in Arkansas , so the company opened a 12,000 sq . foot office in Springdale in 1990 , which is now the corporate headquarters . “ In a 500 mile radius of here , 90 percent of the beef , pork and poultry in the country are produced ,” Davison said .
FPEC has 46 full time employees in Springdale , four temporary workers and an intern . The company needs skilled workers including machinists , welders , mechanics and fabricators to keep building its diverse product line .
You could join a company known for its creativity . FPEC Corporation is a global equipment manufacturing leader for the meat and poultry processing industries . The company has a reputation for innovative , outside-the-box ideas , said Alan Davison , FPEC President .
“ All of our concepts are custom built ,” Davison said . “ We help companies streamline production and add efficiency .”
The company began in Los Angeles in 1959 . Armond Villian and John H . Davison , Alan Davison ’ s father , were working for meat processing companies . Between the two founders , they could fabricate the equipment needed to establish their own company .
They went out on their own to form FPEC , which stands for Food Processing Equipment Company . They were working with companies that processed beef and pork but the growth was in poultry processing during the mid and late 1980s .
Logan Wichert , 21 , started his career at FPEC shortly after he graduated from high school in Pea Ridge . He went to college for a semester but stopped when some financial help dried up .
“ I like being at FPEC because it ’ s a good company to work for ,” Wichert said . “ They take care of me . It has good people , a good atmosphere and it ’ s a good place to work .”
He started in shipping and receiving but is now doing a little bit of everything including fabrication , machining , assembly and cutting .
Machining needed help so I went there ,” Wichert said . “ Now I ’ m learning all the roles . I like doing everything . It ’ s not always the same thing every day . Take classes to develop your skills . It helps a lot to go to technical school and learn the basics .”
General Manager Chris Clouse also got his start at the company at a young age . He first came to FPEC as a college intern . He took a different job
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