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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