3 technology companies plan to invest a combined $2.5 million, create 140 new jobs in Arkansas

Three technology companies plan to invest a combined $2.5 million and create 140 new jobs in Arkansas.

The companies said Thursday they plan to locate new facilities in downtown Conway, about 25 miles north of Little Rock.

The companies are Metova Inc., a mobile app development company; Big Cloud Analytics, a predictive analytics software company; and Eyenalyze, a Conway-based company that has developed innovative software for use in the food service sector.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson the companies' plans are a tribute to the leadership of Conway. Hutchinson says Metova, Big Cloud Analytics and Eyenalyze could have gone anywhere. But these fast-growing companies chose Conway and Arkansas because officials are committed to growing with them.

Hutchinson says the companies are high-paying, technology-based jobs that will make Arkansas even more regionally competitive.