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Aldana takes over at Nissan-Canton

Associated Press — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:02:36 +0000

CANTON — David Aldana, currently director of Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico, has been named vice president of the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Canton. Aldana will replace Dan Bednarzyk who has been named to the newly created position of vice president, Total Delivered Cost. Nissan made the announcements Friday. Aldana joined Nissan [...]

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Tire executives say plant needed to meet global demand

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:04:40 +0000

WEST POINT — Executives with Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. say they will build a new tire plant in Mississippi because they see a global supply shortage for tires. State and company officials gathered Monday at the Ritz Theater & Conference Center in West Point to celebrate the company’s plans to build a factory. Later, Gov. [...]

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County watching special session, needs jobs

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:32:42 +0000

CLAY COUNTY — Lawmakers are meeting in special session today to consider incentives to bring a Japanese tire manufacturer to Clay County. Yokohama Tire Corp. would make industrial tires for trucks and tractors. In a House committee meeting today, lawmakers were told the state would borrow $70 million to buy land, build infrastructure and train [...]

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Lawmakers say special session concerns tire manufacturer

Associated Press — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:24:15 +0000

CLAY COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol tomorrow for what many hope will be a quick a special session to lure an auto parts maker to the state. Bryant has released few details about the project, beyond saying it’s for Mississippi’s “automobile corridor.” Several lawmakers say an international company [...]

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Governor to call special session, related to automobile corridor

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:34:38 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said yesterday that he will call lawmakers into special session to deal with an economic development project in what he calls the state’s auto corridor. The Commercial Appeal reports Bryant talked about the special session when he was in Oxford for a groundbreaking on an unrelated project. Bryant said he’s [...]

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McAuliffe gone, GreenTech works to fulfill loan terms

Clay Chandler — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:01:11 +0000

GreenTech Automotive has until the end of 2014 to create a minimum of 350 jobs at its Tunica facility, per the terms of a $3-million loan the Mississippi Development Authority made the company. The loan, made in September 2011, is to help the hybrid car company with site preparation and what an MDA spokesperson called [...]

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Automaker’s workforce to get pay raise this fall

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:16:23 +0000

CANTON — Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee. The company has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant. Nissan says pay will go up by 55 cents an [...]

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Va. gubernatorial candidate ‘quietly’ resigned from GreenTech

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:05:14 +0000

HORN LAKE — Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe quietly gave up his position as chairman of a company that makes small electric cars in December, but never announced his departure. The former Democratic National Committee chairman’s exit from GreenTech Automotive under growing media scrutiny was first reported by Politico. McAuliffe’s campaign never disclosed his [...]

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Hol-Mac’s Hammerhead to be featured on ‘Motorhead Garage’

MBJ Staff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:17:25 +0000

BAY SPRINGS — Hammerhead, a division of Hol-Mac Corporation based in Bay Springs, will be featured on the TV series “Motorhead Garage.” “Motorhead Garage” is a nationally syndicated show that reaches over 990,000 homes across the country on the Fox Sports Network. The episode will air Sunday, Aug. 19 at 10:30 a.m. or Monday, Aug. [...]

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BorgWarner expanding plant again; adding 50 new jobs

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:46:05 +0000

WATER VALLEY — Auto parts maker BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems says it plans to add another 50 jobs at its Yalobusha County plant. It’s the third expansion at the site in two years for company, which now has 485 employees. The company makes parts for automotive transmissions. BorgWarner is hiring more workers to make a transmission [...]

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