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Peavey marker erected

MBJ Staff — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:15:17 +0000

Hartley Peavey, founder and CEO of Peavey Electronics, now has a marker on the Historic Mississippi Blues Trail. In addition, the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center honored Peavey with a bronze on the Walk of Fame at Dumont Plaza in downtown Meridian. Peavey heads one of the world’s largest and most diversified manufacturers of musical-instrument [...]

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Peavey opens Hollywood showroom on Sunset Boulevard

MBJ Staff — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:23:25 +0000

MERIDIAN — Peavey Electronics recently celebrated the grand opening of the Peavey Hollywood showroom on Sunset Boulevard at the heart of Guitar Row. The weeklong event featured appearances from company founder Hartley Peavey as well as musicians, celebrities and live performances. Musicians and music fans packed into the new showroom — lined with the amplifiers, [...]

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Target going after electronic shoppers

Associated Press — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:55:14 +0000

NEW YORK — Target is known for being cheap and chic. But now the retailer is making a big push to become known as a destination for electronics. Target Corp. said yesterday it’s adding several services for electronics shoppers, including free telephone technical support for purchases, an electronics recycling program that offers store gift cards [...]

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Selex Galileo expanding at Coast airport

Associated Press — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:30:15 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY — Selex Galileo, a defense electronics company, will more than double its space at Stennis International Airport in Hancock County, going from 34,000 to 86,000 square feet in the first phase of a four- to five-year, $11 million to $13 million expansion. The Arlington, Va.-based company presently employs 18 people. Selex CEO Giles [...]

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Samsung plans $20.6B investment

Associated Press — Tue, 11 May 2010 11:41:11 +0000

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung said today it plans to invest 23.3 trillion won ($20.6 billion) over the next decade in technologies including solar cells and medical devices, aiming to boost sales and increase its workforce by tens of thousands. The plan was agreed at a meeting yesterday of top executives of electronics and medical [...]

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Peavey named ‘Company to Watch’

Wally Northway — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:00:42 +0000

MERIDIAN — Music retail experts at the 2010 Winter NAMM convention have honored Peavey Electronics with the “NAMM Best In Show – Company to Watch” award. Mike Guillot, director of purchasing for Mississippi Music, a four-store retail chain based in Hattiesburg, named Peavey Electronics his top “Company to Watch” for its long-standing commitment to advancing [...]

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SemiSouth product adopted by electronics company

MBJ Staff — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:00:08 +0000

STARKVILLE — SemiSouth Laboratories, an innovator in silicon carbide (SiC) power devices, announced that its breakthrough product, a highly efficient, normally-off SiC JFET, has been adopted for the first time by a consumer electronics company for use in a new audiophile-quality power amplifier. The new J2 Power Amplifier, designed by audio innovator Nelson Pass for [...]

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