by MBJ Staff Published: December 19,2012
Tags: anniversary, automaker, automobile, facility, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, milestone, plant, SUV, truck, van, vehicle
CANTON — The Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2013. The company will commemorate the anniversary with a series of events that highlight the accomplishments of its more than 5,000 employees and underscore its commitment to the Metro Jackson community and Central Mississippi. Dan Bednarzyk , vice president [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2012
Tags: automaker, automobile, car, celebration, facility, manufacture, manufacturing, manufactyurer, milestone, plant, SUV, truck, van, vehicle
BLUE SPRINGS — Toyota celebrated the 25 millionth vehicle manufactured in North America today at a ceremony at its Georgetown, Ky. plant coinciding with the start of production for the all-new 2013 Avalon. Of those 25 million vehicles, 111,000 were built in Mississippi at the Blue Springs plant, according to Toyota. The milestone vehicle — [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 31,2012
Tags: acquisition, buy, Chicken, complex, egg, facility, food, merger, poultry, publicly traded company, purchase, sale, sell
JACKSON — Cal-Maine Foods Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire the commercial egg operations of Maxim Production Co. Inc. Terms were not disclosed. The assets to be purchased by Cal-Maine include a feed mill and two production complexes with capacity for approximately 3.5 million laying hens with related pullet capacity, all located near Boling, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 26,2012
Tags: complex, death, explode, explosion, facility, fatality, hurt, injury, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, plant, workplace safety
REDWOOD — A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was injured in a deadly explosion at an International Paper Co. mill in Mississippi in 2008. Jeb D. Slade settled his lawsuit after a hearing yesterday in U.S. District Court in Natchez. The terms of the deal were not [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 25,2012
Tags: close, closure, employee, facility, job, joblessness, layoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, operations, paper, plant, recycle, recycler, recycling, shut down, shutter, unemployment, work, worker
NATCHEZ — A Natchez plant will shut down operations at its plant near the Natchez-Adams County Port. The Natchez Democrat reports Mississippi River Pulp (formerly Mississippi River Corporation) will close down its recycled fiber mill effective Oct. 31. The closure, which company officials said is due to lack of demand, will affect 79 hourly and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: acquisition, appliances, appropriation, budget, facility, goods, higher education, home appliances, hub, Lamar County School Board, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, public, purchase, recreation, school, state agency, transportation, university
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi wants to spend $20 million to transform the former Whirlpool plant into a recreation facility and transportation hub. The Oxford Eagle reports the project is part of a $95-million wish list Ole Miss has presented to the state College Board. Ole Miss bought the 69-acre site for $3.4 million [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 16,2012
Tags: agriculture, economic development, facility, grant, indians, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Native Americans, packing, plant, processing, produce, tribe, work
CARTHAGE — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians has been awarded a $900,000 grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) to help establish a fresh produce and packing business at the former Patriot Ford facility in Carthage. MBCI says the grant will be utilized over a three-year period to renovate the Patriot Ford facility [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: commerical, culture, damage, facility, fire, fish, food, Heritage, historic, history, ice, industrial, plant, processing, processor, property, real estate, seafood, shrimp
PASCAGOULA — The brothers who own the Pascagoula Ice and Freezer Co. say they have no plans to reopen the site, which burned in February. The Sun Herald reports the business is owned by three brothers, Andre, Warren and David Gautier. Andre Gautier moved the shrimp-processing segment to Mobile, Ala. Warren Gautier retired, and David [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 15,2012
Tags: agency, facility, funding, infrastructure, loan, Sales Tax, sewage, sewer, state government, tax, tax collection, taxpayer, town, trewatment, wastewater
SUMMIT — The Summit Town Council has agreed to divert more than $7,000 in monthly sales tax revenues to pay off a $1.4-million debt to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which is bankrolling the town’s new wastewater treatment facility. Town Clerk Pat Whittington tells the Enterprise-Journal DEQ officials stipulated in their loan agreement with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: bathtub, dedicate, dedication, economic development, employer, facility, indians, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, Mississippi Job Protection, Native Americans, plant, Site Selection, tribe, work, worker
PHILADELPHIA — KemPosits LLC has dedicated its plant on the Choctaw reservation where it will produce bathtubs. Tribal Chief Phyliss Anderson tells the Neshoba Democrat the company’s $2-million investment reinforces the tribe’s business portfolio and creates jobs. KemPosits president Charlie Quinn said the company’s products include the Eco-Elite Series of walk-in bathtubs. He praised the [...] [...]
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