by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
Tags: bench, court, ecosystem, environment, fine, fish, fish kill, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, mill, plant, pulp mill, sawmill, timber, water pollution, wildlife
NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ordered Temple Inland, a subsidiary of International Paper, to pay $3.3 million and serve two years of probation for polluting the Pearl River in 2011 with illegal discharges from its Bogalusa paper mill that killed thousands of fish. Equipment malfunctioned at the mill, which makes containerboard, allowing an [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2013
Tags: agriculture, Chicken, demand, earnings, farm, farmer, farming, food processor, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, net income, poultry, producer, publicly traded company, revenue, supply
LAUREL — Sanderson Farms Inc. said today that its fiscal second-quarter net income rose 2 percent thanks to higher demand for poultry products. Its performance topped Wall Street’s view. Shares climbed in premarket trading. The poultry company earned $24.4 million, or $1.06 per share, for the three months ended April 30. That’s up from $23.9 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, invest, investment, investment firm, investor, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, merger, ship, shipbuilderr, shipbuilding, shipyard, yacht
GULFPORT — A private equity firm is taking an ownership stake in a Mississippi shipyard group. Littlejohn & Co. of Greenwich, Conn., has bought part of Gulf Coast Shipyard Group, which owns the Trinity Yachts and TY Offshore shipyards in Gulfport and New Orleans. The dollar amount and ownership share were not disclosed. John Dane [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: bench, court, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, price, price fixing, state government
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider whether the state of Mississippi can bring a state-level lawsuit in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. The justices today agreed to hear an appeal from state officials in their lawsuit against AU Optronics Corp. A federal jury last year found the company guilty of price-fixing on its [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 28,2013
Tags: acquire, acquisition, buy, industrial real estate, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, puchase, real estate, sale, sell, steel, steelmaker, steelmaking
COLUMBUS — Agracel Inc., an industrial development firm headquartered in Effingham, Ill., has purchased of the 137,700-square-foot Mississippi Steel Processing (MSP) operation in Columbus. The facility sits on the campus of Severstal North America. Terms were not disclosed. MSP is a relatively new company offering toll processing, storage and logistics and first-stage fabrication of hot [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 27,2013
Tags: appliance, cook, cooking, culinary, food, kitchen, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, warranty
GREENWOOD — Viking Range, LLC’s Three-Year Signature Warranty program is now effective in Mexico and all Caribbean countries serviced by its distributor Artexa. In addition to Mexico, the countries are Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba,Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique,Montserrat, Netherlands-Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Viking Three-Year [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 20,2013
Tags: academy, education, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, school, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, skills training, training, workforce development
PASCAGOULA — Officials say classes should be underway inside Ingalls Shipbuilding’s Haley Reeves Barbour Maritime Training Academy by the end of summer. President Irwin Edenzon tells The Mississippi Press the academy, funded through a Hurricane Katrina community development block grant, is meant to provide a skilled workforce and will help Ingalls expand its two- to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: automaker, automobile, automotive industry, corporate welfare, economic development, incentive, labor, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, organized labor, report, state agency, state government, study, subsidy, tax, tax break, union
CANTON — A study paid for by the United Auto Workers finds state and local governments may provide Nissan Motor Co.’s Mississippi plant with nearly $850 million in tax breaks over 30 years, plus $400 million in cash aid. The report estimates Mississippi will pay $90 million in interest on money borrowed to aid Nissan, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: expand, expansion, floating dock, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, shipyard
PASCAGOULA — A 12,000-metric-ton floating dry dock has arrived at VT Halter Marine’s south yard in Pascagoula. Bill Skinner, CEO of VT Halter Marine, says in a news release that the dry dock is part of an overall expansion at the south yard. VT Halter Marine is adding a repair facility for semi-submersible drilling rigs [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: employ, employee, employer, employment, facility, food, job, layoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, meat, plant, processing, slicing, unemployment, work, worker
BOONEVILLE — Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss. COO Mike Rozzano tells the Daily Corinthian workers were notified last Friday. Rozzano says the plant now has about 320 workers. He says business dictated that Plumrose didn’t need as many people in the plant. Plumrose slices beef, [...] [...]
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