Mississippi Business Journal » manufaxcture http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Sign of better times? Sawmill expanding, adding jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/20/sign-of-better-times-sawmill-expanding-adding-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sign-of-better-times-sawmill-expanding-adding-jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/20/sign-of-better-times-sawmill-expanding-adding-jobs/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:32:38 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71741 GRENADA — Fly Timber is expanding its operations in Grenada. The project represents a company investment of more than $6 million and will create 30 new jobs, bringing the total number of workers employed at the Grenada facility to 80, according to a news release from the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). Fly Timber, which has [...]

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