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The Accelerator adds three new tenants, including GE Aviation

MBJ Staff — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:20:19 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The Accelerator, the University of Southern Mississippi’s technology commercialization center, has added new tenants GE Aviation, Radiance Technologies and Vatican Capital. GE Aviation, which just opened a new aircraft engine composite parts production facility in Ellisville has leased space at The Accelerator and is working with Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) and Jones County [...]

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New plant means more active partnership with university

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:47:02 +0000

ELLISVILLE and HATTIESBURG — The official opening of GE Aviation’s new plant in Ellisville will mark a significant uptick in the partnership between the manufacturer and the University of Southern Mississippi. Tomorrow, GE Aviation opens its new facility at the Howard Technology Park in Ellisville. Previously, the Southern Miss School of Polymers and High Performance [...]

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Southern’s Polymer Institute lends support to companies

MBJ Staff — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:41:52 +0000

HATTIESBURG — During the third quarter of 2012, The Mississippi Polymer Institute at the University of Southern Mississippi provided outstanding technical assistance to four Mississippi-based manufacturing companies yielding $3 million in direct financial impact and resulting in the creation of 11 new jobs in the state. This is according to a release from InnovateMEP Mississippi. [...]

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Pharmaceutical distributor opens in The Accelerator

MBJ Staff — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:11:56 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Pharmaceutical distributor South Point Distributors, LLC has moved into The Accelerator at The University of Southern Mississippi. South Point is an international wholesale pharmaceutical supplier of legend drugs, over-the-counter drugs, generic-brand drugs and a variety of health care products. The company operates not only in Mississippi, but also in Florida and New Jersey, [...]

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Constar shutting down facility; 40 employees left jobless

MBJ Staff — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:55:31 +0000

JACKSON — Constar International, LLC, a global producer of plastic containers for food and beverages that has previously announced its intention to focus on plastic packaging for technologically advanced and specialty applications, is reducing its presence in the commodity carbonated soft drink (CSD) market. “With a large contract to supply commodity CSD products expiring at [...]

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Polymer group connects client with manfacturer

MBJ Staff — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:30:19 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi reports the Mississippi Polymer Institute at helped connect a client with a manufacturer that resulted in 18 new jobs and $2.5 million in increased sales. When MPI was contacted by a company seeking assistance with a custom injection molding project, Institute executives provided a list of respectable [...]

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MEP.ms: Polymer group assists in plant expansions

MBJ Staff — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:52:06 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Mississippi (MEP.ms) reports the Mississippi Polymer Institute provided outstanding technical assistance to four Mississippi-based manufacturing companies, yielding $2.9 million in direct financial impact during the 2012 fiscal year. This assistance also led to the creation of 18 news jobs in the state. This work was reflected by independent [...]

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USM polymer scientist’s invention garnering attention

MBJ Staff — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 23:41:49 +0000

HATTIESBURG — A University of Southern Mississippi professor’s invention is garnering attention. Inspired by his own dream of a technology now considered revolutionary in the world of plastics research, polymer science professor Marek Urban developed a unique type of plastic material that turns red or “bleeds” when damaged. When the damage occurs, or when stressors [...]

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Ex-USM president and polymer science pioneer quietly retires

Associated Press — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:52:34 +0000

HATTIESBURG — Shelby Thames, a pioneer in polymer sciences and a former president of the University of Southern Mississippi, has retired. That’s according to an announcement from the school. Thames founded USM’s research program in polymer science. He was university president for five years, from 2002-2007. The Hattiesburg American reports Thames retired last week with [...]

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USM’s new polymer degree gets IHL approval

MBJ Staff — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:12:38 +0000

HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Polymers and High Performance Materials has gained approval from the State Institutions of Higher Learning to offer an undergraduate degree in polymer science and engineering, the first of its kind in Mississippi according to USM. The focus of the program is education and research in the [...]

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