Mississippi Business Journal » shut down http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Blazon Tube shuttering plant in April http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/blazon-tube-shuttering-plant-in-april/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blazon-tube-shuttering-plant-in-april http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/28/blazon-tube-shuttering-plant-in-april/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:53:55 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70548 WEST POINT — Twenty-five people will lose their jobs when a welded steel tubing production company shuts down April 1 in West Point. The Daily Times Leader reports Blazon Tube Co. had 75 employees at one time. It had announced in August of 2011 that it might close and since then 50 employees have left. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/13/panel-rules-for-company-in-flexible-flyer-case-appeal/feed/ 0 Mississippi Power shuts down old plant in Pine Belt http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/mississippi-power-shuts-down-old-plant-in-pine-belt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mississippi-power-shuts-down-old-plant-in-pine-belt http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/mississippi-power-shuts-down-old-plant-in-pine-belt/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:26:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69356 PETAL — Mississippi Power Co. has shut down a generating plant in Petal. Mississippi Power says in a news release that Plant Eaton — named for the company’s first president, Barney E. Eaton Sr. — began operation in March of 1945. Ed Day, president and CEO of Mississippi Power, says when the 67.5 megawatt plant [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/07/mississippi-power-shuts-down-old-plant-in-pine-belt/feed/ 0 Mill to be shuttered; nearly 80 workers affected http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/25/mill-to-be-shuttered-nearly-80-workers-affected/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mill-to-be-shuttered-nearly-80-workers-affected http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/25/mill-to-be-shuttered-nearly-80-workers-affected/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:15:25 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64288 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 [...]

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