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JACKSON (Mississippi Development Authority) – International chemical manufacturer Mancuso Chemicals Limited is establishing operations in Pachuta. The project is a $5.52 million investment and will create 17 jobs.

WEST POINT, Miss. - Ramp-ups in the target production volume at Yokohama Tire resulted in growing pains as the company worked to make the necessary process adjustments to reach those targets. Making these incremental changes throughout the one million square-foot facility upset the delicate balance of scheduling and maintaining batches of perishable rubber compound. Even small disruptions in the complex and inter-dependent processes caused a variability ripple effect that made it difficult to consistently hit the new targets. Yokohama looked to Mississippi State University CAVS Extension (CAVS-E) for support in finding and addressing bottlenecks through Six Sigma methodology and simulation modeling.

OXFORD - Byron Swetman recently graduated from the University of Mississippi Center for Manufacturing Excellence as a computer science major.

OXFORD - Ole Miss rising senior Camille Newman is an MMA Endowed Scholarship recipient. Camille is developing a 3D printer and recycling center to recycle plastic on the moon, and her prototype will be manufactured on the floor of the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence at The University of Mississippi.

JACKSON (Mississippi Development Authority) – Electrical distribution transformer and technology products manufacturer Howard Industries is expanding operations across its Mississippi facilities in Clarke, Jones and Simpson counties. The project is a $236.95 million investment and will create a total of 450 jobs.

JACKSON, Miss. (June 20, 2024) – A transformative initiative to create a single, unified organization representing business and industry throughout Mississippi is taking major steps toward becoming a reality, and, if approved, it will do so as the Mississippi Business Alliance.

JACKSON (Office of Governor Reeves) – The state of Mississippi has been honored with a Gold Shovel Award by Area Development magazine. The national award honors Mississippi’s historic accomplishments in economic development throughout 2024. Additionally, Area Development named the $10 billion Amazon Web Services project as one of its Non-Manufacturing Projects of the Year, and the $1.9 billion Amplify Cell Technologies project as one of its Manufacturing Projects of the Year.

CANTON, Miss. (June 4, 2025) – Nissan is donating $250,000 to Mississippi's seven HBCUs to further STEM education, continuing its 11th consecutive year of funding Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the state. Since launching the Mississippi HBCU STEM Initiative in 2014, Nissan has invested $2.75 million to support and encourage innovative programming that serves Mississippi students, helping to grow STEM awareness and the technology workforce of the future.

JACKSON - The 72nd Annual MMA Convention is June 11-13 at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

JACKSON (Mississippi Development Authority) – Thermal management company Modine is upgrading one of its existing facilities in Grenada County to manufacture data center cooling equipment. The project will represent a corporate investment of more than $38 million by the end of 2028 and will create more than 450 jobs.