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JACKSON – Speaker Jason White names appointments for PEER Committee, Select Committee on Healthcare Reform: Certificate of Need, Select Committee on Prescription Drugs, Select Committee on Tax Reform, and Joint Legislative Committee on Compilation, Revision, and Publication.

MIAMI, Fl. (Taylor Machine Works) - The Port of Miami moves over 300,000 shipping containers each year, and they're able to do that work thanks to the Taylor XRS9972, which is made by Taylor Machine Works in Louisville, Mississippi. The capabilities of this machine were recently documented in a feature video by Volvo Penta. To watch the video, click here

BATESVILLE - Lockers Manufacturing held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 15,000 square foot expansion Friday morning.

PEARL, Miss. - The Mississippi Department of Corrections unveiled its newest Mobile Welding Simulator Training Center during a news conference Friday morning.

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. - Superior Optical Labs in Ocean Springs makes eyeglasses and its President & CEO is United States Navy veteran Derek Bodart.

JACKSON - Meucci Cues, located in Byhalia, contacted Mississippi State University CAVS Extension (MSU CAVS-E) with a request to evaluate their current manufacturing space and material flow and provide recommendations on layout designs.

JACKSON - The Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA), the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC), and the Business and Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC), co-signed a letter to Speaker of the House Jason White in support of improved healthcare.

YAHOO - The Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) manufacturing PMI showed the manufacturing sector moved into expansion for the first time since October 2022. The ISM's manufacturing PMI registered a reading of 50.3 in March, which was the highest for the index since September 2022.

JACKSON – The Destin Collection from Kevin Charles Furniture in New Albany is the winner of the 2024 Mississippi Makers’ Challenge Sponsored by Hancock Whitney and earns the title of The Coolest Thing Made in Mississippi.

JACKSON – The Mississippi Manufacturers Association is pleased to announce the products advancing to the Round of 4 in the third annual Mississippi Makers’ Challenge Sponsored by Hancock Whitney, which is the final round in this year’s competition.