Japan based Yokohama Rubber has signed a contract for the construction of a commercial truck tire plant in West Point, Mississippi in the US. The company will initially invest $300m in the facility, while the potential plant expansions ...
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It's reported that the city of Osceola has firmed to invest US$2 million in the Big River Steel mill and would be the latest government entity to kick in the project that is expected to create 525 permanent jobs and more than 200 temporary ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to local news reports Friday, the Osceola City Council has approved $2 million in incentives for Big River Steel's planned $1.1 billion mill in northeast Arkansas. The news comes on the heels of the Arkansas Legislature granting ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Yazoo/Kees is a manufacturer of lawn mowers. Since October 1999 it has been owned by Sweden-based Husqvarna. Yazoo/Kees employs approximately 300 people and builds its commercial mowing equipment at a facility in Beatrice, Nebraska. ...
The U.S. Marine Corp selected the solar airfield products from Carmanah Technologies in a public bid worth $175,000. The Marine Corp will employ the products in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA). The order, ...
Tags: LED, LED Industry
Manda Packing is expanding its recall to include approximately 468,000 pounds of roast beef, ham, turkey breast, tasso pork, ham shanks, hog head cheese, corned beef, and pastrami over concerns that the products may be contaminated with ...
Texas-based Capson Physicians Insurance Company has received a license to underwrite medical malpractice insurance in the state of Mississippi, US. With the new license, the company's innovative, all-inclusive approach to medical ...
Chromcraft Revington and Tate County, Mississippi have agreed to exchange property owned at the site of a plant used by the company here. The county owns about 59.86 acres at One Quality Lane in Senatobia, where Chromcraft leases the ...
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Furniture retailer and inventor Billy Joe Griggs has sued multinational giant Li & Fung in U.S. District Court here, claiming the company is illegally producing sofas in China that incorporate his proprietary ready-to-assemble technology. ...
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced income from continuing operations of $0.2 million, or breakeven per diluted share, for the first quarter ended February 28, 2013. Net loss for the first quarter was $0.2 million, or breakeven per diluted ...
Tags: coated fabrics, fabrics, operations
Destin Pipeline is seeking shipper interest in both existing and additional capacity on its natural gas transmission system in response to increaseing demand in Florida and additional capacity freed up by a drop in offshore production. ...
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released estimates on cotton planting intention of US farmers in 2013. Cotton growers intend to plant ...
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Infinit Nutrition, which was founded as a vendor of custom sports nutrition products sold consumer direct, has launched its first retail product line at specialty stores. The company is offering nine products in its retail line, which is ...
Tags: Infinit Nutrition, Retail Product Line, bike
After softball- and tennis-sized hail wreaked havoc in Pearl, Miss., earlier this week, the auto glass businesses in the area are being swarmed with replacement requests and many technicians are putting in overtime to try to meet demand. ...
Tags: Glass Business, Glass, auto glass
Motion furniture producer HomeStretch plans to open a new, larger showroom at the April High Point Market that will allow the company to display its entire product line for the first time. The 6,000-square-foot showroom in space 402 of ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing