Mississippi's Major Employers
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Businesses from every imaginable industry choose Mississippi for the state’s strong logistics infrastructure, pro-business climate and all-around friendly and hard-working people. Doing business in Mississippi is like setting your work on autopilot — you get stuff done.
Global enterprises see the benefit of having a presence in Mississippi, too. Some of Mississippi’s largest employers like Nissan, McKesson and McLane all look to the state’s low cost of doing business, and strategic location and infrastructure which includes river, ocean, rail and air. A host of furniture manufacturers like La-Z-Boy, Bauhaus and Southern Motion have a long legacy of doing business in the state because of its easy access to timber and other natural resources.
Mississippi’s light on talking and heavy on doing. Businesses with similar values choose the Magnolia State.
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MDA accepting applications from agriculture and technology ventures for V-Quad grant program
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