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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Avid Boats expanding facility in Monroe County
Boat manufacturer creating 50 jobs in Monroe County Project represents corporate investment of nearly $8 million Jackson, Miss. (November 14, […]
PACCAR expanding manufacturing operations in Columbus
Global engine company creating 100 jobs in Mississippi Project represents corporate investment of more than $209 million Jackson, Miss. (October […]
Skydweller Aero bringing operations to Hancock CountyÂ
Aerospace company creating 36 jobs in Kiln Expansion represents a total corporate investment of $55 million  Jackson, Miss. (October 18, […]
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