Foreign Investments

Companies from a dozen nations are in South Mississippi, and economic development officials would like to have even more…

It’s hard to come up with a project that better shows the duel nature of awarding a project to a company with foreign roots than the ongoing controversy over the $40 billion Air Force aerial tanker project.

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Investment pays off early for PSL NA

Plant in Port Bienville Industrial Park helps Indian company “test the waters”…

Port Bienville Industrial Park had the characteristics a growing pipe manufacturer from India needed: proximity to customers, access to water, rail and truck transportation corridors.

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The Builder: USMI's special boats fill niche

A long-term commitment to Mississippi promised in 2005 has come to pass, even if the route wasn’t quite the same…

It was in the summer of 2005 that Barry Dreyfus of New Orleans-based United States Marine Inc. talked to the Sun Herald about the company’s plan to set up an operation in Mississippi at Pass Christian. It was to have two dozen workers, and Dreyfus said it represented a long-term commitment to become a part of Mississippi. A month after that interview, everything changed...

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The User: Stennis' special warfare units

Riverine warfare is a growing part of the Navy’s arsenal, and Stennis has become an important center…

Ask the Navy SEAL who heads up a special operations boat team at Stennis Space Center what he thinks about being based at a remote location along the Pearl River and he’ll go through a litany of pluses.

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