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Spring & Summer 2016

Mississippi Atmos Energy

What do electrical power plants, refuse trucks, and your kitchen stove have in common? They all can be powered by natural gas, one of the most abundant fossil fuels in North America. Natural gas is the cleanest of all fossil …

MAMA: The Evolution of Automotive Manufacturing in Mississippi

If you rewind the clock 20 years, a conversation about automotive manufacturing in Mississippi would never take place. Building cars and parts for cars was restricted largely to cities like De...

Mississippi’s Governor Phil Bryant: Our State of Manufacturing

Mississippi is a Manufacturing State. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant encourages all manufacturers in Mississippi to join together, from the manufacturing startups to the established leaders....

A Recipe for Success

Chef Danny Lin Launches Asian Bistro Sauces in Mississippi The adage goes, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” One local manufacturer recently began his metaphorical thousand-mile journey with a single product. Chef Danny Lin’s story …

Marketing 101: What is Your Customer’s Online Experience?

How do your online properties represent your company? Do they build credibility? Do they generate confidence? Do they accurately portray what your company does and why it is different and better than its competitors? The online customer vis...

Center for Manufacturing Excellence

Mississippi’s Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence Offers the Only Undergraduate Program of Its Kind Situated in the heart of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) campus, the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Exc...

Two-Way Texting: Made in Mississippi

Apple Pays $23.6 Million Over the Foundation Technology for Transmitting and Storing Text Messages Which Was Covered by Patents Filed and Held by MTel in the 1990s. Do You Text? The cellular phone that is likely sitting within arm’s reach...

Setting Records & Continually Improving Mississippi: MDA 2016

How Economic Development Breathes Life Into the Manufacturing State Glenn McCullough, Jr., executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA), has his finger on the pulse of eco...