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Spring & Summer 2019

Mississippi’s Advanced Material Resources Celebrates Anniversary and Continued Innovations in Polymer Research

The Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) celebrates its 25th Anniversary and the School of Polymer Science and Engineering continues to forge new...

Integration and Automation = Faster Time-to-Hire

In recent years, employment background screening has gone from a costly and time-consuming task to an automated and technology-driven necessity where employers expect fast, accurate, and inexpensive results. Job applicants and hiring manage...

Mississippi’s First Bourbons

Mississippi passed its first statewide Prohibition law in 1907.  Mississippi was the first state to ratify the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol sales across the country.  Mississippi was the last state to abolish Prohibition in 1966, over three decades after …

MDA – Burning Desire to Win

Mississippi’s manufacturing industry is a picture of steady growth, and there’s no sign of a plateau. Glenn McCullough, Jr., executive director for the Mississippi Development Authority, is a native Mississippian with a burning desire to see Mississippi’s economic development not &...

Fundamental Online Strategies for Manufacturers

Optimizing Your Online Presence to Remain Competitive in Today’s Quickly Changing Marketplace Businesses in every market segment, from advertising to manufacturing, struggle to maintain an online presence that takes into account all of th...

Custom Metal Solutions: Forming a New Steel Empire

Mississippi is known for launching new manufacturing enterprises. Custom Metal Solutions is turning hard work, tough-as-steel tenacity, and a strategic plan into an industry leadership model. It is a story of vision, mentorship, ambitious l...

The World’s Deadliest Animal vs. Mississippi Manufacturing

Spartan Mosquito is on a mission to help the people of the world, and are on track to grow a company worth hundreds of millions in the process. When they introduced the Spartan Mosquito Eradicator into the retail market in …