Economic Development News

PK USA ANNOUNCES
PK USA ANNOUNCES new assembly manufacturing plant in SENATOBIA. The Company is the third Toyota Supplier to Announce Location in Mississippi. Governor Haley Barbour announced that PK USA will build a new stamping and welding assembly manufacturing plant in Senatobia, Mississippi. The facility will be the company’s second expansion in Mississippi since 2005. To date, PK USA is the third announced supplier for the Toyota plant currently under construction in Blue Springs, Miss. The facility will serve Toyota and other Japanese automotive companies and suppliers located in the state. “I am pleased that PK USA has selected Senatobia, Mississippi for its latest expansion project,” Governor Barbour said. “PK USA joins more than 90 other automotive manufacturing, distribution and supplier companies operating in Mississippi.” – Clarion Ledger

ADP bringing jobs to Clinton
A data processing company will open a call center in Clinton that could bring up to 1,000 jobs to the area. Officials with Automatic Data Processing announced they will begin operating a “solutions center” in the old WorldCom building at South Point Business Park on January 1. – The Clarion Ledger

Toyota Gets Acquainted with Community
“Building Upon the Strengths of the Region” was the focus of the Automotive Supplier Forum hosted by Entergy Mississippi at Holmes Community College-Grenada. Meeting with local communities to get a feel of what they can offer economically when the Toyota plant comes to Tupelo was a key purpose of this meeting. Key speakers for the event were Jim Wiseman, Vice-President of External Affairs for Toyota Motor Engineering North America Inc., and Gene Strong, Toyota supplier consultant with McCarty-Strong LLC. – The Daily Star

EMI’s Economic Development Team Helps Faurecia Stay in Business
The remarkable turnaround of the Faurecia plant in Cleveland is an example of how the economic development network in Mississippi can be a winning advantage for business and industry. Just over a year ago, the plant was one of Faurecia’s worst performers internationally, and the potential for shutdown was becoming all too real. Today, Faurecia considers the Cleveland plant one of its best operations in North America, with a productive workforce that posts some of the company’s highest marks in quality and efficiency. - Inside Entergy

Entergy Wins Top Industry Awards from the Edison Electric Institute
Entergy was awarded the Edison Electric Institute's Emergency Assistance Award, recognizing the company's help in returning power to 46,000 Public Service of Oklahoma customers after a January 2007 ice storm. Entergy also received EEI's Advocacy Excellence Award for Entergy's Low-Income Initiative, a variety of programs aimed at helping the 20 to 30 percent of its customers living in poverty across its four-state utility service territory, and EEI's Outstanding Achievement Award for grassroots nuclear advocacy efforts in New York. – Inside Entergy

Entergy Corporation Wins Corporate Citizenship Award
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) recently awarded Entergy Corporation a Corporate Citizenship Award in the category of U.S. Community Service. - Entergy Currents

Entergy Makes List of Most Trustworthy Companies
Forbes magazine has recognized Entergy Corporation in their listing of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in the United States, based on analysts provided by Audit Integrity, a Los Angeles-based firm that conducts research on corporate governance best practices. Entergy was the only energy or electric company on the list, drawn from 8,000 public companies; and ranked among the large cap companies listed, which included Gap, Avaya, Costco, Manpower and H.J. Heinz.

Entergy Only U.S. Utility Selected to 2008 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
For an unprecedented sixth consecutive year, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes named Entergy Corporation to the exclusive Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index. Entergy was the only U.S. utility selected to the world index, and one of only 16 utilities chosen worldwide.”-Inside Entergy