Mississippi Manufacturers Association

11/21/2025

Be sure to go follow the Mississippi Business Alliance! This page will be inactive at the end of the month!

🚨🚨🚨 Massive news for Mississippi and Vicksburg: Governor Tate Reeves announced today that Amazon Web Services will invest $3 billion in Vicksburg to build a new data center campus. Construction is set to begin in 2026. The largest private-sector investment in Warren County history will create 200 high-paying full-time jobs and more than 300 additional positions in that region!

10/31/2025

🚨 ICYMI 🚨

As part of the merger to become the Mississippi Business Alliance, this page will become inactive next month. Please follow the MSBA page as we begin this new era!

10/03/2025

Governor Reeves officially proclaimed today as Manufacturing Day in Mississippi!
We celebrated by partnering with Taylor Power Systems in Clinton to host students from the Vicksburg Warren Career & Technical Center for an inside look at the world of manufacturing. Students toured the facility, met with company leaders, and learned about the numerous career opportunities available at the company.
Manufacturing Day is about the future, and we hope these students were encouraged by the possibilities their future can have!

10/02/2025

Thank you to Nissan Canton - Building Our Future for hosting students from Germantown High School and Madison Central High School for Manufacturing Day! The students were given a tour of the plant, participated in a question-and-answer session with Victor Taylor, the Vice President of Manufacturing, and completed a team-building exercise using VR headsets, where they had to work together to diffuse a bomb. It was a great visit, and we hope it inspires this group to seek career opportunities in manufacturing within our state!

10/01/2025

09/30/2025

We had a great time at our MMA PAC Golf Tournament on Friday at The Refuge Golf Course in Flowood. Thank you to our players and our sponsors for making this such a great event!

09/25/2025

“I want the people in this room to take pride in what you’ve built and how we’ve moved Mississippi forward.” - MMA President & CEO John McKay.

Today, the MMA Board of Directors voted to approve a resolution of dissolution, marking one of the final steps in our historic merger with the Mississippi Economic Council and BIPEC to form the Mississippi Business Alliance.

This decision marks a defining moment for an organization that has proudly served Mississippi’s manufacturers for over 70 years. None of this progress would have been possible without the steadfast support, vision, and leadership of our state’s manufacturing community.

As we move forward, we carry that legacy with us—committed to building an even stronger, united Mississippi together.

09/22/2025

MMA, in partnership with Accelerate MS, the Mississippi Economic Council, the Mississippi Department of Education, and the Mississippi Community College Board, is pleased to announce eight ATLAS (Accelerated Training and Livelihood Aligned Strategy) Industry Roundtable Discussions.

These roundtables will allow industry leaders, decision-makers, human resources professionals, career coaches, education leaders, and workforce development professionals to provide feedback on the ATLAS State Workforce Plan, which is tasked to ensure Mississippi's workforce is prepared to meet the demands of a changing economy.

To sign up, click the link!

https://mma-web.org/News/mma-partners-to-host-atlas-industry-roundtable-discussions

09/16/2025

Made in Mississippi: Lockheed Martin in Meridian manufactures 50 percent of the fuselage for the company's tactical airlifter, the C-130J.
The C-130J is used in a variety of ways, including in combat, firefighting, humanitarian work, and search and rescue.
The people who work at the Meridian plant take great pride in their work and the impact they make around the world.
https://youtu.be/98V3rfn5xNk

08/13/2025

Get your office golfers together and come support the MMA's PAC in our annual golf tournament! This year's event is September 26 at The Refuge Golf Course in Flowood.

To register, click the link!

https://mma-web.org/Events-Seminars/Event-Info/sessionaltcd/2025PACGolf

07/30/2025

It's time to make plans to play in the 24th Annual MMA PAC Golf Tournament. This tournament is our biggest fundraiser of the year, and the proceeds help us fight for you and your business at the Capitol.

Your support of the PAC enables us to be The Voice of Industry and to ensure the manufacturing environment in Mississippi remains strong for years to come!

To register your team, click the link below!
https://tinyurl.com/54hkjzp2

07/11/2025

Recent The University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence graduate Byron Swetman was an MMA endowed scholarship recipient. He majored in computer science, but left behind a legacy of service and philanthropy with Rebelthon. During his year as president, the charity event raised a record-breaking $280,000 for Children’s of Mississippi!

Check out our latest Scholarship Spotlight below!

https://youtu.be/4cfETa7TiWU