Menasha Packaging, a retail-focused packaging design, manufacturing, and merchandising solutions provider, is expanding operations in Pelahatchie, Mississippi. The project is a $79 million corporate investment and will create 21 jobs. Menasha’s products include high-graphic displays, boxes and other shipping containers…
Western Kentucky Distilling Co. Locating in Ohio County
Western Kentucky Distilling Co. will invest nearly $22 million, with potential to grow to $30 million with a second phase, and create 35 full-time jobs with a new distillery and 15 warehouses in Beaver Dam. “The momentum we are seeing…
Above and Below Ground: Nevada Holds the Key to Economic Growth
By Michael D. White What makes Nevada—The Silver State—stand head and shoulders above its neighbors? Sharing space at the top of the list is its reservoir of workers, “growing population that is ready to be ‘upskilled’ into the professions that…
First Hyundai Motor Group Supplier to Build Facility in Bulloch County
Joon Georgia, Inc., an automotive parts manufacturer, will create 630 new jobs and invest $317 million in Bulloch County. Plans for the company’s new manufacturing facility mark the first confirmed supplier for Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Bryan County.…
REDI Cincinnati Earns Three OEDA Excellence Awards
The Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) conferred three of its annual Excellence Awards, which recognize the achievements of individuals and organizations in Ohio in the areas of economic and workforce development, to REDI Cincinnati. REDI’s rebranding and collateral development project…
Gov. Kelly Joins Panasonic Energy to Break Ground on $4B, 4,000-Job EV Battery Plant
Gov. Laura Kelly joined Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. and De Soto leaders to break ground on one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing facilities of its kind in the United States. The Panasonic Holdings Corporation Board of Directors…