Coming home, part 2- “Reshoring” could reenergize U.S. manufacturing
As director of Mississippi State University’s Franklin Furniture Institute, Bill Martin has an up-close familiarity with the American “reshoring” trend, especially its implications for furniture...
View ArticleIs farming good economic development?
Eight years chairing the Mississippi Senate Agriculture Committee led Cindy Hyde-Smith to conclude there’s a lot of gold to be mined down on the farm. The state just needs to more vigorously dig for...
View Article‘Total cost’ tilts manufacturing equation toward United States
Nearly every third day this year retired manufacturing executive Harry Moser expects to be in a city somewhere in America urging business leaders to go toe-to-toe with China on making the products...
View ArticleEvent to look at ‘The Road Ahead’ for manufacturing sector
STARKVILLE — Furniture-industry experts, as well as government officials, will examine “The Road Ahead” at Mississippi State University’s 2014 Manufacturing Summit. The fourth-annual summit, to be held...
View ArticleChinese delegation coming to Tupelo Furniture Market
TUPELO — A delegation from China is visiting the Tupelo Furniture Market on Feb. 4-6 to learn more about furniture products made in the United States. Bill Martin, director of the Franklin Furniture...
View ArticleHelp with manufacturing exports on tap for Feb. 7 Indianola seminar
Mississippi manufacturers that want to begin export operations or expand current ones can get details on resources and other help available to them at a Feb. 7 workshop in Indianola sponsored by the...
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State inmates get specialized training from MSU's Franklin Furniture Institute
Special to The MBJ Several state inmates will be leaving prison with specialized managerial and manufacturing training from the Franklin Furniture Institute at Mississippi State University. Twenty...
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