Reprinted from WDAM.com
By Colleen Donovan

JONES COUNTY, MS (WDAM) - Jones County Junior College students are getting their feet wet this semester. Ninety- five students are being trained in welding while 43 are pursuing machining knowledge.

Those numbers represent an increase of 36 percent in students for welding and a 95 percent increase in those studying machining.

"Every manufacturing process we have actually is centered around machining," said Candace Weaver,...

The Mississippi Manufacturers Association 2010 legislative reception has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. It will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Windsor Ballroom of the Jackson Marriott, located at 200 East Amite Street in Jackson. The reception was originally scheduled for January, but was cancelled due to water problems in the city of Jackson. 

Don E. Mason of Gulfport has been named 2009-2010 chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association. Mason is currently a business development and governmental relations consultant for Seemann Composites, Inc., and Pickering, Inc., and is retired vice president of external affairs and corporate services for Mississippi Power Company (MPCo).
 

“I am honored to have been elected chairman of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association,” said Mason. “ We have a tremend...