PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – Rankin County will get a $300 million investment and 300 new jobs from a new Siemens Energy manufacturing factory.
In the West Pearl Industrial District, Siemens Energy executives broke ground on a new switchgear production facility and training center on Friday.
According to company leaders, Siemens Energy outgrew the Richland facility, prompting the expansion.
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“We have been growing also in our current site, Richland, but we ran out of space. So, we decided also to come here, Pearl. With that facility, we will have a lot of value and work to bring also hundreds of jobs to Rankin County and Mississippi,” said M. Sohail, of Siemens Energy…