Japanese Industrial Investing $37 million in new Mississippi County Processing Plant, Expanding Arkansas Steel Corridor

By the Arkansas Delta Informer Staff

April 23, 2026 –Arkansas’s Steel Corridor just got another tenant today after a Japanese industrial conglomerate announced plans to build a $37 million advanced flat-rolled steel processing plant in Osceola

Privately held Marubeni-Itochu Steel America Inc., also known as MISA, said today (Thursday, April 23) that its multimillion-dollar strategic investment will create 35 new, high-paying jobs in Mississippi County, where the average annual salary for a mill worker in 2025 exceeds $60,000. Construction on the project will begin in May, with operations expected to start in December 2027…

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