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Nissan propels Mississippi up technology curve.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 26-MAY-03
Format: Online - approximately 855 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Nissan propels Mississippi up technology curve.(Nissan Motor Company Ltd. in Canton)

Article Excerpt
Mississippi landed a technological coup when Nissan decided to build its new automotive plant in Canton. After all, the Nissan plant in Smyma, Term., had been rated the most efficient automobile plant in the world by an independent panel, and the Canton plant being built was described as even more technologically advanced.

"Nissan told us they would take everything they learned at the Smyma plant and improve on that in Canton," said Jay Moon, president of the Mississippi Manufacturing Association. "That would make Mississippi home of possibly the most efficient automotive plant in the world."

For example, robots nearly outnumber people in the body assembly plant, where the parts are precisely aligned and welded together. At the Smyma plant, 700 robots do more than 90% of the...

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