Series 2589: International Development Division Files. 1992-1996.
Economic and Community Development (RG 76).

Series 2589: International Development Division Files. 1992-1996.
Economic and Community Development (RG 76).

      Files of the International Development Division of the Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development (MDECD). These documents provide a look into the extensive efforts undertaken by state officials to convince certain companies (“target companies”) headquartered in other countries to relocate or expand their industries into Mississippi. The files include such materials as correspondence, reports, and details of the special needs of the target companies. For these target companies, MDECD provided information on tax and other economic incentives, climate data, site maps, state environmental regulations, labor laws, geochemical analysis of proposed sites, comparison of Mississippi with other expansion sites being considered, educational opportunities for the workforce, and content analysis of resources needed by target companies in their manufacturing processes.

      Target companies documented in this series include the following:

• Alliance Resources (U.K.)
• Asea Brown Bovari (Canada)
• Broken Hill Proprietary Co. (Australia)
• CANAC (Canada)
• Industrial Thermo Polymers (Canada)
• Jenkins Canada
• Lydmet (U.K.)
• Mercedes Benz (Germany)
• Shin Tech (South Korea)
• TKT Trading Co. (South Korea)
• Top Talent Sound Technology (Taiwan)

      Arrangement is alphabetical by folder title. Typically, folders are titled by the name of the target company, but some miscellaneous office files are also included.