Wilh. Schulz GmbH breaks ground on $300M pipe plant in Tunica
03/11/2010
(Press release)
Construction will begin May 1 on a new $300 million pipe manufacturing plant in Tunica County. Wilh. Schulz GMBH already has orders for the new plant to fill, and officials with the Krefeld, Germany-based company plan to start production in December. The plant, which will produce pipes for the oil and gas industries, will initially employ 200 workers. That number will increase to 500 over the next five years. This is the company's first North American manufacturing facility. Earlier this year the Legislature approved an incentive package that provided $15 million in bonds to help with the construction.
