South near the Wynndale exit. Hinds County's existing park, the Greater Jackson Industrial Park, has 250usable acres, all occupied. The last company to move in, Advanced DrainageSystems, liked the park but unfortunately all the land was sold. Between them, the three have plenty of customers. McDonald estimates theycoat or paint 300 tons of steel per day.
Transportation is a big factor nowadays.
We can show themon paper how much money they can save. If and when customers move to town to save on transport, Precoat's plantmanager Jim Barrett sees a boost in profits as well for all threecompanies, plus NiTek Metal Service, a neighbor company with steel slittingcapability. Precoat ships about 25 million pounds of finished product to customersevery month. The Wynndale land is about two miles south of the Greater Jackson park. With the rapid trek of industry tothe county in late 1992 and 1993, city and county officials realized moreland would have to be bought.