Kool & the Gang to headline Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant's 10th anniversary event

On May 25, Nissan celebrates 10 years of manufacturing vehicles in Canton and invites the community - a major contributor to its success - to come out to the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson and enjoy a special musical performance by Grammy-winning

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Nissan announces manufacturing leadership changes

Nissan announced that Dan Bednarzyk, currently Vice-President of the Nissan Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Mississippi, is named to the newly created position of Vice-President, Total Delivered Cost, effective May 13.

In this role, Bednarzyk will lead

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Nissan bolsters academic support program for Canton, Miss. schools with $500,000 grant

A $500,000 education grant announced by Nissan will strengthen academic support programs for elementary students who are not making sufficient progress in their school curriculum.

The $500,000 grant will be used by the Canton Public School District

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Nissan rewards Canton with sourcing for next-generation Murano crossover

Nissan announced its Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant has earned the sourcing contract to build the next-generation Murano crossover, which comes as Nissan begins celebrating 10 years of manufacturing in Mississippi.

Since it was established in 2003, the Nissan

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Growth drives Nissan Frontier, Xterra, to Canton, Miss.

Change is coming to Nissan. Long-time employees at Nissan's Smyrna vehicle assembly plant see it as both a beginning and an end, the final frontier.

Plant Manager and Director Randy Knight started his career at Nissan the same year the Smyrna manufacturing

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Nissan awards education grants to local schools in Mississippi

Nissan North America, in conjunction with BankPlus, recently awarded educational grants totaling more than $77,000 to local schools in Mississippi. More than 100 teachers and administrators from Madison County and Canton public school districts were

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All-new 2013 Nissan Sentra to be produced in Canton; 1,000 new jobs to be created

Nissan Americas announced that it will add production of the all-new 2013 Nissan Sentra compact car to its Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012. The addition of Sentra production, along with the planned November shift

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Nissan begins production of 2013 Altima in Mississippi

Nissan and its Canton employees are celebrating a milestone as the first Canton-produced fifth-generation Altima rolled off the assembly line. The Canton Vehicle Assembly Facility began producing the award-winning Altima in 2004 and since has built more than

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