Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Clinton Lands Siemens Energy

Clinton Mayor Phil Fisher issued the following statement.


Siemens Energy has announced Clinton, Mississippi as the location of a 60,000 square foot distribution center to support warehousing and logistics operations. Siemens Energy is a recent spin-off of Germany based Siemens AG.

“We are looking forward to getting our new warehouse up and running in Clinton Mississippi. The city has been very supportive from day one.” Brian Balmes, Business Manager at Siemens Energy stated.

Siemens Energy will occupy 60,000 square feet of the Riverwood Warehouse at 947 Clinton Industrial Park Road. Siemens Energy will initially employ ten (10) individuals with opportunity to expand up to 100 employees and additional warehouse space. Clinton was chosen for the warehouse location over several other southern cities, including Southhaven, Mississippi.

“I am thrilled to have Siemens Energy join us in Clinton. This is a new spin-off for Siemens, the third largest business in Germany. They will be offering an IPO in the future and I anticipate they will grow substantially in the coming years,” added Mayor Phil Fisher.

Sharing the warehouse facility with Mississippi based Gulf Relay connects Siemens directly to a Mississippi based logistics company allowing for rapid expansion of operations as the new company grows.

Located just one mile off Interstate 20 in Clinton, the new location allows direct interstate access to service the high voltage energy transmission markets as well as proximity to manufacturing facilities for receipt of materials. Siemens Clinton distribution center will enable faster delivery to more customers. The center fulfills orders for high-voltage electrical transmission products.

“We are excited about becoming a part of the Clinton community. This new warehouse will help us serve our customers faster and better.” Muhammad Sohail, Vice President at Siemens Energy stated.

The central location of the new facility will allow Siemens Industry to provide expedited shipping service to a greater percentage of its customer base.

“The addition of Siemens to Clinton shows our economic strength and competitive advantages for companies around the world. The fact that they have chosen Clinton is another proof of the economic oasis our City is, and how the vision of the Mayor in economic development is turning into a reality. We have more projects in the works that we hope to announce soon,” stated Gabriel Prado, Director of Economic Development for the City of Clinton.

About one sixth of all electricity generated worldwide is based on Siemens Energy technology.

Due to the breadth of its portfolio and its leading technology, Siemens Energy is well positioned to serve the different requirements of customers and society. With 91,000 employees in more than 90 countries,

Siemens Energy is a world leader along almost the entire energy value chain. An estimated one sixth of all electricity generated is based on Siemens Energy’s technology, which it believes makes the company hugely relevant for assuring future sustainable energy supplies.


22 comments:

Anonymous said...

You do realize a building 60x100 is roughly the size of most houses in Madison?

TEN employees? Puleeze.

Psst Mister, wanna buy a water meter? said...

Ha! Maybe they can sell Baby Chok some more water meters.

Anonymous said...

Oh, wait! Sorry. It's the size of ten Madison houses in the city or five in the county. But, the point remains. Small taters.

Anonymous said...

Siemens may not be considered a "small business" from its parent company standpoint but hiring ten people is not "small taters". Small businesses drive this country. Plus tell the ten people that get hired, receive insurance, save for retirement, and invest back in the community that they are "small taters". Pitiful.

Anonymous said...

huh. commenters on a right-leaning blog being critical of job creation...go figure.

Anonymous said...

600x100=60,000

Anonymous said...

Bright spark, 60,000 sf = sixty-thousand sf = 60' x 1,000' = 30 average sized homes, or 200' x 300'.

Anonymous said...

@3:00PM
Small taters are better than no taters. Siemens didn't have to send that job here. They could've set up shop in Arkansas or Tennessee.

Anonymous said...

Um...2:58, do you Math much?

Anonymous said...

This is huge!

Forklift operators and truck dirvers make good money!

Anonymous said...

I read "initially employ ten (10) individuals with opportunity to expand up to 100 employees and additional warehouse space." Good for them (Clinton). At least they get a company and with Continental opening up. Wish the city of Canton got Amazon, but that's what happens up here, all in the county to keep the taxes out of the city and pockets.

Anonymous said...

Clinton is the one bright spot in Hinds County where a corporation feels safe with their investment and the likelihood they can find a good labor pool.

Anonymous said...

Siemens had a warehouse in South haven, they have moved their products to a warehouse in Clinton now, I seriously doubt they will employ 100 employees at this location.

Anonymous said...

How much did “M D A” grant them???? Hmmmm?

Anonymous said...

I saw a new Wendy’s is being built on highland colony. Make sure to alert the presses. Huge win for the state with all those high paying jobs. Congrats to Tater and all who worked tirelessly to realize this dream!

Kingfish said...

No MDA money. This was all Clinton.

From The Twactor Sthore said...

Is it true there is only one liquor store west of Interstate 55 in Madison/Ridgeland? The one up by Kroger? And where are the damned grocery stores in a roaring community this size? Meanwhile, there are five pet-food stores for soccer moms to hang out in. And donut shops? Count them.

Anonymous said...

Just to put it in perspective, the AVERAGE Wal-Mart is 180,000 square feet (Largest in Albany NY, 260k square ft).

Walmart's Family Markets are about 40,000 square ft.

Anonymous said...

Kingfish, I know you have sources, but how do you determine that no MDA money is funneled into a project?

There is a building in our county, hasn't had a Real Business in it since the mid 80s, when the Owners went bankrupt after 2 decades in business. Has it's own Rail Spur. The County ended up with it. Since then it's been a revolving door of Grant funded Fly by Night ventures, all given tax deferrals. One was supposed to be a Furniture Manufacturer hiring 40 people. It never made a chair leg, had 3-4 employees % eventually became a hodgepodge flea market.

After several other in & outs, it was sold for a song...to one of the Justice Court Judges for 125k, then Ripped all the Electrical & Copper buss out, disassembled & sold 1 building.


Then another local front page picture with the new owner from Texas. He had been driving through, saw this vacant building, stopped & observed all these empty flat bed semis passing by...cheap transportation of "Mulch".

So it was bought, the county EDA made all the usual comments about jobs and opportunity. "Someone" paid for a NEW 1 million dollar packaging line & 250k of outside mobile processing equipment. The air supply was a portable compressor left on the shipping pallet. Never a job posted. About 5 people were hired, all either without a job, or with a Criminal history. After about 6 months, their "Orders" suddenly dried up. The local manager was able to go back to his permanent job, without any loss of time, vacation, benefits or break in employment. They laid off 1/2 the workforce (2), leaving 2. Packed up the New million dollar packaging line & shipped it to their Texas location. The 2 employees just sat there until the 1 year requirement was satisfied, they had already filed a notice of dissolution. That was the end of 2018. Someone finally took down the 2 vinyl 3x6 signs, attached to steel fence posts...the only indication it was ever there. The parent company never had an EEO statement on their TX website. Now there is a New MDA sign, announcing a grant to pave the entrance into the property in anticipation of a new tenant. Never an article in the paper about it closing, & it was only recently removed as an active business on the County EDA website. The largest employer in the County is the local Community College with 200. The 3rd largest is the County School system with 100. The 7th largest is the Regional Jail with 55. # 12 is the only Grocery store with 30? I've never seen 30 people shopping. #16 is all the County "Volunteer" Fire departments with 20 employees?

Even Warehauser got in on this last opportunity with funds provided to buy 20 acres for the Expansion....that never came.

Building A – 80,000 +/- sf warehouse with 1500 +/- sf of office space / Overhead Doors/800 ft Rail Spur Access/New 3 phase electrical / Overhead Heavy Duty Lift/High side walls.
Building B – 36,000 +/- sf warehouse with open storage shed.
overhead crane, One 18' roll up ground level & two 14' roll up ground level with One Dock High 18' roll up.

Land:
42 acres total – Approx. 22 acres open with paved, concrete and gravel access drives & 20 acres on west side in plantation pines.

Potential uses: Agricultural, Timber, Manufacturing and Industrial.

$650,000.00....

Anonymous said...

I live at Reunion, and my house is barely half that size.

Triple Cherries said...

Just you wait til Highway 22 is six-laned from Canton to Edwards. Flora will boom in such a manner as to make Madison's story irrelevant. Industry and housing will set records. Everybody wants to be able to get to the slots quickly.

Anonymous said...

The size of a damned warehouse is totally irrelevant. All that matters are what the business brings to the community table in terms of the number of jobs, new housing units, infrastructure improvements and civic participation. It's called old-school values.


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