Gov. Barbour Courts Companies For Mississippi During Trip To California

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The governor is also calling on companies that already have investments in the state.

By: Associated Press | WJTV
Published: July 19, 2011

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he's spending several days in California "chasing jobs" and calling on companies that have investments in his home state.

Barbour told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday from California that he had already visited executives from KiOR, which is building refineries in Mississippi to convert timber products to a crude oil substitute.

The governor says he's also meeting with executives from Stion, which will manufacture solar panels in Hattiesburg; Soladigm, which announced last year that it will make energy-efficient insulated glass in Olive Branch; and Chevron, which has extensive investments on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Barbour says he's also meeting with companies that might consider investing in Mississippi, but he wouldn't name them.