International Business 

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Being an international point of entry on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Hancock County welcomes non-domestic industries and employers. Many industries within our industrial park, airpark and Stennis Space Center have relationships with foreign investors. Our low cost of doing business and state and local incentives are valuable tools used to attract new and expanding comopanies by the Commission and Mississippi's Office of International Development with locations in the UK, Germany, China and Japan.

  • Calgon Carbon - Importer of coal from New Zealand
  • SNF Polychemie - French-based company manufacturing polymers at its Port Bienville plant
  • PSL North America - American/Indian pipe company importing steel from Australia
  • Rolls-Royce - UK aerospace company with outdoor engine testing complex at Stennis Space Center
  • SABIC - A Saudi Arabian company manufacturing polymers at its Port Bienville plant
  • Solvay - Belgium-based comany manufacturing polymers at its Port Bienville plant

For more information about location opportunities for growth or expansion of your company in Hancock County please contact:

John Zink, AIA
Executive Director
(228) 467-9231
jzink@hcdc.ms

Sue Wright, CEcD, EDFP
Economic Development Director
(228) 467-9231
swright@hcdc.ms

Location Factors 

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With its attractive southeast U.S. location, Foreign Trade Zone designation, access to the Gulf of Mexico and International Airport, Hancock County, Mississippi, is a strategic international business location.

International Representation 

The State of Mississipp’s lead economic and community development agency, the Mississippi Development Authority, maintains a network of international offices and representatives whose mission is to support the State's international marketing efforts and enhance the work of both the trade and investment recruitment programs. Representatives are located in: Santiago, Chile; London, England; Yokohama, Japan; Shanghai, China, and; Dortmund, Germany. For more information about doing business with Mississippi, Click Here.

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