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Industrial Timber to invest more than $2.6 million in Ripley expansion

Industrial Timber, described as the nation’s largest independent furniture frame manufacturer, is expanding its operations in Ripley with an investment of more than $2.6 million that is expected to create 11 jobs in Tippah County.

The project includes rehabilitating the company’s existing facility, constructing a new 36,000-square-foot building and adding machinery and equipment to support domestic manufacturing for major furniture brands.

Source: Mississippi Development Authority.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."