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(Lee County, MS) Ashley Furniture Industries announced plans to expand its Mississippi operations with the opening of a new plant in Lee County.

The Wisconsin-based company will hire about 60 workers when the factory starts production this summer in the Tupelo-Lee Industrial Park South.

The new facility will make mattresses and also serve as a customer service and replacement parts center.