A Nissan plant, to be completed in 2003, is hiring, but those jobs are not likely to match the skills of telecommunications workers.

(Never mind that the original leaks about the talks emerged from a Nissan plant in Britain.)

Yet working with companies that ship their parts and components directly to the Nissan plant is really the last leg of the supply chain.

Five Nissan plants were shut, and about 14 percent of the work force, or 20,000 workers, were let go.

What they like to talk about in Jackson now is the Nissan plant that arose from a pasture a few miles north of town.

He warned that any future expansion of the Nissan plant would be significantly affected by the location of a competing plant.

The Nissan automotive plant is a major employer.

The Nissan plant takes up much of the rest.

The municipal airport previously run from the site was closed to make way for the Nissan plant.

This was largely a result of the widely-perceived success of the Nissan plant.