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Article: The Daily Oklahoman Trade Talk column: State's MG plant in 'hard-work stage'.(Column)
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- Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK)
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- September 27, 2006
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Byline: Paul Monies
Sep. 27--We haven't heard much about MG since its new owners made a big splash this summer with a plan to reintroduce the classic British sports car brand on three continents.
But that doesn't mean nothing's going on in Oklahoma.
While the focus of the joint venture between China's Nanjing Automobile Group Corp. and Oklahoma Global Motors LLC has switched to Britain and China, plans are moving ahead in the Sooner state. The venture is expected to create more than 500 jobs in Ardmore, Norman and Oklahoma City.
"We're in the hard-work stage," said Wes Stucky, chief executive officer of the Ardmore Chamber of Commerce ...