Delta Furniture Manufacturing Locates Production Facility In Houlka, Mississippi

Upholstery producer Delta Furniture is expanding its manufacturing operations to an 80,000-square-foot facility and adding 100 jobs in Houlka, MS.

Officials said the project represents an investment of $432,000 by the Pontotoc, Miss.-based manufacturer of stationary fabric upholstery.
“We are excited to open our new facility in Houlka,” said Delta Furniture CFO Jeff Hamilton. “This plant will add much needed capacity and will allow us to better serve our customers. We are fortunate to have support form Chickasaw County, the state of Mississippi and Three Rivers to help make this expansion happen.”

The company’s newest plant was formerly occupied by upholstery producer Astrolounger.

The Mississippi Development Authority provided assistance in support of the project for infrastructure improvements. Three Rivers Planning and Development District also assisted with the project.

“This year has been great for economic development in Mississippi, and today’s announcement that Delta Furniture is opening a manufacturing facility in Houlka and creating 100 new jobs for the area’s workforce continues that momentum,” Governor Phil Bryant said in a statement announcing the project. “Northeast Mississippi’s furniture manufacturing industry is a significant economic driver for the region and the state as a whole, and I thank the team at Delta Furniture for further strengthening our foothold in the industry through this new investment. I wish the company many years of success at its new Chickasaw County location.”

Glenn McCullough, Jr., executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, said, “The growth Mississippi’s furniture manufacturing industry has experience in recent years is tangible evidence that people want products manufactured in America and that ‘Made in Mississippi’ is a stamp of quality here in the United States and worldwide.”

Delta’s Pontotoc factory currently has about 180 employees, officials said.