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TUPELO  • Signify – still known by many locally as Day-Brite – will shutter its lighting manufacturing facility on Green Street by December, eliminating approximately 135 local jobs. In a letter sent to Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton and other officials last week, the company said all manufacturing positions in Tupelo will be eliminated. Job cuts are expected to begin in April and be completed by December. Some other jobs associated with sales, marketing, IT and research and development will remain here in the city, said a company spokesperson. Manufacturing work previously d...

1 of 2 Signify announced Tuesday in a letter to Tupelo officials it plans to shutter its lighting manufacturing facility on Green Street by December, eliminating approximately 135 local jobs. Originally named — and often still referred to — as Day-Brite, the company was one of the first major manufacturing facilities to locate in Tupelo after World War II, opening in 1947. Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM