FLORENCE — North American Lighting is planning a $36 million expansion that will bring 275 more jobs and take the total employment at the Muscle Shoals plant to more than 1,000.
Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield congratulated Airbus today for a national recognition the company has received. Trade & Industry Development has declared the Airbus announc...
The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce will present its eighth annual Minority Business Development Forum on Thursday, March 21 at the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Center.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday presented the Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards to eight Alabama companies that are excelling in international trade.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday will present the Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards to eight Alabama companies that have shown innovation and leadership in the global market...
A Notasulga-area site already has drawn interest from at least five major industry projects representing tens of millions of dollars in investment and hundreds of new jobs, a Macon County officia...
Film activity has become a hot topic in Alabama as projects lensed throughout the state increased in 2012.
MONTGOMERY -- Citing opportunities for meaningful economic and cultural exchanges, Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield and his staff met with a delegation of Turkish dignitaries Wednesday...
MONTGOMERY, Alabama --- The Alabama Senate’s education budget committee Wednesday approved a bill that would call for a $50 million bond issue for public school boards to buy career and technic...
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday called for legislative support of a bill that could help attract thousands of additional jobs to Alabama.
FAIRHOPE -- By the time Airbus starts producing airplanes in Mobile in coming years, Baldwin County students and adults will have an opportunity to be well prepared for a future in aviation thank...
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Economic Development Alliance today presented its first formal report of the state’s strategic plan to Governor Robert Bentley.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Home Depot is hiring 150 people to staff its McCalla distribution center, and has 450 openings in total at its Birmingham-area facilities, the company said today.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Monday announced that Alabama exports closed out calendar year 2012 at a record-breaking total of $19.5 billion in the value of goods exported, an increa...
AlabamaGermany Partnership’s (AGP) Board of Directors will recognize 12 German companies with recent investments and expansions in Alabama at their Annual Dinner to be held in Huntsville on Mar...
Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield will begin an educational tour on Thursday to help Alabama companies learn how to do business overseas.
Alabama is among the states with a strong leading index score for December 2012, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The latest leading index numbers still have Alabama as a to...
OZARK – The Alabama Aviation Center, a unit of Enterprise State Community College will create the state’s first unmanned aircraft systems maintenance program to serve a growing aviation busin...
MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Construction work is moving forward on a Chinese copper tubing manufacturer's new plant in southwest Alabama, a project that is expected to bring at least 300 jobs to a rur...
COLUMBIANA – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced a statewide effort that will help students better prepare for successful careers. The Governor’s College & Career Ready Task Force wi...
CULLMAN, Alabama -- The addition of a new model at Alabama's Mercedes-Benz plant has helped spark growth at Cullman auto supplier REHAU.
Alabama's three automakers combined to produce more than 880,000 vehicles last year, a 17 percent increase from 2011 and a record high level for the industry that kicked off nearly 20 years ago.
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Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield announced today the promotions of three staff members to help lead the state’s economic development efforts, effective January 01, 2013. �...
VANCE, Alabama -- Mercedes-Benz auto workers in Tuscaloosa County have built more vehicles in 2012 than any other year in the plant's history.
JASPER, Alabama -- Vistech Manufacturing Solutions, a minority-owned auto supplier with a plant in Jasper, is expanding its business through a match-making program run by Toyota.
On July 2, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world announced it would be building an aircraft assembly line on Brookley AeroPlex in Mobile, Ala. The Airbus announcement event was a...
MOBILE, ALABAMA – The first Airbus supplier to locate in Alabama announced plans here today to hire up to 50 people in the Mobile area. Safran Engineering Services, the wiring systems subsidiar...
Hyundai said today that it sold 53,487 vehicles in the U.S. last month, an 8 percent improvement from a year ago and its highest total ever for November.
The Alabama Department of Commerce and the Export Alabama Alliance are presenting an international market briefing on Norway and Sweden with Marianne Ruud, Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Embas...
HAMBURG, GERMANY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday addressed aerospace industry leaders at the Aviation Forum 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.
Expansions of existing businesses, along with a new plant, are creating more than 200 new jobs in Walker and Bibb counties.
Mobile-based Watermark Design Group has been tapped to design the first structure associated with Airbus’ planned $600 million final assembly plant at Brookley Aeroplex.
MONTGOMERY – Alabama companies that have successfully undertaken exporting initiatives are invited to enter the 2013 Governor's Trade Excellence Awards competition.
BESSEMER – Governor Robert Bentley joined company, state and local representatives here today in a ribbon cutting for Dayjon Inc’s expansion hosted by the Birmingham Business Alliance. The $2...
An Economic Development Representative Associate is being announced for application. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in economic deve...
Tallassee, AL – E & I, Inc. announced at a press conference and groundbreaking today that they will be adding 20 new jobs and investing approximately $2,000,000 in an expansion of their existin...
TOULOUSE, FRANCE -- Success comes when opportunity meets preparation, Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield told 350 aerospace suppliers here today representing 250 prominent com...
HARTSELLE -- BUSCHE finalized negotiations with CR Compressors LLC, a company in Emerson Electric’s Emerson Climate Technologies business segment today for a large manufacturing complex which i...
MOBILE, Alabama - From increased automation to a focus on linear work flow, improved efficiencies are a direct result of technological innovations adopted by Austal USA since setting up shop in M...
MONTGOMERY – For the third consecutive year, Alabama is among the top five states in the nation for doing business, according to the fall 2012 edition of Area Development Magazine.
Govenor Robert Bentley joined federal, state, and local officials in McCalla today to announce the opening of a $97.5 million intermodal facility that will serve as a gateway for truck-competitiv...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The last time the Huntsville community set afire a forest of candles atop a cake was to commemorate the 100th birthday of Dr. Wernher von Braun. Grab the lighter. Another b...
The Retirement Systems of Alabama will unveil its new $13 million data center today inside the glass walls of the 12-story, $190 million RSA Dexter Avenue building that opened last October.
HOOVER – A series of grants announced by Governor Robert Bentley Wednesday will pave the way for research, innovation, and job creation across Alabama.
CULLMAN — Topre America just keeps getting bigger. Local and state officials gathered in Cullman Friday afternoon to celebrate its fourth and largest expansion yet — totaling more than $190 m...
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield welcomed the news today that ThyssenKrupp Materials North America, Inc. will be investing $13 million in...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Toyota plans to break ground Tuesday on a 300,000-square-foot V6 engine expansion project at its Huntsville plant.
The redesigned, 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class SUV, which is produced at the German automaker's Alabama factory, is featured on the cover of the September issue of Automotive Design and Production m...
TUSCALOOSA - The Tuscaloosa City School System and Mercedes-Benz U.S. International are teaming up to offer a weekend Workforce Development Academy for high school students interested in working ...
FLORENCE — Japanese auto parts supplier TASUS Corp. announced plans Tuesday to build a plant at the Florence-Lauderdale Industrial Park in a $19.1 million investment that will provide 135 jobs.
TASUS Corporation celebrated the construction launch of a $19 million,104,000-square-foot injection molding manufacturing facility in Florence today which will create more than 135 new jobs in th...
BROOKWOOD -- Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co. KG, a German auto supplier, plans to build a $34.2 million plant in Tuscaloosa County that will employ about 100 people and supply exhaust systems for the...
U.S. sales of vehicles built in Alabama rose 14 percent in August, led by strong growth for the Honda Odyssey minivan and the Hyundai Elantra compact.
BIRMINGHAM -- The Hyundai plant in Montgomery is scheduled to kick off a third shift today, a first for the Korean automaker's Alabama operations that is aimed at meeting growing demand for its s...
TUSCUMBIA, AL -Firestone Building Products Monday announced plans to more than double the size of its Shoals, Alabama TPO manufacturing plant located in· Tuscumbia, adding 150,000 square feet to...
HUNTSVILLE -- Mars Curiosity is NASA's superstar lander, but a little robot flyer in Huntsville is pointing the way to something Curiosity can't do: land almost anywhere.
Merchandise exports from Alabama grew at more than twice the national average through the first six months of 2012, according to a new report from the International Trade Administration.
Jasper, Alabama - Fontaine Trailer Company, the world’s largest flatbed trailer manufacturer headquartered in Jasper, has announced it will invest over $5 million in new business opportunities ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has launched a biotech company to serve the booming market in genetic research. Transomic Technologies is the 22nd comp...
Money Magazine named Auburn among the top 100 places to live in its list of the best small cities in the U.S.
Alabama is celebrating a series of great announcements this year that continue to prove the state is on the right path to economic prosperity. From the news that Airbus will assemble its A320 fam...
Walgreens will expand its customer care center in Muscle Shoals and hire an additional 350 people, company, state and local officials announced Wednesday.
MOBILE – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced a new project agreement with Austal USA that will see the shipbuilder add up to 1,000 new full-time jobs in Mobile.
DRS Technologies, a Finmeccanica Company, announced today that it officially opened a state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance/overhaul facility in South Alabama. The facility, collocated with the S...
WICHITA, Kansas -- European aerospace giant Airbus said Monday it plans to double the $12 billion it now spends with U.S. suppliers amid strong airplane sales, explaining that the company has a b...
MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield welcomed news today that Cadence Bank will move its headquarters to Birmingham.
HUNTSVILLE -- The First Annual Global Supply Chain and Logistics Conference, “Cheaper – Faster – Better’, will feature expert speakers and panelists to help Alabama professionals anticipa...
A one-day conference is planned to provide Alabama small and medium-sized companies (SME's) with the tools and strategies to improve their global supply chain and logistics processes.
Rich reserves of iron and coal once made Birmingham a major producer of iron and steel. In fact, the city’s nickname was “The Pittsburgh of the South.” Like Pittsburgh, the steel industry a...
BIRMINGHAM -- Honda plans to invest an additional $115 million and fill 50 new positions in its Alabama operations, the automaker is telling employees today during meetings at the Lincoln plant.
Midwest Acoust-A-Fiber (MWAAF) announced plans today to locate a plant in Chambers Conty to expand its operations in the Southeastern United States.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Auto production across Alabama continues to climb this year, with a 19 percent improvement during the first half.
Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is joining top researchers across America and Canada to fight one of the world's most devastating diseases. HudsonAlpha will work with Duke Un...
SCOTTSBORO - David Holder has seen Sanoh America grow, literally, from the ground up. And, 12 years later, the company's growth has caused it to go across the street for its new Sanoh Welding and...
TALLASSEE — Hanil USA will expand its facility, a move that will add 60 new jobs to the existing Tallassee location.
LONDON -- This is what momentum looks like: An ornate dining hall packed with industrial titans, heads of state and a global cast of movers-and-shakers, all drawn like moths to the flame that is ...
STUTTGART, GERMANY – Governor Robert Bentley and other state officials met in Stuttgart, Germany, Friday to thank leaders of Daimler AG for the company’s continued expansion of the Mercedes-B...
MOBILE, Alabama -- What began as "Project Hope" became a reality on Monday as Airbus announced plans to construct a $600 million aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, giving the European company its...
MONTGOMERY – Medical manufacturing company STERIS Corp. is expanding its Montgomery operations with an approximately $11 million investment and will hire about 80 people during a two-year perio...
Nearly 30 years before Hyundai came to Montgomery, one of the state’s first major manufacturing relocations landed in Tallassee.
After two separate Alabama delegations spent last week in Asia, leaders returned with what they say is a road map to better trade with China and more jobs for the state.
Mercedes-Benz will officially kick off production of the redesigned 2013 GL-Class at its Alabama factory this week, another milestone for the facility that launched the state's auto industry.
RIVERSIDE, ALABAMA – Nufab Rebar LLC announced its plans to build a new $7 million facility at a groundbreaking in Riverside this morning. The company plans to hire 50 employees within the firs...
Area Development, a leading publication covering site selection and facility planning, recently announced the recipients of the 2012 Gold & Silver Shovel Awards and Alabama has been named an awar...
Alabama exports continue to climb this year, with the latest data showing a 17 percent rise over 2011.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday joined with officials from Brown-Forman Corporation and state and local economic development leaders in announcing that the company will begin i...
CULLMAN — Having picked up a major new contract earlier this year, the Cullman REHAU manufacturing plant is gearing up for a massive expansion that should create 200 jobs over the next two year...
BIRMINGHAM-- Children's of Alabama and the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospitals both were judged to be among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report magazine.
As part of his strategic realignment to increase jobs and investment in the state, Governor Robert Bentley today signed an executive order merging the Alabama Industrial Development Training (AID...
Officials are seeking ways to boost trade between Alabama and a city-state that calls itself the gateway into neighboring China, the world's most populous country.
The U.S. Small Business Administration Alabama District Office announced the Alabama Small Businesses of the Year as part of National Small Business Week. The awards are presented annually to sma...
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday commented on news that Toyota plans to expand its Huntsville engine production facility, investing an additional $80 million and adding at least...
Montgomery - Three new Alliance members were announced during the Alabama Economic Development Alliance quarterly meeting: Dr. Thomas Bice, Alabama State Superintendent of Education; Susan Price,...
In celebration of World Trade Week, the Alabama District Export Council, with support from the Export Alabama Alliance, will host a dinner at The Club in Birmingham featuring special guest speake...
The Alabama Department of Commerce has been in contact with officials from ThyssenKrupp since the release of the Executive Board’s statement that it intends to “examine strategic options in a...
CALVERT -- A company that will provide melt shop scrap services on site at ThyssenKrupp AG's stainless steel division will provide an estimated 68 jobs by its second year of operation, officials ...
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield on Tuesday congratulated Hyundai officials for their announcement of a third shift and ne...
"As manufacturing picks up across the United States, Alabama has become an unexpected beneficiary. The state -- best known for agriculture and textiles production -- is enjoying the best pickup i...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Dynetics has opened a 226,500-square-foot high-tech prototyping facility and plans to add as many as 300 jobs over the next few years.
“The mission to Korea will open new doors and new opportunities for the people of Alabama, and it will further strengthen an already strong relationship with overseas business partners,” Gove...
CULLMAN — Local officials, company representatives and employees gathered Friday at Alabama Cullman Yutaka Technology (ACYT) to celebrate the tier-one automotive manufacturing supplier’s fift...
MONTGOMERY -- Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Thursday signed a bill that will allow Alabama to compete more effectively for film production in the state.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Mando America Corp., whose North American headquarters are in Opelika, announced it is investing $24.3 million in an expansion project there that's expected to create 30 jo...
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama -- Tuscaloosa and Montgomery are two of the 25 hardest-working cities in the U.S., according to a project done by Parade Magazine and Total Cereal.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As manufacturing picks up across the United States, Alabama has become an unexpected beneficiary.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday signed into law House Bill 39, a measure that will help the state recruit new investment while also creating and sustaining new jobs.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday signed legislation that will help the state further its efforts to recruit additional jobs.
MONTGOMERY -- In today’s global economy, it is more important than ever for companies to take international protocol into consideration when planning a new venture abroad. In an effort to educa...
Korean auto-parts supplier Seung Chang Airtek Inc. officially opened its second Auburn facility Tuesday during a ceremony in the city’s industrial park.
BIRMINGHAM -- U.S. sales of the Alabama-made Mercedes-Benz M-Class -- the vehicle that gave birth to the state's auto industry -- soared last month, the German automaker said today.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday announced that, during his first year in office, new and expanding industry announcement totals rose to the highest capital investment levels in...
Navistar International Corp. says its massive Colbert County plant will begin producing an all-new work truck -- the International LoadStar -- for U.S. and Canada customers in early 2013.
BIRMINGHAM -- In a year when it launched a $1 million expansion and was named the nation's best technology incubator, Innovation Depot's real success stories were those of its 84 tenant companies...
DAPHNE, Ala. — Lights! Camera! Inaction? Doing nothing means Baldwin County communities big and small could miss their chance in the spotlight. Being prepared when Hollywood comes calling, howe...
MONTGOMERY – In celebration of a movie filmed entirely in the state, Governor Robert Bentley has proclaimed Friday, March 23, 2012, as “October Baby Day” in Alabama.
AUBURN – Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced SiO2 Medical Products is investing $90 million in a new facility in Auburn, adding up to 300 new jobs in Lee County.
THOMASVILLE -- This town of less than 5,000 is 15 miles from the closest river and more than 50 miles from the closest interstate. It's also one of the hottest spots for economic development in t...
Export development is a top priority for the Alabama Development Office (ADO), and in 2012, the agency is working to help Alabama companies thrive in the international market place.
MONTGOMERY -- Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday recognized eight Alabama companies for excellence in exporting goods, promoting exports, and successfully engaging in the global marketplace.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Wednesday will present the Governor’s Trade Excellence Awards to eight Alabama companies that have shown innovation and leadership in the global market...
Wise is thriving these days, thanks in part to valuable long-term contracts. But Wise has another major factor in its favor: the Shoals area, which is where the company now has its corporate head...
HUNTSVILLE – Toyota team members celebrated the 2 millionth engine, which rolled off the line today at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama, Inc. (TMMAL).
DOTHAN, Ala. - Mayor Mike Schmitz, City of Dothan, announced today that the Yura Corp. has selected the City of Dothan for the location of their new headquarters and manufacturing operation in No...
MOBILE, Alabama -- The Alabama State Port Authority has closed a pier for six months to facilitate a $7 million renovation, the latest sign of the explosive growth of the steel and iron trade at ...
MONTGOMERY – The passage of the 2009 Alabama Entertainment Act, which allowed for film incentives, has brought significant growth to the state’s film industry.
Electricfil Corporation in Elkmont announced Friday it would potentially hire 200 new employees through 2017 as part of a $9.5 million expansion.
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Economic Development Alliance has held its first meeting focusing on implementation of the Accelerate Alabama strategic plan for the economic development of the state.
Alabama’s exports in 2011 continued to grow and recorded the highest-ever total for the value of goods exported during a single year: $17.9 billion, up 15.4 percent from $15.5 billion in 2010.
OPELIKA, AL – At the Opelika City Council meeting last night, Mayor Gary Fuller announced that Daewon America would be adding another $13 million in capital for equipment and hiring 32 new asso...
DECATUR - United Launch Alliance, one of Decatur’s largest employers, expects to add up to 75 employees to its facility this year after adding 150 in 2011.
MONTGOMERY – Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday applauded Alabama House members for approving a key component of his jobs and economic development agenda.
DOTHAN – Joseph T. Donovan, president and CEO of Panhandle Converter and Scrap Co., announced today the company will be expanding their business operations in Dothan, Ala.
When the chairman of Mercedes-Benz’s parent company, Daimler AG, held his annual press briefing in Germany on Thursday, he specifically mentioned Tuscaloosa as a city that is key to the automak...
MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday announced an economic development agreement that will bring hundreds of new jobs to the state’s Black Belt region. Golden Dragon Copper of China ...
HUNTSVILLE- The Alabama Reading Initiative has made a dramatic difference improving the reading proficiency among public school students. So much so that it's often held up as a model for other s...
Alabama's auto industry started 2012 on a positive note, as combined U.S. sales of the eight models built in the state rose 9.4 percent in January, according to reports issued Wednesday.
The Marengo County Economic Development Authority is taking applications for the position of Executive Director.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Raytheon donated 100 computers to tornado-damaged Marion County's Hackleburg High School last fall to help students beginning the year in temporary classrooms have on-campu...
Nearly 200 employees of Hyundai's Montgomery auto plant will be featured in a TV spot to air during this Sunday's Super Bowl.
From autos and airplanes to steel and chemicals, the business sectors targeted for growth under Alabama's new strategic plan for economic development aren't strangers to the state.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Alabama's low tax burden helped it rank as the 13th best state for established businesses and 19th best for new businesses, according to a Tax Foundation report released today...
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Accelerate Alabama, the state's new strategic plan for economic development, targets 11 business sectors to recruit for new jobs and outlines new legislative goals to help ...
MONTGOMERY -- Following a series of statewide meetings in 2011 with more than 1,200 participants, Alabama’s new economic development strategy will be unveiled on Tuesday at the Economic Develop...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Hallmark Hall of Fame movie that features the U.S. Space & Rocket Center's Space Camp will be broadcast on ABC on Jan. 29, with premieres scheduled in five cities, incl...
WETUMPKA, Alabama -- Two job fairs are set for Saturday, Jan. 21, in Elmore County for people interested in jobs at Hyundai Power Transformers USA.
Micor Industries of Decatur expects to add 40 employees with a $3.1 million expansion, according to president and founder Mike Heath.
The Elantra, made at the automaker's Montgomery plant, was chosen by a jury of 50 automotive journalists from the U.S. and Canada.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A new initiative aims to turn brainpower at UAB into a wave of business start-ups.
The Barber Motorsports Museum will undergo a 100,000-square-foot expansion this year. The new building will be constructed on the inside of the racetrack and will be connected to the existing mus...
PELL CITY – The St. Clair County Economic Development Council announced Wednesday that Eissmann Automotive North America Inc. will expand operations for the second time within a one-year period...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Of all the industries to be strongly affected by the economy - i.e., budget cuts - the defense and aerospace sector may be catching the most flak.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Imagine you're an emergency responder looking for a fishing boat in distress in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean. You know the boat's coordinates, and you know the coord...
LEXINGTON, Alabama - Hard by the Tennessee line, where the town hall proclaims this town of about 750 as a place that never meets a stranger, is a former magician who, surprise of surprises, has ...
MOBILE - Thanks to the generosity of Airbus Americas Mobile, Alabama, employees, beginning this week, 30 students at Maryvale Elementary School will start receiving easy-to-prepare food to take h...
SEATTLE, Washington -- Stratolaunch Systems, a new commercial space company announced Tuesday by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will be based in Huntsville.
BIRMINGHAM -- Alabama's annual auto production is expected to near 900,000 in the next few years, a mark that could push it into the top three auto-making states in the country.
BIRMINGHAM -- Last week -- about six years after he was supposed to die -- pancreatic cancer survivor Denny LaVercombe went to a Christmas program at Vestavia Hills Elementary West to see his thi...
SCA Tissue is adding two production lines at its Shoals facility. The new lines are expected to be operation by 2013.
MOBILE -- The Saraland-based company Ryla, now a part of Alorica, is hiring 250 customer service agents, according to the company
HUNTSVILLE -- NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has announced a Dec. 15 "industry day" to explain the first large research contracts coming on the new heavy-lift rocket it is developing for NAS...
BIRMINGHAM -- The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council ranked Alabama the sixth friendliest state for entrepreneurship in its 2011 edition of the nonpartisan business advocacy group's annu...
TUSCALOOSA - Additional construction gets under way this month at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance in preparation for the start of C-Class sedan production in 2014 and possible other new models.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Mercedes-Benz said that its Alabama plant has produced its 1.5 millionth vehicle.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Huntsville, a city becoming accustomed to accolades, has made another national list.
The Opelika Industrial Development Authority has selected Primus Builders and Garner Economics to perform a site analysis at Northeast Opelika Industrial Park to determine its ability to attract ...
BIRMINGHAM -- Orlando-based Mercantile Capital Corp. said it has closed on a pair of U.S. Small Business Administration 504 Loans that will help build and equip a steel processing plant in Jackso...
BIRMINGHAM -- Work on the interchange linking Corridor X and Interstate 65 --the largest road project in Birmingham-area history -- is expected to be completed by its original target date of Oct....
While elected officials and business leaders celebrated the opening of Hyundai Power Transformers USA on Friday morning in one cavernous section of the plant, work was already under way in anothe...
Two German automotive suppliers with plants in Vance announced expansion plans Thursday that will create more than 120 new industrial jobs over the next few years.
Alabama has certainly benefited from assembly plants of three of the brightest jewels of the automotive industry in recent decades, and the crown jewel of those three lies just minutes from St. C...
BARTON - Navistar International Corp. plans to begin hiring the first wave of employees this week, with the goal of having 110 to 120 new workers in place by Jan. 1.
LINCOLN -- Honda will add 100 new jobs and invest an additional $84 million at its Alabama auto plant, the company announced today. The announcement comes as Honda celebrates its 10th anniversary...
MOBILE, Alabama -- Officials with Austal USA and the U.S. Navy marked the start of assembly of the second joint high-speed vessel Tuesday.
BIRMINGHAM -- Gov. Robert Bentley said the economy and job growth remain his top priorities and economic development projects on the horizon along with those already announced could give the stat...
STEVENSON, Alabama -- In what is being called a "a good fit," a subsidiary of the makers of Jack Daniel's whiskey will open a mill in Stevenson to produce materials for whiskey barrels.
Tuscaloosa – The States of Alabama, U.S.A. and Bremen, Germany presented and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) today to formalize their common objectives of promoting investment,...
Alabama is among the top places in the country to do business, according to a new ranking by Area Development magazine. The magazine, a publication used by development site selectors, ranked Alab...
It seems Alabama’s steel producers are staying busy exporting to countries like Mexico, South America, Egypt and India, according to an Alabama Live article. With domestic demand slacking and t...
MONTGOMERY -- Alabama's fourth-graders caught up to the rest of the nation in reading scores for the first time in the state's history on the National Assessment of Education Progress, known as T...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Terma North America, the U.S. subsidiary of Denmark-based aerospace, defense and security company Terma, has expanded into Huntsville.
GE Aviation broke ground for its new $50 million jet engine components factory in Auburn this afternoon
Pharmavite formally broke ground this morning in Opelika on its $76.5 million, 330,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park.
Tuscaloosa - Brose Tuscaloosa will expand the production capabilities to accommodate future production of seat structures and door systems for the Next Generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class. Productio...
HOOVER -- The film industry in Alabama is expanding, and a national entertainment payroll and production services company announced today that it is moving to Hoover to be part of that growth. Ad...
Magic Steel Sales LLC took a step Wednesday toward the financing of a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Decatur plant, joining numerous other industries in the area that are increasing producti...
CALVERT, Alabama — ThyssenKrupp AG hopes some of its customers will open wide for its newest product, 72-inch coils of stainless steel. The German steelmaker’s stainless unit is now producing...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- A product to help students better understand biology has evolved into one that can help them decide "what they want to be when they grow up."
VANCE - Mercedes-Benz will make a completely new model vehicle starting in early 2015 at its sprawling automotive assembly plant in Vance.
ATHENS, ALABAMA- Governor Robert Bentley expressed his appreciation to officials of Carpenter Technology Corp. today for the announcement that the company will build a new 400,000-square-foot pla...
HUNTSVILLE-- Two small companies at Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology are preparing to test new products in 2012 that could advance the fight against breast and other cancers.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The U.S. Space & Rocket Center was transformed into a movie set Wednesday as filming started here for a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie that will premier on ABC in January.
A new movie for the Hallmark Hall of Fame, premiering on ABC in 2012, will begin filming in Alabama on Wednesday at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s Space Camp in Huntsville.
MOBILE -- Customer call center Sitel said Wednesday that it will hire 120 temporary workers at its Covington County location, with plans to convert 75 of those to permanent jobs early next year.
Alabama's auto exports continue to climb this year. Through July, the latest data available, the value of state-made vehicles shipped around the world topped $3.1 billion, a 35 percent improvemen...
BIRMINGHAM -- Birmingham's Innovation Depot was the only Southeast business incubator singled out in CNN Money's "seven hot startup incubators" story on Thursday.
MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bentley today announced that Alabama has won two separate grants totaling $240,600 to increase exports in the state and create jobs. At a press conference in Montgome...
TUSCALOOSA – The Mercedes-Benz plant wants more Alabama students and their parents to realize there are lots of jobs in the auto industry – and more on the way as Mercedes-Benz brings more co...
MOBILE, Alabama -- Another company that does business with ThyssenKrupp AG is planning a new location in Mobile County.
TUSCALOOSA - When ISE Innomotive Systems U.S. Inc. opened its new factory in Tuscaloosa eight years ago, it made parts for the Mercedes-Benz vehicles assembled in Vance.
Gov. Robert Bentley said Tuesday’s trip to the KITH Companies operation in Haleyville is the kind of visit he loves to make. “Most of our jobs come from local companies expanding like this, a...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Toyota engine plant in Huntsville has added four-cylinder engines to its lineup, and it will mark the debut of this latest product at a ceremony Thursday morning.
MONTGOMERY-- Governor Robert Bentley announced that Alabama is one of the top three states for doing business, according to a survey of site selection consultants released today.
An informal ceremony in a law firm's Homewood offices Wednesday night had ramifications for Alabama that stretched all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to what has become the state's go-to count...
Lab coats, safety goggles, pipette tips, microwell plates, centrifuge tubes: Pretty standard issue for any biotech center or institute, right? But, 42,300 pairs of socks? “It’s one way to hel...
Fort Payne Mayor Bill Jordan was recently recognized for his contributions to economic development in Fort Payne, DeKalb County and northeast Alabama.
FORT PAYNE – Following company ribbon cutting ceremonies here Sunday afternoon, Alabama Development Office Director Greg Canfield presented Plasman Corp LLC with a certificate and congratulated...
Pharmavite chose the Northeast Opelika Industrial Park for its $74 million dietary supplement plant, but it may have been a visit to Clanton's Peach Park that helped Alabama lick South Carolina i...
McIntosh- Huntsman Corporation today announced a major step towards expanding one of its key product lines in its McIntosh facility. The company will launch a multi-million-dollar engineering stu...
OPELIKA – Governor Robert Bentley and Opelika Mayor Gary Fuller announced today that Pharmavite has selected Opelika as the location for a new manufacturing facility. Pharmavite is one of the n...
Officials with Custom Polymers PET, LLC, and the city of Athens gathered Monday to celebrate the company’s recent expansion.
HUNTSVILLE -- A simple sign bearing the company's name marks the corporate headquarters of Connected Logistics. Inside the suite in Building 2 at Progress Center, you won't find a fancy lobby and...
MOBILE -- The tip of the Spearhead emerged Thursday, followed by the rest of it. Austal USA rolled its first joint high-speed vessel, the future USNS Spearhead, out of the shed where it was being...
AUBURN -- Automotive parts manufacturer Seung Chang Airtech, Inc. has added more than 95,000 square feet to its operation in Auburn Technology Park North.
The payoff from the ThyssenKrupp AG steel plant is rolling in. A massive investment — totaling more than $1 billion — by state and local governments has already paid off in nearly 2,000 perma...
BIRMINGHAM -- The new head of the Alabama Development Office said the state is close to winning eight projects that will bring 3,500 new and potential jobs into six counties in the state.
New Alabama Development Office Director Greg Canfield told Shoals leaders Monday that job creation takes a team effort.
On behalf of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority (TCIDA) and GE Aviation (GEA), businesses are invited to participate in the GE Aviation Business Supplier Symposium, on Septemb...
A developer of the Alabama Robotics Technology Park is expecting the impact of the newly constructed Phase 2 will be huge for the economy.
The Alabama Economic Development Alliance has planned a series of meetings throughout the state in September.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- After its announcement about plans for outer space with Aerojet, Teledyne Brown is branching out to "marine space." The Huntsville-based company has been awarded a contract...
The second phase of a one-of-a-kind technology facility opened Wednesday on the campus of Calhoun Community College in Limestone County.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - If there was any doubt about Huntsville being the epicenter of America's rocket and missile work, the just-concluded Space and Missile Defense Conference would have defused ...
National Alabama Corp. has signed an agreement to sell nearly 100 railcars produced at its Colbert County plant in recent months.
ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- Alabama's HudsonAlpha Institute is among those leading a wave of biotechnology innovation that could rival the information technology wave of the past several decades, an...
MONTGOMERY - Dr. Freida Hill, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System, has appointed Dr. Amy Brabham as director of Workforce Development.
Gov. Robert Bentley will begin his "Road to Economic Recovery" tour today. As part of the tour, which is aimed at creating and keeping jobs in Alabama, Bentley will visit businesses throughout th...
Employees of the Wrangler Distribution Center shook Gov. Robert Bentley's hand Tuesday and thanked him for Alabama's role in helping convince VF Corp. management to rebuild the plant that was des...
NORFOLK, VA, Aug 01, 2011 -- Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc., a specialized financial services company and market leader in the consumer debt purchase and collection industry, today announced...
Gov. Robert Bentley took a whirlwind tour of Lincoln’s Honda manufacturing plant and Toyota's Huntsville plant Thursday in a tour of northeast Alabama automobile manufacturers — an industry t...
MONTGOMERY -- Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $30,000 grant to help boost the skills of workers at an automotive industry supplier in Macon County.
Mercedes-Benz plans to build a coupe-styled version of the M-Class SUV at its Alabama auto factory in Vance, according to a report from Germany
"Bama and Benz is a winning combination," Zetsche said during the M-Class launch, no doubt comforting words to employees, economic developers, government leaders and others across Alabama w...
Birmingham has caught BASS. BASS LLC will move its corporate headquarters from Orlando to Birmingham, bringing with it around 50 employees with plans to add more.
VANCE - The head of Mercedes-Benz flew into Tuscaloosa on Wednesday and gave Alabama an economic shot in the arm, announcing that the luxury automaker would invest $2 billion in its Vance auto pl...
Decatur – Governor Robert Bentley was joined by Polyplex representatives and both state and local officials today to announce that Decatur will be the site of a new manufacturing plant that is ...
Wise Metals Group is moving its corporate headquarters to the Shoals to be on the same campus with its largest subsidiary, Wise Alloys.
HUNTSVILLE - Imagine trying to land an unmanned space probe on an airless body such as an asteroid in deep space. You can't parachute - there's no air - and you can't beam commands from Earth. It...
Honda announced today that it has achieved one of the most important targets in the company's long-standing green factory initiative in North America: zero-waste-to-landfill. Ten of Honda's 14 ma...
HUNTSVILLE- A company that makes lighted displays for car dashboards, home appliances and entertainment equipment will expand with an agreement approved Tuesday by the Huntsville-Madison County A...
HUNTSVILLE -- A Huntsville high tech firm, known for its aerospace engineering, will be producing underwater craft for the Navy.
Call the appointment of state Rep. Greg Canfield, R-Vestavia Hills, to the director's job at the Alabama Development Office a little bit of poetic justice. Or maybe it's more like no good deed go...
Vestavia Hills Republican will be the new Alabama Development Office director -- a job he said "wasn't on his radar screen." "But when the opportunity presented itself, it was too great an opport...
MONTGOMERY - Governor Robert Bentley today announced the appointment of Greg Canfield as the new Director of the Alabama Development Office. ADO Director Seth Hammett is returning to his position...
From the bustling population centers of the Far East to the laid-back tropical locales of the Caribbean, Alabama-built vehicles are on the road.
TROY - Golden Boy Foods Ltd. announced plans today to open a new peanut butter plant in the City of Troy which will add 130 new jobs
More than 150 jobs are coming to Alexander City thanks to a new manufacturing facility that will supply the Hyundai and Kia automotive plants.
HUNTSVILLE - A new study by a national network of genetic laboratories including Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is being called a step toward individualized treatment for wo...
ALEXANDER CITY–Governor Robert Bentley will be in Alexander City on Tuesday, June 28th at 2 p.m. for the groundbreaking of C & J Tech Alabama. The facility is a tier 2 supplier for Hyundai and ...
The United Auto Workers is trying to hold its first successful organizing drive at a foreign-car factory in the U.S. To succeed, the union has to convince people like Rocky Long. “I don’t see...
Gov. Robert Bentley is leading a delegation of about 50 Alabamians through Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, where they'll meet with top aerospace executives.
HUNTSVILLE -- The way Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle figures it, the state's $10 million investment into Cummings Research Park could have a ripple effect.
Lakeside Steel returned to profit in the year ended March 31, the Canadian firm said Monday. Lakeside is investing $57.5 million to build facilities in Thomasville, where it expects to employ 280...
BIRMINGHAM - Before starting a new treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease, Dr. Mac Stinson had daily severe muscle spasms in his hands, feet and the back of his neck.
HUNTSVILLE -- Production on a new four-cylinder engine line at Toyota's truck and SUV engine plant in Huntsville will start in the early fall instead of this summer as a result of the parts short...
The chief executive of Dollar General said the company's $100 million distribution center in Bessemer will be a key component fueling the retailer's rapid growth.
The Alabama Development Office’s International Trade Division has been selected by the World Bank to act as the state’s Private Sector Liaison Officer (PSLO), which will help the state’s bu...
BIRMINGHAM -- Two events this week will elevate the Birmingham metro area's place as a Southeastern leader in the distribution center industry.
MONTGOMERY- Governor Robert Bentley praised the Alabama Legislature for yesterday's passage of the Full Employment Act of 2011. The Governor introduced the Act in March as his centerpiece legisla...
The “star of the South Alabama Regional Airport” – Vector Aerospace – held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a new facility that will bring an estimated 125 jobs to Covington County...
Project Ready. AdvantageSite. Certified megasite. The names may vary, but the intent is the same. As the economy begins to thaw and industry looks for opportunity, recruiters along the central Gu...
ALABASTER -- It didn't seem like it at the time, but Steve Schurmann says he picked the perfect time and place in April when he opted to build Plaswall Manufacturing's first U.S. factory in Alaba...
MONTGOMERY -- Alabama Governor Robert Bentley welcomed the news today that the company Tate & Lyle has made the decision to restart their McIntosh facility. This decision will mean approximately ...
Tuscaloosa-based Power and Rubber Supply Inc. plans a $3.3 million expansion that will add jobs to the company's work force.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (TTMAL) has found another way to spread one of its guiding principle of "Respect for People". TTMAL employees have increased their pledge for tornado relief vol...
HUNTSVILLE - Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology has won a $1.1 million federal grant to teach Alabama high school students more about genetics. The grant from the National Insti...
Montgomery and surrounding River Region communities are earning praise from Southern Business and Development magazine for their strategy lure Hyundai Heavy Industries to Montgomery
Lakeside Steel has announced a third phase of its project in Thomasville, bumping employment to 280 and total investment to $57.5 million. The Canadian firm makes pipe for oil and gas drillers. L...
Toyota has announced a $1 million contribution to the American Red Cross to support relief efforts for victims of the recent outbreak of tornados in the Southern, Midwestern and Eastern regions o...
SET Enterprises, Inc. (“SET”) a leading provider of steel processing services with operations in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois, today announced plans to build a new state-of-the art steel pr...
Hyundai's Alabama auto plant in Montgomery, a cement maker in Calera and a chemical firm in Florence have been awarded state Manufacturer of the Year Awards for 2011.
MONTGOMERY— Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama reinforced its commitment to the state’s citizens affected by last week’s tornadoes with a $1.5 million donation to Governor’s Emergency Re...
MONTGOMERY - Leading corporate citizens answered the call to help Alabamians in need with $1,210,000 in the first wave of donations to the Governor’s Emergency Relief Fund, Governor Robert Bent...
Regions Bank has contributed $1 million to help those affected by the devastating outbreak of tornadoes that struck Alabama and other Southern states on April 27
The Alabama operations of Mercedes-Benz, along with its parent company, Daimler AG, plan to donate $1 million for relief efforts in the state following Wednesday's deadly tornado outbreak.
Alabama industries needing assistance in the wake of April 27th's historic storms can reference links found on EDPA's website. EDPA created this resource as a starting point for companies needing...
Honda plans to shift production of the Acura MDX luxury sport utility vehicle to Alabama in 2013.
Johnson Controls in Cottondale is the first Alabama auto supplier to land a contract to provide component parts for the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan, which will be made at the automaker's Vanc...
MONTGOMERY -- The Alabama Senate has approved one of Gov. Robert Bentley's campaign promises. The Senate voted 34-0 late Tuesday night for an administration bill designed to create jobs by bringi...
HUNTSVILLE - Add this to the evidence Huntsville isn't your typical Southern city. It's time to celebrate International DNA Day. HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will lead Monday's commemo...
The Missile Defense Agency last week awarded Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon three-year contracts worth more than $41 million each to begin planning an all-new interceptor, the Standard Miss...
MOBILE -- Goodrich Corp. plans to hire about 20 people at its Foley operation, as it gears up to make more aircraft parts for Airbus and Boeing Co.
The Alabama India Business Partnerships (AIBP) and the Birmingham and Southwest Alabama Chapters of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPIO) will hold a reception and dinne...
MONTGOMERY— Governor Robert Bentley today continued his mission to bring jobs to the State by promoting a bill, currently up for debate in the Alabama Legislature, that would allow companies to...
MONTGOMERY— Governor Robert Bentley today continued his work to streamline economic development and workforce training efforts in the state. He asked Chancellor Freida Hill to use the workforce...
HUNTSVILLE-- Huntsville has been recognized as one of the top small cities on the continent for investment and growth by a leading foreign investment publication.
JeffMet Lakeshore is getting plenty of fiber these days, and that should keep it in the hunt as economic developers seek to lure multimillion-dollar data centers to the Birmingham industrial park...
MOBILE -- The Mobile facility of BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards will add as many as 400 workers to complete construction of an oil tanker, a company official said.
CALVERT -- "Keep moving" is the imperative on the steel coating line that ThyssenKrupp AG opened last week.
A $200,000 community development block grant will lay groundwork for Hwashin America Corp., a Greenville manufacturer, to build a 120,000-square-foot addition to its manufacturing facility and hi...
Cars built in Alabama picked up the slack for the light trucks made in the state in U.S. auto sales during March, as consumers flocked in large numbers to smaller, more fuel-efficient options
MOBILE -- Austal USA officials and elected leaders broke ground Thursday on a $116 million project to build three new facilities at the shipbuilder's Mobile River complex.
Red Diamond is bringing the remainder of its corporate operation to St. Clair County.
Honda is expanding its Alabama auto factory, with plans to invest $94 million and create 20 new jobs at the facility in Lincoln.
Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. today announced that it has selected Thomasville, Alabama as the location for its first manufacturing facility in the United States. The company is p...
CALVERT, Ala. -- The race is back on at ThyssenKrupp AG's stainless steel melt shop.
ThyssenKrupp says Alabama's investment in the German company's steel plant near Mobile has begun yielding substantial dividends
HUNTSVILLE -- Long recognized as one of the area's, if not the nation's, top engineering companies, Teledyne Brown Engineering is continuing to expand - into manufacturing.
The head of the Alabama Development Office said Monday his agency plans to renew its focus on small business advocacy and work closer on job training in association with two-year colleges across ...
HUNTSVILLE -- Aladdin Light Lift, a Memphis-based company that manufactures motorized systems used to lower and raise chandeliers for cleaning and changing bulbs, is relocating to Huntsville and ...