Core Industries to build new processing and storage facility in Alabama
MOBILE, Alabama — Core Industries plans to invest $8.75 million to construct a processing and storage facility at its port facility in...
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AIDT targets 11,000 new auto industry workers with ‘Shift’ campaign
AIDT, Alabama’s primary workforce development agency, is accelerating its efforts to expand employment in the state’s auto industry by reviving a multi-state...
Enviva kicks off construction on wood pellet plant in Sumter County
EPES, Alabama — Bethesda, Maryland-based Enviva Inc., the world’s leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, recorded a milestone today with a...
Growing Alabama to support improvements at Wiregrass industrial park
DOTHAN, Alabama — The Industrial Development Board of the City of Dothan is receiving $1 million in grant funding to assist in making infrastructure improvements to the Napier Field Industrial Park thanks to the Growing Alabama program. The Alabama Renewal Commission this month approved...
Birmingham team pitches aerospace growth potential at Paris Air Show
PARIS — A group of economic development specialists, airport leaders and government officials from the Birmingham region has landed at the 2023 Paris Air Show with a strategic plan to elevate the profile of Alabama’s largest metro area in the aerospace industry. “Team BHM”
Alabama team renews mission on Day 2 of the 2023 Paris Air Show
PARIS — The Alabama business recruitment team at the 2023 Paris Air Show began a second day of appointments with aerospace companies this morning in the intensely competitive environment of the industry’s key trade event this year. No fewer than 15 other states are...
Alabama team wraps up Day 1 of 2023 Paris Air Show with optimism
PARIS — Alabama economic development professionals completed Day 1 of meetings at the 2023 Paris Air Show encouraged that the talks advanced relationships with aerospace companies and could pay off with future growth projects. Greg Canfield, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, said...
Airbus growth project in ‘full swing’ at Alabama manufacturing center
MOBILE, Alabama — The throttles are going up on a major expansion project at Airbus’ U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile that will double production space at the aviation giant’s strategically important Alabama facility in a little over two years. HPM, Airbus’ program manager for...
Alabama team at Paris Air Show seeks to amplify aerospace investment
PARIS — The rich history of Alabama’s aerospace industry stretches back to when the Wright Brothers established their first civilian flight school in Montgomery in 1910. Alabama later became the cradle of the nation’s fledgling rocket program and spearheaded development of the mighty Saturn...
Alabama team prepares to kick off 2023 Paris Air Show mission
PARIS — On the eve of the Paris Air Show, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield today urged a group of Alabama economic specialists to capitalize on opportunities to grow the state’s aerospace sector by advancing relationships that can spark new industry investment and jobs. Secretary...
Paris Air Show panel to spotlight Alabama aerospace workforce development
Leading Alabama educators will discuss the state’s extensive aerospace workforce development resources during a panel discussion at next week’s 2023 Paris Air Show, the industry’s premier trade event this year. The panel discussion, titled “Made in Alabama: Tapping into the Aerospace Workforce Pipeline” will...
Aerospace in Alabama pushes the limits toward new frontiers
In Alabama’s aerospace industry, big ideas blast off and hurl into the heavens as powerful rockets on voyages of discovery, carrying the DNA of the mighty Saturn V. There are visions of next-generation lunar rovers, new launch systems being born and novel technologies emerging.
Commerce’s Postell wins award as Alabama small business champion
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Alabama District recently presented Eddie Postell, director of the Alabama Department of Commerce’s Office of Small Business Advocacy, with its “Tip of the Spear” Award. Each year, the SBA’s Alabama District gives out a special honor — formerly known...
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