MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting an event in November where local businesses can pitch their value to NASA. Local companies have a chance to earn business from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville or its subc ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham Sister Cities Commission announced plans for economic partnerships with Liverpool, England. The city of Birmingham and Liverpool, England, have finalized plans to be sister cities, with cultural benefits but also with ...
PURDUE HILL, Ala. — The Georgia-Pacific paper manufacturing company will upgrade its mill in Monroe County with a multi-million dollar project beginning next year. Georgia-Pacific announced plans for $110 million in upgrades to its Alabama River Cellu ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that it will soon acquire a wind tunnel system. UAH will be home to a new $2 million wind tunnel system championed by the university’s eminent scholar in propulsion, Phi ...
SHORTER, Ala. — A Korean logistics company, LogisAll, announced its intentions to open a facility in rural Alabama. LogisAll plans to open a facility in Macon County that will serve the bustling Interstate 85 automotive manufacturing corridor, creatin ...
JASPER, Ala. — The Alabama Power utility company provided details about how an economic development program helped land an automotive parts supplier. Alabama Power’s innovative approach using a 25-year-old economic development program played a critic ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Bluebird Homecare, a home health startup based in Nashville, Tenn., will expand into Birmingham. Bluebird has chosen Birmingham as one of three other markets for its first expansion. Bluebird Homecare provides non-medical companion ...
ATHENS, Ala. — Shape Corp., a metal design, engineering, testing and manufacturing company, will begin building a plant in Athens this month. The Michigan-based company will open an injection molding and roll forming operation in the north Alabama ...
PIKE COUNTY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) has announced a grant that will result in several jobs coming to the Pike County area over the next few years. Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $250,000 grant to ai ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Yorozu auto parts supplier announced that it will build a new manufacturing facility in the Jasper Industrial Park in 2017, creating hundreds of new jobs. Gov. Robert Bentley said the global tier one automotive supplier, will c ...
MOBILE, Ala. — As manufacturing has begun at the Airbus plant in Mobile, several other manufacturing facilities have already opened or are planning to open soon. While Airbus is projected to have a $409 million annual impact on the state’s economy, r ...
TALLADEGA COUNTY, Ala. — The Honda plant in Talladega County is hosting field trips for high school students to offer a sneak peak at what it could be like to work there. The auto assembly played host to about 160 high school students last week, part ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Innovation Fund research and economic development program has announced the awards for research projects at universities in the state. The Alabama Innovation Fund has awarded nearly $4.5 million to advance research being ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex will open it new performance space with a concert on Oct. 18. The intimate 270-seat Forum Theater will open with a concert featuring singer-songwriters Todd Snider and Elizabeth Cook. The ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Alabama Launchpad program awarded $55,000 in grants to help small businesses seek federal assistance in getting their products to market. The program of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama awarded grants to 11 small ...
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