Tag: business
Martha Roby: Alabama’s second district is open for business
We don’t often hear about it on cable news, but we have a lot to be proud of in our country right...
Kemira investing $71 million to expand Alabama operation, creating 20 jobs
Finland-based Kemira announced it is investing $70.8 million to expand production at its Mobile facility. The company is a polymer producer serving the pulp and paper,...
Velocity Accelerator companies start ‘boot camp’ at Birmingham’s Innovation Depot
Seven high-growth companies are one week into a 13-week intense “boot camp” of development that organizers believe is key component to the tech-sector economic...
Confidentiality, infrastructure key targets for Alabama economic developers
Alabama’s economic developers say they will support two legislative measures this year that will address significant issues that affect recruitment and retention of industry...
Kay Ivey: Workforce development is ‘very clear need’ that requires attention
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey told economic developers today that the state’s success in growing jobs and capital investment is the result of teamwork and...
Alabama looks to add to manufacturing gains along with tech, biotech...
Alabama added more than 44,000 jobs across all industries in 2018 and ended the year by posting in December the highest average weekly earnings...
Alabama workers built 1.6M engines in 2018
Alabama’s auto workers built nearly 1.6 million engines last year, as the state industry continues to carve out a place in global markets with...
Blue Origin launches construction of $200M Ala. rocket engine plant
Space flight company Blue Origin this morning kicked off construction on a $200 million plant in Huntsville that will produce the BE-4 rocket engine for future...
Belt buckles and beer: federal shutdown hits businesses hard
From power restaurants in Washington and a belt-buckle maker in Colorado to a brewery in California, businesses that count heavily on federal employees as...
Southern Research moving ‘green chemistry’ team to new Birmingham lab
Southern Research has moved a team of scientists working to develop promising clean-energy technologies from North Carolina to a new state-of-the-art laboratory it is opening...
