Toyota to invest $106M in Alabama engine plant, add 50 jobs
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – Toyota today announced plans to invest $106 million and add 50 jobs at its Alabama engine plant, the latest expansion for the Huntsville facility that is a key part of the automaker’s global operations. The investment will provide for a complete replacement of the current four-cylinder engine line at Toyota Motor Manufacturing…
Mercedes kicks off project to build Bibb County global logistics hub
WOODSTOCK, Alabama – Mercedes-Benz officially launched construction this morning on a Global Logistics Center and a North American parts hub based in Bibb County’s Scott G. Davis Industrial Park, a project that will give a massive boost to the rural area. The Bibb County logistics campus is an element of the $1 billion expansion announced…
Mercedes to launch electric vehicle production in $1B Alabama project
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Mercedes-Benz announced plans today to invest an additional $1 billion in its Alabama operation, where it will set up electric vehicle production and build a battery plant. In addition, the German automaker will also expand its logistics activities in the U.S. with a new Global Logistics Center and a new after-sales North…
Conecuh Ridge Distillery to base operations in Troy with $13M project
TROY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey today announced that the maker of Clyde May’s Alabama-style whiskey plans to consolidate operations in Troy, where the company will build an artisan distillery, rack houses and a bottling hub, as well as a tasting experience center designed to attract tourists. Conecuh Ridge Distillery LLC’s project calls for an…
Autocar chooses Alabama for $120 million truck assembly plant
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Hagerstown, Indiana-based Autocar will invest $120 million launch a manufacturing operation plant in Alabama to produce heavy-duty cab-over-engine trucks. The project is expected to create 746 jobs. At a press conference this morning at the Birmingham Business Alliance, Autocar said its manufacturing operation will be located…
Georgia-Pacific plans $100 million Alabama lumber production facility
Georgia-Pacific announced today plans to construct a $100 million lumber production facility in Talladega that will employ more than 100 full-time employees and generate an annual payroll estimated at $5 million. Construction on the technologically advanced, 300,000-square-foot plant is scheduled to begin immediately, with an anticipated startup in late 2018. “The availability of talent and…
Baxter marks completion of $270 million Alabama expansion project
OPELIKA, Alabama – Medical device company Baxter marked the completion today of a $270 million expansion project that more than doubled the size of its Alabama production facility, along with its workforce. The expansion brings the total current size of the Opelika facility to 400,000 square feet, roughly the size of seven football fields. Three…
Dynetics kicks off project to build Alabama rocket test facility
DECATUR, Alabama – Huntsville-based Dynetics Inc. today officially launched a project to build a three-building complex in Alabama to support the development and testing of large rocket components. Leaders of Dynetics joined state and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony this morning at 60 Booster Boulevard in Decatur, near the sprawling United Launch Alliance (ULA)…
BASF completes expansion project at Alabama catalyst plant
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – BASF today announced the completion of an investment project to expand production at its Alabama mobile catalyst manufacturing site, which has been in operation for more than four decades. BASF said the Huntsville site expansion began 18 months ago and created 10 jobs. The company said the expansion enables it to continue creating…
Safran to open aerospace manufacturing facility at Mobile Aeroplex
MOBILE, Alabama — French aerospace giant Safran plans to open a manufacturing operation at Mobile Aeroplex — home to the Airbus A320 Family assembly line — and hire 20 employees over the next three years, according to the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. The company will produce and install aircraft engine nacelles at this facility.…
