Alabama-Japan partnership grows with new investment, jobs
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Alabama is attracting new investment and job-creating projects from Japanese manufacturers as the relationship between the Asian economic powerhouse and the state continues to grow. This week, Japan-based Asahi Kasei, which operates manufacturing facilities around the globe, held a groundbreaking ceremonyfor a $30 million plant in Athens that will produce plastic pellets…
SharkBite maker to expand Alabama manufacturing base, create 130 jobs
CULLMAN, Alabama – Reliance Worldwide Corp., a leading maker of products for the plumbing and heating industries, announced plans today to open a new manufacturing facility in Cullman to launch U.S. production of its innovative SharkBite plumbing connection system, creating 130 jobs over five years. Atlanta-based Reliance Worldwide (RWC), operating in Cullman as Cash Acme,…
Mercedes-Benz to boost annual Alabama output to 300,000 vehicles
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Mercedes-Benz, which launched Alabama’s auto industry nearly two decades ago, plans to sharply increase production at its Tuscaloosa County plant over the next two years, boosting annual capacity to 300,000 vehicles from the 185,000 produced there in 2013. Daimler AG and Mercedes executives said at the Vance plant today that the automaker…
Baxter International will add 200 jobs at Alabama facility
OPELIKA, Alabama – Healthcare giant Baxter International said today that it will invest nearly $300 million to expand its plant in Lee County to produce dialyzers, a critical component in the treatment of advanced kidney disease. The 230,000-square-foot expansion at the company’s state-of-the-art Alabama manufacturing facility will add 200 jobs, along with several production lines.…
Sisters among first Mercedes Mechatronics graduating class
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Sisters Stacey and Stephanie Dougherty are among the first Industrial Mechatronics graduating class at Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. (MBUSI), the automaker’s Alabama operation. They join their father, Scott Dougherty, a Logistics Group Leader with 17 years at the Alabama plant, as members of the MBUSI family. Now Stephanie, 29, is about to start…
SES to create 450 jobs with expansion of Huntsville operations
LONDON, England – Science and Engineering Services LLC (SES) announced today that it expects to add 450 jobs in Huntsville over the next five years as part of a nearly $70 million expansion of its Alabama manufacturing operations. SES officials made the announcement at the Farnborough International Air Show today after a meeting with Alabama…
Alabama Jack Daniel cooperage opens, creating 200 jobs in Lawrence County
TRINITY, Alabama — An ultra-modern facility that produces oak barrels that help give Jack Daniel’s whiskey its color and flavor officially opened today in Lawrence County. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, state economic development officials and Brown-Forman/Jack Daniel’s leaders today celebrated the grand opening of the Jack Daniel Cooperage in Trinity, a community near Decatur. The…
Mercedes-Benz launches C-Class mass production in Alabama
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Mercedes-Benz officially launched mass production of the C-Class sedan today at its Alabama production facility, marking the first time the automaker’s U.S. plant has produced a sedan. Meanwhile, media reports from Frankfurt, Germany said the automaker plans to significantly increase output at the Alabama plant from its current level of 185,000 vehicles…
Alabama officials welcome Golden Dragon’s first U.S. factory
PINE HILL, Alabama – Top Alabama officials today welcomed leaders of Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group at a ribbon cutting for the Chinese company’s first U.S. factory, a $100 million plant in Wilcox County that just started production but could soon be growing. At the grand opening ceremony for the factory, operated by subsidiary…
Asahi Kasei Plastics plans Alabama production facility with up to 100 jobs
ATHENS, Alabama – Asahi Kasei Plastics North America plans to invest more than $30 million to open its second U.S. production facility at a site in Limestone County, where the company plans to employ up to 100 people at full capacity, Governor Robert Bentley announced today. Asahi Kasei Plastics’ Athens plant will process plastic resin…
