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  • Classes to resume at Alabama Robotics Technology Park building after accident
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    Classes to resume at Alabama Robotics Technology Park building after accident

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama — AIDT said today that classes can resume at the Phase 3 building at the Alabama Robotics Technology Park in Tanner after a truck slammed into the building. “We are pleased that, after careful inspection, we can resume classes with minimal interruption just a little over two weeks after the crash. That is a…

    June 11, 2019
  • Airbus introduces workforce development programs for Mobile students
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    Airbus introduces workforce development programs for Mobile students

    MOBILE, Alabama – Airbus today launched two new programs aimed at putting applicants with little or no aviation or aerospace experience in jobs where its A220 and A320 production facilities are located. The FlightPath9 and Fast Track programs seek to expand Airbus’ production workforce from within the Mobile community. “These are two great initiatives from…

    May 8, 2019
  • Airbus kicks off construction on Flight Works Alabama education center
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    Airbus kicks off construction on Flight Works Alabama education center

    MOBILE, Alabama – Flight Works Alabama, a new aviation experience center near Airbus’ manufacturing facility in Mobile, is ready to begin its take off. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey joined Airbus executives, city and county leaders from Mobile, and industry and educational partners in breaking ground today for the hands-on instructional facility. In May 2017, Ivey announced…

    September 12, 2018
  • Global Trade: Alabama ranks as top state for manufacturing
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    Global Trade: Alabama ranks as top state for manufacturing

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Global Trade, a publication focusing on international business, has selected Alabama as the nation’s top state for manufacturing in a new ranking. Global Trade cited the growth of Alabama’s auto manufacturing industry and its leadership position in aerospace production, as well as job training provided by AIDT, the state’s primary workforce development…

    August 31, 2018
  • Alabama grabs No. 1 business climate ranking from publication
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    Alabama grabs No. 1 business climate ranking from publication

    Business Facilities, an economic development-focused publication, ranked Alabama’s business climate tops among the states in a new analysis that examined performance in several key economic categories. The publication cited Alabama’s successful recruitment of the Toyota-Mazda joint venture automobile manufacturing plant to illustrate the state’s appeal. The project, announced in January 2018, calls for a $1.6…

    July 24, 2018
  • Alabama Aviation Training Center plays key role in aerospace growth
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    Alabama Aviation Training Center plays key role in aerospace growth

    MOBILE, Alabama — A key ingredient to the success of Alabama’s Airbus jet manufacturing facility is an innovative advanced training center built by the state to boost the aerospace industry workforce. The $7 million Alabama Aviation Training Center, which opened in 2014 at Mobile Aeroplex, is operated by the state’s top worker training agency, AIDT, and…

    July 17, 2018
  • Success Plus initiative aims to add 500,000 high-skill workers
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    Success Plus initiative aims to add 500,000 high-skill workers

    MOBILE, Alabama — A new strategic workforce development initiative targets the addition of 500,000 high-skilled employees to Alabama’s workforce by 2025 in response to increasing employer demands for the higher levels of talent needed in modern workplaces. Representatives of the Alabama Workforce Council, a group of high-level business leaders from across the state, presented Governor…

    May 14, 2018
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    GE Aviation managers in growing Alabama plant share training duties

    AUBURN, Alabama — Joseph Moore works days on the shop floor at GE Aviation’s fast-growing jet engine factory in Auburn – then teaches his experiences at night in the classroom. He’s one of several operations managers at GE’s Auburn site with a teaching role during the month-long vocational training sessions at Southern Union State Community…

    March 26, 2018
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    Alabama metro ranks No. 1 for manufacturing jobs, analysis says

    The Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area was rated the best place in the U.S. for manufacturing jobs in a detailed analysis by SmartAsset, a financial technology company that studied data on nearly 500 cities. SmartAsset singled out the high concentration of well-paying manufacturing jobs in Talladega-Sylacauga area in its analysis. Here’s what the firm says about…

    December 7, 2017
  • Alabama community colleges to offer manufacturing credentials
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    Alabama community colleges to offer manufacturing credentials

    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that the Alabama Community College System (ACCS) will begin offering nationally recognized credentials in manufacturing skills at all its colleges this spring. The program, in partnership with the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC), will make Alabama the first state in the nation to offer the industry credentials…

    October 6, 2017
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