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Export Alabama Alliance plans 2014 trade missions to Asia, South America, Europe
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — With more than 95 percent of the world’s population and 80 percent of the world’s purchasing power outside the United States, future economic growth and jobs for Alabama and America increasingly depend on expanding trade and investment opportunities in the global marketplace. The Alabama Department of Commerce and the Export Alabama Alliance…
Governor Robert Bentley details plans to accelerate job creation, support business
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – In his State of the State address tonight, Governor Robert Bentley highlighted efforts to attract additional investment to Alabama and new approaches to assist small business and create new pathways to careers for students. Governor Bentley told legislative leaders and top state officials that he is not content that unemployment in Alabama…
Alabama auto production sets record in 2013, with more gains expected
MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Alabama’s three auto assembly plants combined to break a production record in 2013, surpassing the previous year’s total by 4 percent and stoking optimism that output can continue to rise. The Alabama assembly plants of Honda, Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz produced a total vehicle count of at least 915,000 last year, beating the…
Auburn mayor: BCS Championship Game exposure a lift for Alabama city
PASADENA, California – Regardless of how the pigskin bounces in Monday night’s BCS Championship Game, Bill Ham Jr., the longtime mayor of Auburn, Ala., already knows one winner – the fast-growing Lee County city that aims to build on recent economic development successes. “The national and international exposure of this game – you just can’t…
UAB virtual reality surgery combines Google Glass, VIPAAR technologies
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – A surgical team from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently performed one of the first surgeries combining a virtual augmented reality technology and Google Glass, the computer with an optical head-mounted display. UAB says combining the VIPAAR (short for Virtual Interactive Presence in Augmented Reality) and Google Glass technologies could signal…
2014 wish list: 7 Alabama-made products you wish you could buy
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Now that the 2013 gift-giving season is in the bag, it’s time to think big for the 2014 holiday season. Made in Alabama last week shared its holiday gift guide, which featured several great products made right here in the state, ranging from hand-crafted pens that have been presented as gifts by…
Made In Alabama Holiday Gift Guide
The creative and inventive men and women of Alabama design and assemble all sorts of things that get sent as near as surrounding states and as far as Germany and Japan. But while we’ve heard plenty about the state’s planes, trains, and automobiles (literally), there are also plenty of items available as gifts this holiday…
Boeing technology research center to create 300-400 jobs in Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -– Following an announcement from Boeing Co. that it will bring one of five research centers to Huntsville, Ala., as part of a restructuring of its Boeing Research & Technology organization, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and north Alabama leaders commended the decision. The decision means between 300 and 400 high-paying jobs for Huntsville,…
International Space Station, made in Alabama, marks 15 years
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – The International Space Station, partially designed and assembled in Alabama, celebrates its 15-year anniversary this month. On Dec. 4, 1998, Node 1 — known as “Unity” — was launched into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour and two days later connected with the Russian-built Zarya (“Sunrise”). And on Dec. 10, the hatches of…
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson addresses 300 aviation suppliers at event in Germany
HAMBURG, Germany — Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson told aviation company executives at a conference today in Germany that the Alabama city is an ideal location for supplier operations tied to Airbus’ passenger jet production center, now under construction at Brookley Aeroplex. “I’m here today — just a month since taking office as mayor — to…