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Resources / Workforce Development Workforce Development Alabama’s greatest resource? Hard work. Alabama’s skilled workforce—and our steadfast commitment to developing it—has earned a reputation for being second to none. But don’t…

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Sectors / Aerospace & Aviation Prepare to launch. From Montgomery, all the way to Mars. In 1910, the Wright Brothers established the nation’s first civilian flight school in Montgomery, Alabama….

Ag Tech & Food Products

Sectors / Ag Tech & Food Products Unearthing progress. A growing success, year-after-year. Alabama’s agricultural landscape sets a robust foundation for both farming excellence and food production facilities. Each year,…

Automotive

Sectors / Automotive Driving innovation. A state of motion. In 1993, Mercedes-Benz announced plans to open its only US assembly plant in Alabama. From there the road has been paved…

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Resources / Awards & Recognition Awards & Recognition How did one state become an award-winning hotspot for economic growth? Here in Alabama, we boast a long list of advantages—a pro-business…

Bioscience

Sectors / Bioscience Where breakthroughs begin. Finding answers in Alabama. Nearly 18,000 people work in Alabama’s flourishing bioscience industry, and their work is changing the quality of life itself. The…

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Resources / Business Incubator Centers Business Incubator Centers Displaying 13 results Search resources Name Location Actions Auburn Business Incubator Auburn Visit The Auburn Business Incubator (ABI) is developing into a full-service, mixed-use…

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Sectors / Chemicals Mixing up potent results. Catalyzing successful businesses. In Alabama, chemical companies are mixing up powerful results for the state’s economy and workforce—results that are changing the world….

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Sectors / Forestry Products A cut above. Unprecedented growth. Alabama is a forestry powerhouse with over 23 million acres of forestland, covering 69% of its land. This abundant resource, coupled…

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Resources / Global Business Gateway to success. A global entrypoint to the United States. At the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Global Business Office advances the creation of quality jobs…

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Resources / Global Business / Governor’s Trade Award Winners Governor’s Trade Award Winners Recognizing excellence in exporting.  The Governor’s Trade Excellence Award was established in 2005 (inaugurated in 2006) to…

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Sectors / Innovation Driving innovation. Unprecedented breakthroughs from an unexpected place. The work being done today in Alabama is accelerating the future. We have people and companies innovating across industries, and…

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Why Alabama? / Project Assistance Getting all things done. Office of Recruitment and Retention We get it — expanding or starting a business can be tough. That’s why Alabama’s dedicated…

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Resources Putting your needs first. What you need. When you need it. Our state is primed to provide those who seek to do business here with what they need to…

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Sectors You can make it in Alabama. One state. Many paths to success. Alabama’s industries not only have deep roots, but they’re also widespread from years of tremendous growth and…

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Resources / Small Business Advocacy Small Business Advocacy Helping small businesses go big. When you open a business in Alabama, you don’t do it alone. The Business Development Division is…

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Resources / Global Business / STEP STEP Alabama’s State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) The Alabama State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) Grant offers eligible Alabama small and medium-sized businesses assistance in…

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Why Alabama? / Taxes & Incentives With open arms. The advantage of Alabama. The best way to describe Alabama’s approach to business? Professional hospitality. We welcome companies from all around…

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Resources / Global Business / Trade Missions Trade Missions Helping Alabama’s business increase exports. The Alabama Department of Commerce’s Global Business Office works closely with its allies to help Alabama’s…

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Mobile aerospace cluster set for future growth as expansion plans take shape

MOBILE, Alabama — New investments by key players in the Mobile aerospace cluster are setting the stage for future growth at what has become a major production hub for the…

2023 Made In Alabama Holiday Gift Guide showcases homegrown goods

Shoppers across the state, in growing numbers, are seeking out the talent and creativity of fellow Alabamians when it comes to checking off their holiday gift lists. That’s clear from…

Appliance maker Miele selects Alabama for its first U.S. production hub

OPELIKA, Alabama — Miele, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances, has selected Opelika as the location for a U.S. manufacturing hub that will employ hundreds of workers, according…

Sec. Canfield to join Birmingham law firm after Commerce departure

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Greg Canfield, who is stepping down as Alabama’s Secretary of Commerce after 12 years, will join Burr & Forman as the Birmingham law firm’s managing director of…

Trade mission connects Alabama firms to Nordic bioscience ecosystem

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading a delegation of Alabama bioscience businesses on a trade mission to this week’s Nordic Life Sciences Days (NLSDays), the largest Scandinavian…

New $30 million EV training center will support auto industry growth

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Alabama is building a $30 million workforce training center in Decatur that will focus on electric vehicles and emerging technologies in…

Nucor plans $280 million investment project at Tuscaloosa steel mill

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa plans to invest $280 million to support current and future operations at the Tuscaloosa County rolling mill, the Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority announced…

Digital health startup Acclinate plans to add 25 workers in Birmingham expansion

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Acclinate, a digital health company that’s confronting the problems posed by the underrepresentation of people of color in clinical research, plans to launch a growth project in…

Long-standing Alabama-Japan bonds on full display at celebration

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Six Japanese companies embarking on investment projects in Alabama were recognized Thursday night at a ceremony that highlighted the deep economic and cultural connections that link the…

Commerce teams in free mental health training for businesses

Business supervisors across Alabama can now receive free training on recognizing and responding to mental health issues among their employees. The 8-hour training session is provided by the University of…

Gov. Ivey: Alabama’s rural developers making ‘remarkable’ progress

PRATTVILLE, Alabama — Economic developers from rural communities across Alabama were urged Wednesday to keep their winning streak going at the 2023 RurAL Summit sponsored by the Alabama Department of…

BASF marks 2 major milestones at Huntsville catalyst plant

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) representatives joined local and state officials today to celebrate a pair of milestones for the company’s Huntsville facility — its…

Sec. Canfield to depart Commerce with veteran economic developer tapped as successor

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey today announced Alabama Department of Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield will step down at the end of the year after serving in the post for…

Airbus marks milestone in growth project adding 1,000 jobs in Mobile

MOBILE, Alabama — At a special expansion ceremony on Wednesday, Alabama officials congratulated Airbus for progress on a growth project launched last year to ramp up aircraft production and add…

Navistar launches production of next-generation powertrain at Alabama facility

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Navistar Inc. today announced the production launch of its groundbreaking new International S13 Integrated powertrain at the company’s Alabama manufacturing facility, culminating a growth project that has…

Colclasher Enterprises bringing jobs to Selma with pipe production hub

SELMA, Alabama — Colclasher Enterprises LLC, a plastic pipe manufacturer, officially announced plans to invest $9 million to establish a production facility in Selma’s Craig Industrial Park as part of…

Sec. Canfield heads Alabama team in Tokyo for SEUS-Japan 45 summit

Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading an Alabama delegation at an international conference in Tokyo this week that seeks to enhance the robust economic and cultural ties between seven Southeastern…

Discovery Life Sciences opens new HQ on HudsonAlpha biotech campus

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Discovery Life Sciences today officially opened a new global headquarters on the campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, allowing the growing bioscience company to consolidate its…

Tech company Stella Source plans to add 50 jobs at Birmingham HQ

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Stella Source, a software development company whose products help those in the metal distribution and fabrication industry operate more efficiently, announced plans today to expand its presence…

Alabama-assembled ULA rocket powers first Amazon satellites into orbit

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with deep Alabama roots lifted off from Cape Canaveral days ago on a milestone mission that sets the stage for ULA rockets to…

Gov. Ivey announces major tax reform to benefit small businesses

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey today announced the implementation of a major tax reform initiative that will that lessen burdens on many Alabama small businesses. Effective October 1, 2023,…

Birmingham hosts U.S.-EU SME Workshop to reinforce transatlantic ties

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — The Alabama Department of Commerce is hosting the 12th U.S.-EU Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) Workshop today in Birmingham, giving small businesses an opportunity to connect with…

CFD Research launches growth project at Test Center in Jackson County

HOLLYWOOD, Alabama — At a groundbreaking ceremony today, CFD Research Corp. formally kicked off a construction project to add a new facility at its Engineering Test Center in Jackson County…

South American airline JetSMART takes delivery of Alabama-built Airbus

MOBILE, Alabama — Airbus announced today that JetSMART, the South American ultra-low-cost carrier operating in Chile, Argentina and Peru, has taken delivery of its first A320neo produced at the aircraft…

Alabama approves over $33 million for job search, skills training programs

The Alabama Workforce Development Board has approved more than $33.6 million in job search and skills training programs to help Alabamians advance their careers. Alabamians can find out about available…

Hyundai Alabama plans major investment with new Santa Fe SUV on way

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Hyundai announced plans today to invest $290 million in upgrades at its Montgomery assembly plant as the facility prepares to build the next-generation Santa Fe sport utility….

Alabama automakers step up support for career pathway programs

Alabama’s automakers are expanding their broad-based efforts to create new career pathways for Alabama students interested in developing the skills needed in high-tech workplaces. Last week, Toyota USA Foundation announced…

Auto parts maker Shinhwa plans $114 million Alabama expansion

AUBURN, Alabama — Shinhwa Auto USA Corp. plans to invest $114 million to expand its manufacturing operation in Auburn to support the production of electric vehicle parts, according to Governor…

Trendco USA to create 292 jobs at Tuskegee glove manufacturing facility

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Trendco USA plans to invest $43 million to launch a manufacturing operation in a Tuskegee logistics hub where the company will…

International investment speeds job growth in Alabama, analysis shows

Job creation tied to international investment in Alabama has been rapidly outpacing the state’s general employment growth rate, according to a report that tracks the impact of foreign direct investment…

Alabama delegation seeks closer Canada ties at SEUS-CP

Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading an Alabama delegation traveling to Canada for next week’s business meeting of the Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces Alliance (SEUS-CP), a partnership that seeks to…

Core Industries to build new processing and storage facility in Alabama

MOBILE, Alabama — Core Industries plans to invest $8.75 million to construct a processing and storage facility at its port facility in Mobile County to support a contract to handle…

AIDT targets 11,000 new auto industry workers with ‘Shift’ campaign

AIDT, Alabama’s primary workforce development agency, is accelerating its efforts to expand employment in the state’s auto industry by reviving a multi-state campaign to attract a new generation of workers…

Enviva kicks off construction on wood pellet plant in Sumter County

EPES, Alabama — Bethesda, Maryland-based Enviva Inc., the world’s leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, recorded a milestone today with a ceremony to mark the official start of construction…

Commerce team wraps 2023 Paris Air Show mission eyeing future growth

PARIS — The Alabama Department of Commerce team wrapped up its mission to the 2023 Paris Air Show on Wednesday after gaining strategic insights into the dynamic trends reshaping the…

Alabama researchers power innovations for aerospace industry

Universities across Alabama are hubs of research and collaboration focused on the aerospace and aviation industries, and the innovations launched on campus hold major real-world promise. Professors and students alike…

Southeast Alabama community looks to give aerospace sector a lift

ANDALUSIA, Alabama — A recent expansion at Covington County’s South Alabama Regional Airport illustrates rural Alabama’s key contributions to the state’s growing aerospace/aviation industry — and reflects a primary economic…

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. plans $232M Alabama micro-reactor assembly plant

MONTGOMERY, Alabama — Governor Kay Ivey announced today that Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp., (USNC) a Seattle-based company that’s expanding micro-reactor technologies, plans to invest $232 million to locate a facility…

Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’ explores new growth areas in aerospace and beyond

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — From the Saturn V to the Space Launch System, Huntsville continues to cement its legacy as the Rocket City. Keeping the momentum going is a top priority…

Boeing’s Alabama operation writes new chapters in innovation

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — Boeing’s deep roots in Alabama continue to help shape the state’s flourishing aerospace industry while also notching global milestones. A major highlight for the company’s Huntsville operations…

Alabama firms make international connections at Paris Air Show

PARIS — The Alabama team at the 2023 Paris Air Show has a major focus on recruiting new aerospace jobs and investment, but this year’s mission has a wrinkle —…

Growing Alabama to support improvements at Wiregrass industrial park

DOTHAN, Alabama — The Industrial Development Board of the City of Dothan is receiving $1 million in grant funding to assist in making infrastructure improvements to the Napier Field Industrial…

Birmingham team pitches aerospace growth potential at Paris Air Show

PARIS — A group of economic development specialists, airport leaders and government officials from the Birmingham region has landed at the 2023 Paris Air Show with a strategic plan to…

Alabama team renews mission on Day 2 of the 2023 Paris Air Show

PARIS — The Alabama business recruitment team at the 2023 Paris Air Show began a second day of appointments with aerospace companies this morning in the intensely competitive environment of…

Alabama team wraps up Day 1 of 2023 Paris Air Show with optimism

PARIS — Alabama economic development professionals completed Day 1 of meetings at the 2023 Paris Air Show encouraged that the talks advanced relationships with aerospace companies and could pay off…

Airbus growth project in ‘full swing’ at Alabama manufacturing center

MOBILE, Alabama — The throttles are going up on a major expansion project at Airbus’ U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile that will double production space at the aviation giant’s strategically…

Alabama team at Paris Air Show seeks to amplify aerospace investment

PARIS — The rich history of Alabama’s aerospace industry stretches back to when the Wright Brothers established their first civilian flight school in Montgomery in 1910. Alabama later became the…

Alabama team prepares to kick off 2023 Paris Air Show mission

PARIS — On the eve of the Paris Air Show, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield today urged a group of Alabama economic specialists to capitalize on opportunities to grow the state’s…

Paris Air Show panel to spotlight Alabama aerospace workforce development

Leading Alabama educators will discuss the state’s extensive aerospace workforce development resources during a panel discussion at next week’s 2023 Paris Air Show, the industry’s premier trade event this year….

Aerospace in Alabama pushes the limits toward new frontiers

In Alabama’s aerospace industry, big ideas blast off and hurl into the heavens as powerful rockets on voyages of discovery, carrying the DNA of the mighty Saturn V. There are…