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								<p> MONTGOMERY, Alabama — AIDT, Alabama’s primary workforce development agency, is teaming with Hyundai Power Transformers USA and a firm specializing in virtual...</p>
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								<p>The COVID-19 pandemic threw a monkey wrench in Alabama’s economy last year, interrupting a golden period of substantial growth and casting doubt...</p>
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								<p>Alabama’s business climate ranked near the top of the states in a comprehensive analysis released today by “Site Selection,” a national publication...</p>
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						<p>Site selection professionals surveyed by national publication Area Development once again ranked Alabama among the top states for doing business, citing a range of factors that underpin a business-friendly environment. Alabama ranks No. 6 overall in the magazine’s 2020 “Top States for Doing Business”</p>
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						<p>Officials today announced JumpStartAL, a private-public partnership to help carry out Alabama’s strategy for the future of workforce development. Using leading edge virtual reality (VR) training solutions from job simulator TRANSFRVR, JumpStartAL will offer new education and training programs to develop the state’s next...</p>
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						<p>MONTGOMERY, Alabama – AIDT announced today that Jacqueline Allen has been promoted to assistant director of communications and external affairs at Alabama’s premier workforce development agency. Allen has over 30 years of experience in communications and marketing, with nearly 20 years of that experience...</p>
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						<h3 class="h1"><a href="https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/09/alabama-ranks-no-4-in-publications-2019-top-states-for-business-survey/">Alabama ranks No. 4 in publication’s 2019 ‘Top States for Business’ survey</a></h3>
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						<p>Alabama ranked near the top of Area Development magazine’s 2019 “Top States for Business” survey, continuing a streak of high rankings in the national publication’s annual analysis. Overall, Alabama earned a No. 4 ranking and Top 10 marks in 11 different individual categories in...</p>
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							<time datetime="2019-09-11 7:59">Sep 11, 2019</time>
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						<h3 class="h1"><a href="https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/09/at-alabama-robotics-facility-officials-unveil-expansion-of-training-program/">At Alabama robotics facility, officials unveil expansion of training program</a></h3>
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						<p>DECATUR, Alabama – Ivanka Trump, advisor to the president, joined leaders of Toyota Motor North America and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) at the Alabama Robotics Technology Park to announce an expansion of a program to develop skilled workers. At an event held...</p>
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							<time datetime="2019-09-10 12:13">Sep 10, 2019</time>
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						<p>MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Ed Castile, deputy secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce and director of AIDT, announced that Josh Laney has been named director of the newly established Alabama Office of Apprenticeship (AOA) as the state moves to expand a program that elevates...</p>
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						<p>Business Facilities, a national publication that focuses on economic development, ranked Alabama’s business climate among the top states in a new analysis that evaluated a range of key economic categories. Alabama earned the No. 3 spot in the magazine’s flagship business climate ranking, while...</p>
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						<h3 class="h1"><a href="https://www.madeinalabama.com/2019/06/classes-to-resume-at-alabama-robotics-technology-park-building-after-accident/">Classes to resume at Alabama Robotics Technology Park building after accident</a></h3>
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						<p>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...</p>
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						<p>MOBILE, Alabama – Airbus said today it is working with AIDT to seek candidates to fill the first manufacturing positions at a new assembly line for A220 aircraft at the company's production facility in Mobile. In addition, Airbus said it is hiring for production...</p>
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