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Alabama aerospace industry, Paris Air Show 2015
  • Top economic developer to lead Alabama Paris Air Show mission

    Top economic developer to lead Alabama Paris Air Show mission

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield is leading an Alabama delegation to next week’s 2015 Paris Air Show as part of a strategic, team-focused effort to build on the state’s increasingly prominent position in the global aerospace and aviation sector. The Alabama team arrives at the industry’s most important business-development and trade show just…

    June 11, 2015
  • Airbus ships first major aircraft components to Alabama factory

    Airbus ships first major aircraft components to Alabama factory

    MOBILE, Alabama — Airbus announced today that A320 Family aircraft production in the U.S. is on schedule to begin this summer as large components for the first Alabama-produced aircraft departed today from the port in Hamburg, Germany, bound for Mobile. The major component assemblies consist of the wings produced in the U.K., the rear fuselage…

    May 29, 2015
  • GKN Aerospace launches Alabama engineering design center

    GKN Aerospace launches Alabama engineering design center

    TALLASSEE, Alabama – GKN Aerospace’s Alabama leadership joined state and local officials today to officially break ground on an addition to the company’s Tallassee facility that will house an engineering design center. U.K.-based GKN Aerospace announced the Alabama engineering design center at the Farnborough International Airshow in July. Today’s event signified the beginning of construction…

    October 2, 2014
  • Consultants rank Alabama a top state for business, Area Development says

    Consultants rank Alabama a top state for business, Area Development says

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Site selection consultants surveyed by national economic development publication Area Development ranked Alabama a top state for doing business and gave high marks to the state for its labor climate and business environment. Alabama placed No. 4 in Area Development’s 2014 survey of the “Top States for Doing Business,” the fifth consecutive…

    September 11, 2014
  • Team Alabama at 2014 Farnborough Air Show (photo gallery)

    Team Alabama at 2014 Farnborough Air Show (photo gallery)

    MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Team Alabama has returned from a productive 2014 Farnborough International Air Show after securing three project announcements involving more than 700 new aerospace jobs and participating in scores of company meetings. Governor Robert Bentley reported that the state’s air show economic development team, which included Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, engaged in nearly…

    July 18, 2014
  • At Farnborough, Alabama cities connect with aerospace contacts

    At Farnborough, Alabama cities connect with aerospace contacts

    LONDON, England – Matt Parker, president of the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce, scurried down a crowded corridor in one of the pavilions at the Farnborough International Airshow for a scheduled meeting during the aerospace industry global trade event. Like many in the Alabama delegation at the air show, Parker had a full dance card…

    July 17, 2014
  • At Farnborough, Alabama universities play role in aerospace talks

    At Farnborough, Alabama universities play role in aerospace talks

    LONDON, England – Team Alabama’s secret weapon at the Farnborough International Airshow is the state’s education community, which has played a strong supporting role in efforts to recruit new aerospace investment and jobs at the industry’s global trade event. Representatives from the University of Alabama, UAH, and Auburn University participated in rounds of company meetings…

    July 16, 2014
  • Boeing Alabama research center to bring new innovation

    Boeing Alabama research center to bring new innovation

    HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A Boeing Co. research and development center being established in Alabama’s Rocket City will become an innovation hub that helps the aerospace company identify technological advancements critical to the company’s future, a Boeing official said. “Our new research center in Huntsville is key to Boeing’s competitiveness, business performance and future growth,” said…

    July 16, 2014
  • Governor Bentley: Aerospace success laying foundation for growth

    Governor Bentley: Aerospace success laying foundation for growth

    LONDON, England — After announcing projects that will create more than 700 aerospace jobs in the state, Governor Robert Bentley said today that Team Alabama’s work at this year’s Farnborough International Airshow has laid the groundwork for additional growth in a sector he has identified as key to future economic growth in the state. Governor Bentley,…

    July 15, 2014
  • GKN Aerospace opens Alabama composite design engineering center

    GKN Aerospace opens Alabama composite design engineering center

    LONDON, England — GKN Aerospace announced today that it has opened a new composite design engineering center at its Advanced Composite Structures (ACS) facility in Alabama, enhancing the capabilities of the Elmore County operation that serves major North America-based manufacturers. GKN Aerospace officials joined Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and state economic development leaders for today’s…

    July 15, 2014
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