Auto supplier HTNA adds new Alabama production facility, 100 jobs
JASPER, Alabama – HTNA, a tier-one auto supplier that manufactures carpet and interior trim components for Honda, Toyota and other automakers, plans to hire 100 workers after constructing a new Alabama production facility. The company said its new, state-of-the-art plant is located in the Bevill Industrial Park in Jasper, less than two miles from the…
Flight plan: Small Alabama city eyes future as aviation hub
ANDALUSIA, Alabama – About 125 miles from Mobile, where Airbus will build its first U.S. final assembly line, is a small Covington County city of 9,000 people that plans to transform its textile-based economy into an aviation hub. Andalusia Mayor Earl Johnson joins other elected officials and economic development experts from around Alabama this week…
Interstate 22 boosts economic development opportunities in northwest Alabama, developers say
JASPER, Alabama – Segments of Corridor X – the roadway that will become Alabama’s next interstate – are so new they don’t show up on some GPS devices. But economic developers like David Knight and David Thornell believe that ribbon of asphalt will make Northwest Alabama appealing for new development. Corridor X, or Interstate 22, as…
