Alec Harvey
Demand for Showa’s Gloves Leads Fayette Plant to Double its Size
                    
Even before COVID-19 hit, the folks at Showa Group — the glove-making factory in Fayette, in northwest Alabama — were looking to expand.
“We made...                
            Top Headlines: Report, Ametek Near $1.5 Billion Deal to Acquire Huntsville’s Abaco, 12 from...
                    Report: Ametek near $1.5 billion deal to acquire Huntsville’s Abaco
Bloomberg is reporting that Ametek Inc. is in “advanced talks” to buy Huntsville’s Abaco Systems...                
            Top Headlines: Alabama Innovation Corporation on Legislators’ Docket, Alabama Capital Network Names New CEO
                    Alabama Innovation Corporation on legislators’ docket
A bill introduced in the Alabama legislature would create the Alabama Innovation Corporation, a public-private partnership to promote initiatives...                
            Pharmavite expanding Opelika facility, Amtrak petitions for access to rail lines
                    Pharmavite expanding Opelika facility
Vitamin manufacturer Pharmavite is planning an $8 million expansion to its Opelika facility, adding 81 jobs to a plant that already...                
            Top Headlines: Birmingham Startup Raises $15.5 Million, Miami-Based Company Buys Largest AL Apartment Property
                    Birmingham startup raises $15.5 million
Immediate, a Birmingham startup that works with companies to provide employees wages that have been earned but not paid, has...                
            Robins & Morton Celebrates 75 years of Health Care Construction (and more)
                    
The early days of Robins & Morton began with a gesture that would set a tone for decades.
Todd Robins had started his construction company,...                
            Top Headlines: Alabama Unemployment Rate Lowest Since Pandemic Started, Birmingham-Southern Launches Data Science Program
                    Alabama unemployment rate lowest since pandemic started
Alabama’s unemployment rate for January 2021 is 4.3%, down from 4.7% in December and the lowest the rate...                
            Top Headlines: Alabama to Get $4 Billion from Stimulus Package, North Italia Opens First...
                    Alabama to get $4 billion from stimulus package
Alabama will receive $4 billion as part of the $1.9 trillion stimulus package. Jefferson County will receive...                
            Soaring materials costs, supply-chain problems top construction concerns
                    
The construction industry nationwide and in Alabama is concerned about high materials cost and disruptions in the supply chain, according to a survey conducted...                
            Top Headlines: Moulton Manufacturer Expands, New Rail Ferries will Service Port of Mobile
                    Moulton manufacturer expands
Moulton’s Red Land Cotton has completed construction of a 25,000-square-foot warehouse and hired new employees, all part of a $1.5 million expansion...                
            
            

