Business Alabama Staff
Calhoun Community College adds systems engineering technology program
Calhoun Community College will launch a systems engineering technology program this fall, the first of its kind in the nation.
Austal wins contract for first steel ship project
Mobile-based Austal USA has been awarded a $3.6 million U.S. Navy contract for functional design of the Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue Ship (T-ATS)...
Dewberry acquires Edmonds Engineering
Dewberry is acquiring Birmingham-headquartered Edmonds Engineering, a 75-plus employee firm with offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Dewberry is a professional services firm headquartered in...
Regions to acquire Utah-based home improvement lender
Regions Bank today announced it has agreed to acquire home improvement lender EnerBank USA, which is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
EnerBank is one...
Vulcan Materials acquiring U.S. Concrete
Birmingham-based Vulcan Materials Co. is acquiring all issued and outstanding shares of U.S. Concrete, a Texas-based firm, in a deal valued at $1.29 billion.
Boards...
Birmingham ad agency Big announces strategy team
Big, a Birmingham-based communications agency, announced today additions to its Strategy service line, led by Alex Sharkey, new director of strategy. Sharkey joins strategy...
Dynetics expands welding capabilities
With the recent delivery of a welding system from Pro-Beam in Germany, Huntsville’s Dynetics Technical Solutions now operates the largest electron-beam welding system in...
NASA picks Marshall for Venus studies
NASA has selected two missions to Venus and work on the $500 million projects will be handled at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
Lockheed...
Byars|Wright expands in North Alabama
Byars|Wright Insurance has launched its new employee benefits department with the acquisition of Decatur-based Business to Business Solutions’ (B2B) employee benefits assets. With this...
Sedgefield Plantation can be yours for $21 million
Sedgefield Plantation, a nearly 6,000-acre hunting and recreation property in Alabama’s Black Belt, is on the market.
The site is co-listed by Whitetail Properties and...