Hyundai Expects Volume Resurgence Amid Design Adjustments
Last spring, the five millionth engine produced at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) in Montgomery rolled off the assembly line.
Toyota Churns Out Engines Built to Power Cars of Today and Tomorrow
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama produced 700,000 engines last year, and according to David Fernandes, president of the facility, the Huntsville plant will likely produce that many in 2018.
Honda Rolls Out $85 Million Expansion and One of the Year’s Best Family Cars
In March 2017, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama announced plans for a multi-phase project to expand its plant in Lincoln.
Mercedes Triples Down on Alabama Investment
What might have seemed like a gamble on a new region of the country has proved the wise investment it always was.
The Shape and Future of Auto Growth
Expansions lead the growth in Alabama’s automotive sector, and new technologies steer the future of design and worker training.
SUVs Stream Again
Last summer, managers and workers at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) in Montgomery threw a homecoming celebration. In recognition of HMMA reintroducing...
Virtuoso Performance in Lincoln
The minivan. Popular media often portrays the purchase of this vehicle as a car buyer’s rite of passage, from freewheeling, young...
Massive Expansion for a New Generation
In 1997, the German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz began assembling M-Class sport utility vehicles at its newly constructed facility on 1, 000 acres in...
Toyota Economic Engine Full Bore
If all goes as planned, this February the workers at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (TMMAL) in Huntsville will watch as their 5 millionth...
Custom Manufacturing by Listening
Mark McClanahan looked at the growing automotive industry in Alabama and saw a window of opportunity. And a door. And a hood. A...
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Not Making the Grade
Big chunks of Alabama’s infrastructure rate the kind of report card you didn’t want to take home to your parents.
Movers & Shapers, September 2018
Spotlight on Pike, Barbour & Bullock Counties
Surviving and Thriving in Dog-Eat-Dog E-Commerce
Veterinary Internet ships vet supplies to 38 states and four continents, makes swift adaptations in IT, inventory and marketplaces, and stays a nip ahead of Amazon.
Decatur Students Get Hands on Lunar Rover
Students from areas including design drafting, machine tool and welding will work on the project through the end of the fall semester.
Roads and Politics
A permanent solution for dried up road funding includes a gasoline tax increase. But the spark of public support is essential.