Mercedes Gears Up for C-Class
When Jason Hoff became president and CEO of the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. plant in Vance in July 2013, the nation’s auto industry already...
Triple Shift into Record Production
It is 3 p.m. at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) in Montgomery and Ashley Frye, vice president of the production division, has just returned...
Engine Plant Climbs Toyota Mountain
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Huntsville is on course to become the largest Toyota engine plant in the world, aiming to produce 744, 000...
Automotive Success from Big Cities in Alabama to Small Towns
They make car seats, car doors, braking systems, headlights, gaskets and more. If it’s a component of a modern automobile, odds are somebody’s making...
Alabama Honda Mints a Lux SUV
Last December in tiny Lincoln, just off the Interstate 20 corridor in Talladega County, Honda workers celebrated the 3 millionth vehicle as it rolled...
America's Corner Market
Members of the Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama (P&CMA) operate in every part of the state, and economic activity here would...
Oil to Move Industry
Like many of the other Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama members, Clanton-based W.H. Thomas Oil Co. is a relatively small, ...
Critical Retail Savvy
For David Collins, there is no doubt about it. “No product on earth generates more competition than a gallon of gasoline, ”...
Pipelines to Your Pumps
The dozen or so fuel tanks resemble a patch of giant steel mushrooms along one of the busiest stretches of Interstate 65 in...
Traction in the New Age of Commercial Real Estate
“Traction in the New Age of Commercial Real Estate” is the theme for the annual conference (ACREcon) for the Alabama Center for Real...