Pilgrim’s Donates $1.6 Million to Aid Alabama Communities
Chicken producer Pilgrim’s Inc., which operates three plants in Alabama with some 3,200 employees, has announced plans to donate $1.6 million to help Alabama...
Ivey Names Four to Port Authority
Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed three new members to the Alabama State Port Authority board and reappointed a fourth. All will begin their terms...
FedEx Ground Announces $40M Facility in Birmingham & Bessemer
FedEx Ground on Thursday announced plans for a $40.6 million facility on 46 acres along Lakeshore Parkway — mostly in Birmingham, partly in Bessemer...
John Soules Plant Breaks Ground in Valley
Texas-based John Soules Foods broke ground this week on a production facility in Valley in Chambers County. Construction is expected to take about 13...
ArcelorMittal Plans $500 Million Furnace at Mobile-area Mill
Steelmaker ArcelorMittal yesterday announced plans to add a $500 million electric arc furnace at its Calvert mill on the Mobile-Washington county line.
The new furnace...
Oakland Metal Buildings Merges into Mississippi Firm
Florence-based Oakland Metal Buildings has merged with Reed’s Metals of Brookhaven, Mississippi, and the combined firm will operate under the Reed’s Metals name.
The Oakland...
Austal‘s EPF 12 Completes Sea Trials
The Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 12, soon to be the USNS Newport, completed sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico and is ready for...
Two Companies Join Motion Industries
Motion Industries has entered into agreements to acquire TRC Hydraulics and F&L Industrial Solutions Inc. The transactions closed on August 1.
Motion Industries, headquartered in...
Briggs & Stratton Files for Bankruptcy
It is uncertain what impact the bankruptcy filing by Briggs & Stratton will have on its plant in Auburn, where the company's 575 workers...
Teledyne Brown to Make Missiles for Combat Ships
Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. has been awarded a $6 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corp. to manufacture the first production unit of the Surface-to-Surface...
