The R&D Multiplier
ABOVE Scientists at Evonik’s new Research & Development Center in Birmingham work to develop screws and plates used to fix bone fractures from...
Signature Victory: Alabama Wins $1.6B Toyota-Mazda Plant
The plant should begin operations by 2021 and have an estimated annual production capacity of approximately 300,000 units.
Aerospace Evolution, Cradle to Orbit
At B.C. Rain High School in Mobile, the graduation rate five years ago was 42 percent. This year the graduation rate was 92...
Autos Highly Pumped
It’s been quite a ride for the automotive industry, but a years-long run of record production, sales and employment growth is about...
Fuel Fleet for the Southeast
ABOVE Charles McPherson with grandson Jack, an intern at the family firm this summer. Instantly recognizable by their yellow...
Agility Prevails in Metals
There is a magnificent magnolia tree standing in front of the Birmingham headquarters of O’Neal Industries, an international distributor and processor of metal...
From the Alps to Alabama
For more than a decade, RUAG Space has been manufacturing components for United Launch Alliance (ULA), the joint venture of Boeing and...
The Future of Textiles
Site manager and President Kevin Allen has worked in textiles more than 40 years, beginning...
Up Close World ’Round
There you are on the Mobile Bay ferry — or at Mount Rushmore or Stone Mountain or at the feet of Birmingham’s Vulcan statue...
Hyundai’s Power Play
This is the Hyundai plant in Alabama that doesn’t make cars. It’s Hyundai Power Transformers USA and, as the name suggests, ...