Hook-Setting Determination
For many people, the old Andy Griffith Show perfectly personified what life was like in a small Southern town in the ’50s and...
A Declaration of Independence in International Trade
We spoke with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in mid-June, on the subject of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. At the time, opponents...
American Manufacturers Battle Chinese Scofflaws
When Business Alabama visited with him two years ago, Milton Magnus III was hanging in there — up to his neck fighting illegal...
Industry Unraveled
It can take just a single loose thread to start the unraveling. A flaw forms in one area and begins to spread. Before long,...
American-Made Works Big Time at Haleyville's Exxel Outdoors
Barbara Garrison was destined to make sleeping bags, right down to her initials: BAG. And her dedication to her profession, her...
Clean Machine Specialists
Compliance with environmental regulations is an ongoing challenge for Alabama manufacturers employing procedures or materials that have the potential to pollute air, water...
Wiring North America
If you’ve built a new house, rewired your basement, added an outdoor TV, or just a new porch light in recent...
Deeper Foundations by Design and Engineering
Richard Shea III (left) and his brother, Bill, two of the leaders of family-owned...
How Keen was 2015?
In a pattern that now seems familiar, there wasn’t explosive growth or untenable collapse this past year, just a steady drumbeat of...
Cargo Ships – Stronger Dollar, Weaker Trade
Along the port of Mobile, cargo ships carrying everything from coal, lumber, iron and steel to frozen poultry and soybeans are leaving the state...