Three Alabama cities act as early warning indicators of economic stress
Decatur, Enterprise and Jasper top Alabama’s list of “signal cities” — attuned to local shifts in hiring, consumer behavior and supply chain logistics.
List: Alabama’s Largest Manufacturers 2025
Manufacturers are ranked by number of Alabama employees.
Dothan firm makes cross-laminated timber to bring strength and warmth to buildings
SmartLam North America, in Dothan, can produce 84 million board feet of glulam beams and columns each year.
FabArc Steel in Oxford has grown from the ground up
FabArc Steel Supply has grown from humble beginnings in a tent to a $300 million company.
Titomic USA opens Huntsville facility
The new 59,000-square-foot facility will host live equipment demonstrations and support production capabilities.
Kimberly-Clark announces $130M expansion in Mobile
Kimberly-Clark is adding a production line that will make hygiene products.
Historic Alabama: Beginnings of an industry
Birmingham's great industry of the late 1880s.
Retrospect: ADDSCO during World War II
Mobile answered the call to war with the Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co. building Liberty Ships and other vessels.
Alabama’s Boostr Digital Displays started as a sports teams fundraiser
A TV, table and a need for funds inspired Greg Crowe to create Boostr Digital Displays.
Jasper Lumber nears completion of $135 million sawmill upgrade
Work began on the sawmill improvements in 2020 and should be complete in 2026.