Construction Crew Chief
As a teenager, Birmingham native Henry Hagood had his life all planned out, or so he thought. After college, he...
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, ”...
Finns’ Alabama-based Advance on U.S. Market
Mick Wallis heads up one of the largest stainless steel plants in the world and the newest. He is president of Outokumpu Stainless...
Hard Hat Higher Ed
It has all of the characteristics of a typical construction site. The pounding of hammers and the piercing sound of circular saws fill...
Drilling for Liquid Gold. Water, That Is.
Tragedy struck suddenly from the sky in Tuscaloosa on April 27, 2011, when an EF-4 tornado ripped through the town with...
Working and Living in Alabama’s Biggest Oil Patch
Conecuh County lies about half way between Montgomery and Mobile on I-65. Hop off the interstate at Evergreen, the county seat, ...
Strategic Redirection Saves Retail Real Estate Venture
Partners Robert Jolly and Mead Silsbee couldn’t have picked a worse time to launch a business specializing in the retail segment of real...
Pie Lab’s Community Chemistry
They are enjoying the life of pie in the tiny west Alabama town of Greensboro — apple, blueberry, key lime, ...