Shoals Shift
In contrast to a local history trodden by industry giants, Shoals leaders are focused on cultivating homegrown enterprises built for digital speed.
U.S. Jobs Insourced Down Home
It seemed too good to be true — 300 high tech jobs looking for a small town. Because the city took good care of itself, Brewton turned out ideal after this Atlanta IT’s search for a rural homeplace.
Sought-after Software Enterprises
Kevin Chowning has been part of two software startups that were later part of M&A transactions....
Rust Buster with Big Potential
Jon Brasher Few people who...
Inventive Startups Already Rolling
Enterprise Software for Beer Brewery Buddy // Tuscaloosa Josh Sahib was having a beer at a Tuscaloosa brewery when he came up...
Innovations Critical and Complex
Alabama’s top academic and nonprofit inventors have produced significant patents, primarily in biomedical fields. They are among the 4, 000 fellows of the...
Boosting High Tech Critical Mass
Key players behind Innovate Birmingham, from left: Brian Hilson of BBA, Dr. Ray Watts...
Risk Management for Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most powerful rocket, will launch crew members and massive cargo loads into deep space, ...
Manufacturing System Controls
Todd Hassel, the business development manager of Prism Systems Inc., swings open the front panel of a vending machine, exposing its...
Factory Controllers: Hargrove Engineers + Constructors
Most Royal Street pedestrians are oblivious to the workings underneath the road. But in the subterranean basement of Hargrove Engineers + Constructors is an...