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...
Countless Jobs, Few Takers
On the one hand, the seemingly bottomless pit of vacancies for truck driving jobs is hard to fathom in Alabama, where the...
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, ...
Soaring on a Southern Wind
Airbus jet components are created in plants across Europe, make their way by ocean liner to Mobile and are assembled by skilled workers...
Investment-Grade Porsche Brokers
Thomas Trissl wanted to do something fun after he sold his first flooring company in Florence. Three years ago, he partnered with Jason...
Mercedes Evolution
For more than a year, the Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) automotive assembly plant in Vance has experienced shifts in branding, product offerings...
Peak Year in Lincoln
It will happen. The big reveal. On Sunday, Feb. 7. The Japan-based Honda Motor Co. says that on that day, in a...
Toyota Maxes Engine Output
With speed and precision, the workers at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (TMMAL) in Huntsville assemble engines for several of the brand’s cars and...
New Elantra Maintains Hyundai Momentum
In 2015, a decade after workers at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) in Montgomery assembled their first vehicle, they celebrated the completion...
