Triple Shift into Record Production
It is 3 p.m. at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) in Montgomery and Ashley Frye, vice president of the production division, has just returned...
Engine Plant Climbs Toyota Mountain
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Huntsville is on course to become the largest Toyota engine plant in the world, aiming to produce 744, 000...
Automotive Success from Big Cities in Alabama to Small Towns
They make car seats, car doors, braking systems, headlights, gaskets and more. If it’s a component of a modern automobile, odds are somebody’s making...
Alabama Honda Mints a Lux SUV
Last December in tiny Lincoln, just off the Interstate 20 corridor in Talladega County, Honda workers celebrated the 3 millionth vehicle as it rolled...
Hornady on Talking Money and Hard Driving
Chris Hornady, president of Monroeville-based Hornady Transportation LLC, is one of those owners who says he thinks of his employees as family.
But it takes...
Full Throttle Innovation
Montgomery-based Knox Kershaw Inc. (KKI), a respected manufacturer of railroad track maintenance equipment, has a long history of innovation and deep roots in the...
Railroad Lines Off the Beaten Track
From the wailing of the whistle to the clacking along the tracks, trains have been chugging their way into our hearts and minds for...
Stratolaunch Wants to Leapfrog the Launch Pad
While workers in Decatur and Huntsville continually move forward with newer and more powerful versions of the rockets that propelled the American dream into...
Where Rockets are Born
There are different ways to say what United Launch Alliance’s 864 employees in Decatur do every day. Some might say that they use aluminum...
A Space & Missile Giant’s 51st Year in Alabama
Boeing Co. bases two of its corporate enterprises in Alabama — space and missiles — and its 2, 550 Alabama employees make it the...