Delta receives 100th Alabama-built A320 jet
Mobile-based Airbus celebrated the delivery of its 100th A320 jet to Delta Airlines. Sen. Katie Britt and Airbus Americas Chairman and CEO Jeff Knittel were among those in Mobile for the event. Delta flies more than 400 aircraft built by Airbus, and more than a quarter of them were made in Mobile. – AL.com
Brasfield & Gorrie tops health care list
Birmingham-based Brasfield & Gorrie is the No. 1 general contractor in health care construction, based on 2022 volume, according to Modern Healthcare magazine. The company has been in the survey’s top six general contractors every year for the past two decades. – Brasfield & Gorrie
Huntsville’s American Carbonyl makes acquisition
American Carbonyl, which manufactures Carbonyl Iron Micropowders and Iron Pentacarbonyl at Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal, has acquired Ashland Micropowder and Iron Pentacarbonyl assets. Those materials, used in chemical, defense and metals manufacturing, are only produced by American Carbonyl in the western hemisphere, the company says. – Cision
University of Mobile names residence hall after president emeritus
University of Mobile named its new residence hall Mark Foley Hall after President Emeritus Mark Foley. Foley also delivered the commencement address to the UM Class of 2023. – University of Mobile
UNA awarding first-ever doctorate degree
University of North Alabama student Kyle Reason will be the first UNA student to be awarded a doctorate degree. The doctorate will come in clinical exercise physiology. – News 19
