Alcrete Industries, a Pell City-based provider of precast concrete products, has acquired Cape Fear Precast in North Carolina. The North Carolina acquisition includes Cape Fear’s 20-acre manufacturing site. – Alcrete Industries
BJ’s Wholesale Club, a membership warehouse club, announced five new locations, including a club in Madison, the company’s first in Alabama. The location will include a BJ’s gas station. Alabama marks the 20th state to have a BJ’s Wholesale Club. — BusinessWire
Jim Wilson III, a Montgomery businessman, philanthropist and civic leader, died Saturday. He was 59. Wilson, son of Jim Wilson Jr., founder of Jim Wilson & Associates, was on the board of trustees of the University of Alabama system. – WSFA 12
Eleven executives of Birmingham-area businesses have sent letters to Alabama lawmakers urging them to support a bailout of beleaguered Birmingham-Southern College. The letter was signed by Birmingham Business Alliance Chairman Greg Curran, Spire Alabama President Joe Hampton, Drummond Company President Richard Mullen and others. – AL.com
Daniel Scheinert, a graduate of the International Baccalaureate School at Shades Valley, won the best director Oscar Sunday night, and Homewood High School graduate Paul Rogers won for best film editing, both for the best picture winner “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” – Bham Now
Troy’s Pike Aviation has been added as an awardee of a $14 million contract for fuel support at Troy Municipal Airport. – Department of Defense
