Tag: February 2016
Alabama Rolling Toward Direct Auto Export
All systems are go at the Alabama State Port Authority for cars to roll on ships and fleets to set sail, as cars...
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...
Swimming in Good Ink
Dan Starnes, owner of Starnes Publishing, which produces six thriving suburban monthly newspapers in the Birmingham area, shakes his head a...
Google “Data Center + Alabama”
Google will break ground this year on a new, $600 million data center in rural Jackson County near Scottsboro on the site of...
Where is the Auto Industry Headed?
Bernard Swiecki is an analyst with the Center for Automotive Research, a nonprofit that has provided research for the U.S. auto industry for...
Guns are Up, But Not Remington’s
“Mr. Obama is the best gun salesman on the planet, ” according to Louis Navellier, chairman of the Reno, Nevada investment firm...
Redstone Arsenal Fire Sale
Though the war on ISIS may seem far away, at least two notable developments regarding that conflict have involved work being done by...