Tag: October 2013
Weyerhaeuser Restarts South Alabama Mill
Four years after closing its engineered lumber plant at Evergreen, Weyerhaeuser has announced plans to restart production of Trus Joist TJI joists and Microllam...
Potato Chips Raise the Bar
It all started with two men and a sack of potatoes.
In 1923 from the basement of a Birmingham Hills Grocery Store, Mose Lischkoff and...
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...
Alabama Aerospace Benchmarks
NASA — looking beyond the moon
Aiming beyond the moon, NASA continues to awaken the world’s imagination, not just with dreams of places out of...
Spotlight on Shelby County
Shelby County, located in the middle of the state, is one of seven counties in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area. Highly desirable as a great...
Energen Sells Alabama Coalbed Methane Play
Birmingham-based Energen Corp. pioneered coalbed methane production in the Black Warrior Basin nearly 30 years ago, but this summer it announced the sale of...
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Sponsors Senior Bowl
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups has signed on as the new corporate sponsor for the Senior Bowl, played each January in Mobile. The game pits...
Courtland Mill, Largest in State, Shut Down by International Paper
International Paper announced plans in mid-September to close its Courtland mill, laying off about 1, 100 workers in Lawrence County. The mill is slated...
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...
Huntsville: Where Missiles are Made, Along with History
With its rich history in space exploration and full-size replica of the Saturn V moon rocket seen for miles, Huntsville is practically synonymous with...