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Autocar Chooses Alabama For $120M Investment

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Indiana-based Autocar is investing $120 million to open an Alabama heavy truck assembly operation with 746 jobs. Image: Alabama NewsCenter). Average annual base compensation for all employees, ranging from management to production, will be $58,656. The property sits within the city limits of both Birmingham and Center Point.

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Business Facilities’ 10th Annual Rankings Report: Tennessee Races To The Top In Education; Alabama Takes Automotive Crown

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“After rising through the ranks of our flagship auto strength category like one of the Saturn V rockets they used to produce in Huntsville, Alabama finally has reached the summit,” Rogers said. Mercedes’ decision was a game-changer: the German automaker’s arrival opened the door for other industrial leaders to come to Alabama.

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FEATURE STORY: Workforce Development Programs – The Recipe For Success

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While these programs vary from state to state, they have in common the goal of helping ensure that skill sets are matching employer expectations, particularly in high-tech industries, in order to get people back to work. MADE IN ALABAMA. production site in 1993. Today, Mercedes continues to expand its partnership with the state.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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will lose this worldwide competition and its long-held crown as the heavyweight champ of industrial giants. In March 2016, McAuliffe signed into law measures that establish a workforce training program targeted to increase specific industry certifications and occupational licenses that meet the needs of businesses in each region of the state.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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In recent years, we transformed this ranking into an analytical assessment of growth potential that gave added weight to industry trends and projected expansion based on commitments from the major automakers. Mercedes’ decision was a game-changer: the German automaker’s arrival opened the door for other industrial giants to come to Alabama.

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Deepwater Horizon: Three Years Later

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In December, a federal judge approved the Deepwater Horizon Economic and Property Damages Settlement agreement, which covers individuals and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and certain coastal counties in eastern Texas and western Florida, as well as specified adjacent Gulf waters and bays.

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Seven Projects Land Deal of the Year Honorable Mentions

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PROJECTS: KAISER PERMANENTE (GA DED; AMAZON (GSMP); COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS (TN DECD); SOLARCITY (UTAH GOED); SUBARU EXPANSION (IEDC); POLARIS INDUSTRIES (AL DOC); NOVO NORDISK (EDC OF NC). The robust technology talent, thriving network of companies and overall high quality of life in GA puts Georgia on the radar for these industry leaders.

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