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GE Aviation announces $75 million jet component plant
GE Aviation will hire up to 400 people to staff a 300,000-foot facility in Auburn to make jet engine parts.
Airbus to build a320 family aircraft in mobile
Airbus announced plans to build a $600 million aircraft assembly plant in Mobile, AL. Creating 1,000 jobs, construction is expected to begin in the Summer of 2013 at the Brookley Aeroplex. It will assemble A320 Family aircraft starting in 2015 and produce 40-50 aircraft annually by 2018.
Automotive industry flourishes in Alabama
Fresh on the heels of a $290 million body shop expansion, Mercedes announced it will double investment from $2 billion to $4 billion at the automaker's SUV manufacturing plant near Tuscaloosa, creating 1,000 new jobs and increasing production by 40,000 vehicles.
Honda to add Acura production in 2013
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama in Lincoln has announced plans to begin producing the Acura MDX luxury sport utility vehicle in 2013. HMA currently produces Odyssey minivans, Pilot sport utility vehicles, Ridgeline pick-up trucks and V-6 engines.
One of America's busiest deep-water ports
With 4,000 acres and 41 berths, Mobile ranks as the thirteenth largest port in the U.S. in cargo tonnage, ahead of Savannah, Baltimore and Tampa.
One of the most advanced assembly plants in North America
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) produces the Sonata and Elantra sedans. These two cars represent 65% of Hyundai sales in the U.S. market. Hyundai Motor Group has invested more than $1.7 billion in the Montgomery, Alabama facility.
Alabama - the largest investment by a German company in the United States
ThyssenKrupp chose Alabama to build a $5 billion steel plant; the largest capital investment in the company's 200-year history.