Manufacturing — Page 5

HUNTSVILLE — Delaware-based American Carbonyl has acquired Ashland’s carbonyl iron manufacturing assets and business lines. With the acquisition, American Carbonyl continues manufacturing carbonyl iron micropowders and iron pentacarbonyl on Redstone […]

EFI Automotive making $6M investment in Elkmont

ELKMONT — In a show of confidence for Limestone County and the town of Elkmont, EFI Automotive is making a $6 million investment to its North American headquarters here. EFI […]

HUNTSVILLE – Polaris will be shipping the first of its all-new electric Ranger XP Kinetic vehicles from its Huntsville manufacturing plant this week. Polaris manufactures the fully electric vehicle at […]

Jupiter unveils product line in Madison

MADISON – Jupiter CNC Systems Southeast recently teamed up with its distributor team, Michigan-based AHB Tooling and Machinery, for product training at Jupiter’s warehouse in Madison. While the training and […]

TANNER — Calhoun Community College has been named among 16 other schools in the 2023 Project MFG Regional Integrated Advanced Manufacturing Competition. The final four teams will advance to the […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne hiring for new Huntsville facility

HUNTSVILLE – Aerojet Rocketdyne has begun hiring for its third campus in the Huntsville area, the company announced today. The new 379,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Jetplex Industrial Park is […]

MONTGOMERY — Nucor Corp. is increasing its presence in Decatur with an investment of approximately $125 million for an advanced manufacturing facility, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today. The company’s new […]

Precision pivot pays off for Greg Brown

HUNTSVILLE — Small businesses are infamously resilient against a turbulent economy, willingly flexible in meeting customer demands, and easily adaptable to unstable business environments. Greg Brown, co-CEO at Brown Precision, […]

Curiteva wins FDA clearance to 3D print spinal implants

TANNER – Two years ago, medical device manufacturer Curiteva, designed, programmed and built a first-of-its-kind 3D printer that uses a popular thermoplastic polymer known as PEEK, to make implantable medical […]

David Raby (STI Electronics, Inc. contributed, 256 Today)

MADISON – David Raby, president and CEO of Huntsville’s STI Electronics, Inc., will be featured as an expert among experts on the Reliability Matters podcast to discuss the challenges of […]

Morgan Metals announces Athens expansion

ATHENS – An Athens metal manufacturing company plans to expand in 2023.  Morgan Metals President Patrick Townsend said the expansion is to serve the growing number of industries in North […]

AMIIC adds local flavor to support Army modernization

HUNTSVILLE – In case you haven’t heard, Alabama needs 500,000 skilled workers by the year 2025 and Huntsville’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center is doing everything it can to […]

Martin names Strandquist executive VP

FLORENCE — Martin has hired Marc Strandquist as executive vice president of the fastening solutions division, the company announced. Martin is a Florence-based custom-tailored solutions provider for maintenance, repair, operation […]

NASA, Boeing sign $3.2B rocket production contract

HUNTSVILLE — NASA has signed a $3.2 billion contract with Boeing of Huntsville to continue manufacturing core and upper stages for future Space Launch System (SLS) rockets for the Artemis […]

HUNTSVILLE – Imagine if Santa had these for his sleigh. However, it will be the Air Force and Navy that will use Aerojet Rocketdyne-produced rocket motors and sleds for the […]

Gregory Strut to build $30M facility in Athens

ATHENS – Gregory Strut will break ground today on the first of three building phases for a $30 million manufacturing facility. The ceremony is 10 a.m. In early 2022, the […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne to expand Huntsville presence

HUNTSVILLE– Aerojet Rocketdyne is expanding its Huntsville presence with additional job opportunities and a new facility to increase manufacturing and office space, the company announced today. The 379,000 square-foot manufacturing […]

HUNTSVILLE – As Artemis I vehicle lifted off this week, a crucial piece of hardware seven years in the making soared with it into the starlit sky. Teledyne Brown Engineering […]

MONTGOMERY — First Solar plans to invest $1.1 billion to establish a photovoltaic solar module manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The facility will create more […]

HUNTSVILLE – The Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center is holding a three-day Introduction to Additive Manufacturing Workflow course. The class will be Nov. 15-17 at 5021 Technology Drive in […]

Blue Origin delivers engines for ULA's Vulcan launch

HUNTSVILLE — Blue Origin has delivered two rocket engines to United Launch Alliance’s factory in Decatur that will be used in 2023 for the first launch of ULA’s next-generation Vulcan […]

DECATUR — United Launch Alliance (ULA), which already has the world’s largest rocket plant here in Morgan County, is expanding its operations even more. ULA held a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday […]

MADISON — Leather protected prehistoric man from the elements. It was used in 3000 B.C. to make boat sails, furniture, tents, and weapons. Because of its durability while also being […]

TANNER – The Bocar Group, an international automotive components manufacturer, made a bold statement this week about its plans for expanding into North America by opening their first U.S.-based manufacturing […]