Industrial robots training center prepares Alabama workers for high-tech manufacturing jobs
TANNER, Alabama — Rick Maroney minds a flock of industrial robots in one of the world’s most innovative and futuristic training centers. Maroney is a project manager at Robotics Technology Park (RTP), where workers from manufacturers such as Toyota, Honda and Navistar have come for training on the latest equipment from the world’s top industrial…
Alabama candy manufacturer tastes sweet success in overseas markets
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama– From a modest candy factory tucked away in a corner of suburban Birmingham, Scott Green satisfies sweet-tooth cravings in more than 50 countries across the globe. Green’s firm, Creative Concepts in Irondale, produces Pucker Powder, a sugary confection that is dispensed from custom-designed machines to fill plastic tubes in colorful layers. The company…
Biggest steelmaker eyes ThyssenKrupp Alabama steel plant, a ‘world-class asset’
MOBILE, Alabama – The world’s largest steelmaker wants to buy the ThyssenKrupp Alabama steel plant, calling it a “world class asset,” according to a report in the Wall Street Journal’s online edition. ArcelorMittal is one of several bidders for the ThyssenKrupp plant near Mobile, which is capable of producing 5 million tons of steel a…
