Governor Bentley wraps up successful two days at Paris Air Show, work continues
PARIS, France — Governor Robert Bentley is traveling back to Alabama today after two long days of back-to-back meetings at the Paris Air Show. The governor held meetings with 24 aerospace industry companies in Paris and leaves with new relationships and several leads on potential aerospace projects and expansions for the state. “The most important…
Photo Gallery: Day Two at Paris Air Show for Alabama team
PARIS, France — Day Two at the Paris Air Show for Team Alabama began with business meetings and concluded with a reception hosted by officials from Mobile and Baldwin counties. Below is a photo gallery that shows Governor Robert Bentley and economic development officials talking at an early morning strategy session and later at the…
Futuristic Raytheon Alabama factory makes missiles with robots
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – In the futuristic Raytheon Alabama factory, robotic vehicles glide silently across gleaming plant floors, transporting nose cones and other missile parts to the precise spots where they are needed for assembly. The $75 million Raytheon Redstone Missile Integration Facility in Huntsville, however, is not simply a marvel of technological design. The 70,000-square-foot…
PPG Aerospace displays its Alabama aircraft window expertise at Paris Air Show
PARIS, France — If you see one of the new jetliners cutting through the sky over the Paris Air Show, you may wonder how it got its sophisticated, high-technology windshields and windows. There is a good possibility they came from the PPG Aerospace facility in Huntsville. With a number of hallmark transparency technologies to tout,…
GE Aviation laser technology powers innovation at Alabama jet engine plant
AUBURN, Alabama — A new GE Aviation plant in Auburn will use Star Wars-like laser technology to help the industry giant produce critical jet engine components at a time when global demand for aircraft is projected to surge. Inside the GE Aviation plant in Auburn, workers use powerful lasers to drill miniscule cooling holes in…
Governor Robert Bentley will meet with 12 companies on day two of Paris Air Show
Governor Robert Bentley arrived at the Paris Air Show before 7 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday for another packed day of 12 meetings with aerospace companies considering locating or expanding in Alabama. Meetings planned for the day included visits with Raytheon and Boeing, both of which have large operations in North Alabama, as well as…
Photo Gallery: Day 1 for Alabama team at Paris Air Show
PARIS, France — The opening day of the 50th Paris Air Show brought lots of meetings for members of the Alabama delegation. State officials talked with a dozen companies, including GKN Aerospace, which operates a facility in Elmore County, and Airbus, which is constructing a $600 million final assembly line at Mobile’s Brookley Aeroplex. Alabama…
Team Alabama has productive first-day Paris Air Show meetings, Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield says
PARIS, France — Governor Robert Bentley and members of the Alabama delegation had a busy and productive day at the Paris Air Show, meeting today with a dozen companies in the aviation and aerospace sector about the possibility of establishing or expanding an Alabama presence. In a question-and-answer session with Made in Alabama, Secretary of…
Montgomery officials aim to lay path for GKN Aerospace expansion
PARIS, France -– Alabama’s capital city cradles one of the nation’s busiest auto assembly plants, along with a growing network of parts suppliers to the massive Hyundai operation. But this week, it’s aerospace manufacturing, not auto, that is driving the hopes of Montgomery officials. Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange is attending his first Paris Air Show…
Alabama team meets with Safran about its future in the state
PARIS, France — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield met today with Safran, a powerhouse in aerospace, defense and security, to talk about its new engineering center in Mobile as well as potential opportunities for an even larger Alabama presence in the future. France-based Safran celebrated the opening of its new…
