MONTGOMERY, AL—Mazda and Toyota have selected Huntsville, AL, as the site of their new joint-venture assembly plant. The $1.6 billion factory will have the capacity to build 300,000 vehicles annually and is expected to create up to 4,000 jobs.
OPELIKA, AL—Medical device manufacturer Baxter has completed a $270 million expansion project that has increased the size of its assembly plant here by more than double. The project will also more than double that number the facility’s workforce to more than 350.
MONTGOMERY, AL—Alabama’s auto industry continues to thrive, racking up new jobs and investments in communities across the state. Last year, there were at least 68 auto projects, for an estimated total of 3,848 jobs and $907.1 million in new capital investment. New projects announced this year push that total past $1 billion and add hundreds of more jobs.
HUNSTVILLE, AL——Blue Origin will invest $200 million to build a new factory here to make rocket engines. The facility is expected to employ 342 people.
HUNTSVILLE, AL—More production lines will arrive soon at the new Polaris assembly plant here. The company will transfer production of its Brutus, Bobcat and Gravely products to the new 910,000-square-foot factory, which opened in early November.
HUNTSVILLE, AL—Aerojet Rocketdyne plans to build a new state-of-the-art factory here to build the company’s next-generation rocket engine. The facility is expected to create 800 jobs.
LINCOLN, AL—Honda will invest $85 million in its assembly plant here as part of a multiphase project to improve manufacturing flexibility, strengthen logistics, and prepare for future technologies.
MOBILE, AL—Alabama’s auto production climbed to a record high in 2016, as workers at the state’s three auto assembly plants kept up a brisk pace of building SUVs, pickups and sedans for markets around the world.
CENTREVILLE, AL—German automotive supplier MollerTech will invest $46.3 million to build a state-of-the-art assembly plant here. The factory, which will make interior parts for Mercedes-Benz SUVs, is expected to employ 222 people. MORE
TUSCALOOSA, AL—Mercedes-Benz US-International is in violation of federal labor law for prohibiting employees from organizing inside its assembly plant here when they are off the clock, an appeals court ruled on Monday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a 2014 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that Mercedes employees are free to solicit other employees to join the UAW Local 112 on the plant site.