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Here is today's summary of economic development news, a free service of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, representing Alabama's private sector investment in economic development.  If you enjoy NewsFlash, thank an EDPA Partner

 

In this issue:
Local leaders praise new 3D facility for GE Aviation
Ohio-based Total Quality Logistics opening Daphne sales office, could hire as many as 80
Views of finishing touches on Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport's terminal upgrades
Boeing Alabama research center to bring new innovation
Governor Bentley: Aerospace success laying foundation for growth
Nominate: 2014 Alabama Launchpad Innovation Awards

 


 

Local leaders praise new 3D facility for GE Aviation

Michael Hill | Intern

 July 15, 2014

 

GE Aviation announced Tuesday a $50 million investment in its Auburn facility to bring a high volume additive manufacturing, or 3D, facility for the jet propulsion industry - the first of its kind.

 

GE stated in a press release that the specific component to be built at the Auburn facility is a fuel nozzle. It will mark the first time such a complex component will be manufactured using additive technology.

 

During a ceremony Tuesday morning at the Auburn facility, Auburn University president Dr. Jay Gogue explained as a "non-engineer" how the technology creates the component.

 

"When you go to see how they do it, they take a pan- it looks like a kitchen pan to me- it's about 18 inches by 18 inches, and it's filled with powdered metal. The metal is as fine as flour that you would find in a kitchen. There is a laser that they program, it goes and literally dances over the top of the powder and it in essence melts that little tiny layer of powder metal and it continues to dance over and over and literally a 3-D product comes out of this powder. It's beautiful the way it works."


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 Ohio-based Total Quality Logistics opening Daphne sales office, could hire as many as 80

on July 15, 2014 
 

DAPHNE, Alabama - Cincinnati, Ohio-based Total Quality Logistics Inc. is entering the Alabama market via Daphne and plans to hire between 40 and 80 people over the next three years.

 

"We are pleased that a fast-growing company like Total Quality Logistics has chosen Baldwin County to expand their U.S. footprint", said Lee Lawson, president and chief executive officer of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance.

 

"TQL's selection of Daphne shows not only the growing interest but also the continued need for more white-collar office development in the region," he said.


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[al.com]

 

 

 

 


 Views of finishing touches on Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport's terminal upgrades

on July 15, 2014 

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Crews are nearly finished with the final phase of the $201.6 million terminal modernization at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, a project team member said Monday.

 

Paving and pavement markings are complete on the airfield surrounding renovated Concourse C said Tony Williams with Bloc Global Services Group, which is managing the project in a joint-venture with Brasfield & Gorrie.

 

Also complete are the jet bridges -- covered connections passengers use to walk between the terminal and airplanes -- the new elevator for the parking deck and the front canopy joining the terminal and parking deck.

 

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[al.com]

 

 

 

 


 

Boeing Alabama research center to bring new innovation


HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - A Boeing Co. research and development center being established in Alabama's Rocket City will become an innovation hub that helps the aerospace company identify technological advancements critical to the company's future, a Boeing official said.

 

"Our new research center in Huntsville is key to Boeing's competitiveness, business performance and future growth," said Greg Hyslop, vice president and general manager of Boeing Research & Technology. "With a focus on simulation analytics and metals and chemical technology, our Huntsville team will be a hub of expertise, fueling continuous innovation while supporting our commercial, defense and government customers."

 

Projects like the Boeing Alabama research center reflect a priority for the state's economic development team at the Farnborough International Air Show, now under way near London. The team led by Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield has identified research-related jobs as a key target of aerospace industry expansion efforts. Results so far are encouraging: At the air show Tuesday, British aerospace giant GKN announced a research and design center is being established at its Alabama facility.

 

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[madeinalabama.com]

 

 

 

 

 



 

Governor Bentley: Aerospace success laying foundation for growth

July 15, 2014

 

LONDON, England - After announcing projects that will create more than 700 aerospace jobs in the state, Governor Robert Bentley said today that Team Alabama's work at this year'sFarnborough International Airshow has laid the groundwork for additional growth in a sector he has identified as key to future economic growth in the state.

 

Governor Bentley, who departs England on Wednesday, said the small state working group engaged in nearly two dozen meetings with aerospace and aviation companies while at the industry's most prominent trade event. He leaves in the wake of three rapid-fire project announcements.

 

"The success we have had today - more than 700 new jobs announced by three companies in a single day - shows that Alabama is being taken seriously in the aerospace industry," he said this afternoon.

 

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[madeinalabama.com]

 

 

 

 

 


 

Nominate:2014 Alabama Launchpad Innovation Awards

 

 

Nominations are now being accepted for the Alabama Launchpad Innovation Awards, presented by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama Foundation.

 

The winners will be honored at the 2014 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference Sept. 25-26 in Birmingham. The deadline for nominations is July 31, and there is no entry fee.

 

Nominate yourself, your business or someone else! Visit alabamalaunchpad.com/innovation/innovation-awards/

  

 

 

 

 

 

 




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