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Governor's Trade Excellence Awards honors export success
MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Governor Robert Bentley today honored eight homegrown companies with Trade Excellence Awards for their accomplishments in exporting Alabama-made products and services to customers around the globe, reflecting a key priority of his administration's economic growth strategy.
The companies receiving the award at a ceremony this morning in the Old House Chamber at the state Capitol demonstrate capabilities in a wide range of activities. One enterprise develops software that controls factories, while another has created technologies that turn waste into energy. The group includes a maker of railway maintenance and a manufacturer of street sweeping machines. One is a coal producer that competes with global energy giants.
The companies are helping to fuel a surge in Alabama exports. Last year, overseas shipments of Alabama-made goods topped $19.5 billion, just short of an annual record. Since 2009, Alabama exports have risen 57 percent. Over the past decade, the gain is 115 percent.
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Truck drivers, nurses among most sought after employees
By Hunter Robinson
Mar 17, 2015
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -The Alabama Department of Labor released a report on Tuesday stating that truck drivers and registered nurses continue to be the most sought after employees.
The report uses data collected and analyzed by the Alabama Department of Labor's Labor Market Information Division. The data shows that the most online wanted ads were for truck drivers, registered nurses and retail supervisors, with more than 5,700 ads placed for those occupations in January.
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