A Tier 1 automotive supplier has chosen to locate a new manufacturing facility in Gadsden, and officials ranging from Mayor Sherman Guyton to Gov. Kay Ivey made the announcement Tuesday. Motus Integrated Technologies will invest $16,225,000 in a new facility …

Tuesday’s announcement that Motus Integrated Technologies, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, is locating in Gadsden was the culmination of more than a year of work for local and state officials. Frankie Davis, who oversees governmental affairs and economic development for …

Motus Integrated Technologies, a Tier 1 supplier of automotive interior products to the world’s automakers, has selected Gadsden as the location for its new manufacturing facility, Gov. Kay Ivey announced today. Motus will invest more than $15 million and create …

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey today announced that Motus Integrated Technologies, a Tier 1 supplier of automotive interior products to the world’s automakers, has selected the City of Gadsden, in Etowah County, as the location for its new manufacturing facility. Motus …

David Hooks has been hired as the new executive director of the Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority, filling a position that had been vacant for more than three years. The hiring was announced at Wednesday’s Gadsden City Council meeting. “I …

By Lori Chandler Pruitt William Greene Greene is assistant director of the Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Authority. He has worked with the IDA since 2004, and has been interim executive director since 2015. He served as chairman of Workforce Development Region …

By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com The Gadsden-Etowah County Industrial Development Authority has hired a regional and state economic development figure to lead it. James David Hooks has been named executive director of the authority. The authority’s long-time former executive director, …

By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com The City of Gadsden is reorganizing its Industrial Development Authority in a move that city officials said would have direct effects on the city’s ability to attract industry. “Through cooperation and coordination of business, education …

By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com The City of Gadsden is reorganizing its Industrial Development Authority in a move that city officials said would have direct effects on the city’s ability to attract industry. “Through cooperation and coordination of business, education …

– In May, we addressed some significant (and positive) news at Gadsden’s Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant. Its protected status was extended, a new product line was promised and there was the hope of additional capital investment by the …