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Great Locations for Businesses—and Their Employees
December 3, 201922 Oct, 2019 By: Peter Francesconi For site selection experts and executives looking to locate or expand a business, evaluating different areas in terms of their utilities, transportation infrastructure, access to markets, etc., generally is an apples-to-apples comparison. But evaluating the “quality ...
Koch Foods to expand Alabama operations with new Etowah County facility
November 5, 2019Attalla, AL - A leading farming and food production company has chosen Attalla for its next high-tech facility. Koch Foods is growing its large footprint in Northeast Alabama by investing $55 Million in a new state of the art grain ...
Gadsden Lands Tier 1 Automotive Supplier
July 17, 2019A 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 ...
Motus Announcement Ends Lengthy Recruiting Process
July 17, 2019Tuesday’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 Chooses Gadsden, Alabama
July 16, 2019Motus 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 ...
Governor Ivey Announces Leading Automotive Supplier Motus Integrated Technologies Chooses Alabama For New Plant
July 16, 2019MONTGOMERY – 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 Named New Director Of Gadsden-Etowah IDA
June 1, 2019David 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 ...
Movers & Shakers In Etowah, St. Clair & Blount Counties
April 17, 2019By 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 ...
David Hooks Hired As Director Of Gadsden-Etowah IDA
January 23, 2019By 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, ...