3 Things To Consider This Friday

Auto supplier Grupo Antolin to open Alabama facility with 150 jobs

Words By Jerry Underwood
February 28, 2017

 The Birmingham area location will add to Spain-based Grupo Antonlin’s extensive worldwide operating footprint, which includes 161 production plants and 25 technical and commercial offices in 26 countries.

 Antolin Alabama Inc. will locate its facility in an existing building at Jefferson Metropolitan Park in McCalla, with a build-out expected to begin in early March. Total investment in the project is projected to be $10.35 million. The average hourly wage for Alabama workers is estimated at $19.13.

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LINE-X launches new corporate headquarters in Huntsville to meet demand

By Lucy Berry
on March 1, 2017 at 8:00 AM, updated March 1, 2017 at 8:21 AM

 LINE-X is expanding in a big way this spring with a new location near Huntsville International Airport.

 LINE-X is now located on James Record Road in Huntsville. (Courtesy/Nick Bumgardner) The company recently built a new 60,000-square-foot corporate facility on 301 James Record Road to accommodate its growing business. The structure is more than 20,000 square feet larger than the previous location on Sparkman Drive.

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Manufacturing in U.S. Expands at Fastest Pace Since August 2014

By Patricia Laya
March 1, 2017, 9:00 AM CST Updated on March 1, 2017, 9:28 AM CST

 Manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace since August 2014 as factory managers reported stronger orders and production.

The Institute for Supply Management’s index climbed to 57.7, the sixth straight advance, from 56 a month earlier, the Tempe, Arizona-based group’s report showed Wednesday. Readings above 50 indicate growth. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists was 56.2.

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