O’Neal Steel to open new plant on Nucor Steel property in Tuscaloosa
By Patrick Rupinski, Business Editor
Published: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 11:00 p.m.Last Modified: Friday,
November 20, 2015 at 1:23 a.m.
O’Neal Manufacturing Services, a division of Birmingham-based O’Neal Steel, plans to open a new plant in Tuscaloosa next year.
The plant will be built on Nucor Steel property on Holt Road Northeast. The plant will have two plasma cutting lines that will take steel plates made at Nucor and cut them into specified shapes for O’Neal customers.
The plant is tentatively set to open next summer and will have 34 employees when both cutting lines are in operation, said Ron Travis Jr., an O’Neal vice president.
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Closing the Manufacturing Workforce Skills Gap
Blake Moret, Senior Vice President, Control Products and Solutions, Rockwell
Automation
Nov 19, 2015
A thriving workforce has long been the fuel supply for our industry’s engine of growth. But today that fuel supply is in jeopardy as manufacturers and industrial operators around the world contend with the issue of workforce availability – a result of evolving job requirements and aging workers with deep process understanding leaving the workforce.
More than a challenge to manufacturing success, McKinsey Global Institute warns that workforce availability threatens to reduce economic growth by 40%, despite continuing productivity from automation and other elements of supply-chain optimization.
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Hyundai unveils newest Alabama-built car
By Dawn Kent Azok
on November 19, 2015 at 11:50 AM
Hyundai has revealed the latest redesign of its Alabama-made Elantra compact sedan, a key model for the Korean automaker.
The new Elantra, which was unveiled Wednesday at the Los Angeles Auto Show, features a slate of upgrades from the current model.
This marks the sixth generation for the Elantra, which is Hyundai’s best-selling model worldwide. Over the past 25 years, the company has sold more than 10 million Elantras around the globe, including more than 2 million in the U.S.
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