650 Alabamians to be employed at massive new auto parts manufacturing plant
WRITTEN BY MITCHELL KILPATRICK
ON APRIL 13, 2016 AT 10:57 AM CDT
COTTONDALE, Ala. – Alabama’s growing automotive industry will get a little bigger this year, with a new company bringing 650 more jobs to the state.
SMP (Samvardhana Motherson Peguform Automotive Systems Alabama Inc.), an India based automotive parts supplier, is getting ready to break ground on a new 100-acre site in the Cedar Cove Technology Park in Cottondale, right outside Tuscaloosa. The 700,000- square-foot factory, which will cost $154 million, was originally announced in August last year, but now the groundwork is finally getting started.
SMP is also starting to hire the first team of employees for the new facility.
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NAITA World Trade Day & Talent Without Borders
2nd Annual International Human Resources Conference
April 28-29, 2016
The Westin Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama
Registration opens at 11:00 am; Program begins at 11:30 am
The North Alabama International Trade Association (NAITA), in partnership with PZI International and the Alabama Automotive Manufacturers Association (AAMA), presents this two-day intermediate level seminar on April 28-29, at The Westin Huntsville. The conference will focus on international business travelers (IBT), short term assignments (STA), and international commuters (IC). In today’s fast changing environments, corporations are moving toward inexpensive and quicker international talent needs. Talent is eager for international experience but not uprooting family for a long period of time. Hence, the increase in IBT/STA/IC. Attendees will learn strategies for successfully overcoming the challenges of employing international business travelers, the role of finance and accounting in kidnap and ransom situations, and much more.
For more information on this event, visit the NAITA website.
Lean Digital Is The Key To Making Manufacturing More Productive
April 2016
by David Petrucci
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ most recent numbers show that manufacturing sector labor productivity increased 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2015, the largest gain in four years. Although those numbers are encouraging for manufacturers, there is plenty of room for more growth. Digital technologies are changing the industry dramatically, bringing on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. From advanced analytics to Internet of things (IoT) technologies to cloud-based applications, manufacturers now have the opportunity to make their plant floor processes and operations more competitive than ever before.
There is just one catch: Many of these businesses are not fully prepared to embrace digital technologies.
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