What These 3 Auto Trends Mean For Brands

Written By James Reutershan, Gregory McBroom

October 2016

The car industry is at a crossroads. At no other point have there been so many paths to purchase open to consumers-and yet car-sharing services challenge the very idea of car ownership. Even in this moment of new uses and rapid technological innovation, however, the biggest developments are still being driven by the consumer. We pored over recent Search data and Google Consumer Survey results to determine where consumers are going-and how marketers can meet them there.

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BL Harbert begins work on $27.5 million FBI expansion project at Redstone

By Lucy Berry

on October 19, 2016 at 2:50 PM, updated October 19, 2016 at 3:03 PM

A Birmingham company is behind a $27.5 million expansion to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Hazardous Devices School at Redstone Arsenal. 

BL Harbert International said it is overseeing the project, which will allow the FBI to boost its training efforts and provide new bomb technician certification programs at the U.S. Army post. Work is underway on the Huntsville development with completion slated for January 2018.

For the rest of the story visit AL.com.


Mercedes-Benz supplier puts Bibb County in the fast lane

By Michael Tomberlin

October 18, 2016

A major Mercedes-Benz supplier investing $46.3 million and creating 222 jobs is big news for any community. But when MöllerTech chose a site near Woodstock in Bibb County for its new plant, it brought added horsepower to an already big announcement.

Why?

Bibb County borders Tuscaloosa County and has industrial sites within six miles of the $4.5 billion, 5 million-square-foot Mercedes-Benz plant.

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