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Alabama scientists are trying to help find treatments for COVID-19

The Alabama Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that a number of Alabama firms, research institutions and scientists have been mobilized in the international effort to fight the novel coronavirus, which has killed over ten thousand people this year. Huntsville’s Diatherix announced that it has developed a highly sensitive and specific assay, or test, for the … Continued
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March 20, 2020

Eufaula plant to reopen, hire up to 400

A shuttered latex plant will restart production this year and hire up to 400 workers, the company announced Tuesday.  Medical Industries of the Americas will be making latex products for the poultry and medical industries on the company’s 15-acre Eufaula facility, according to the Alabama Department of Commerce.  “We’ve re‐tooled the plant, brought in experienced … Continued
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January 24, 2020

Alabama opens economic development office in Germany

Alabama has opened up shop in Germany, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Monday.  The Alabama Department of Commerce’s business development office in Stuttgart, Germany, aims to attract German investments in the Yellowhammer state.  The office opened earlier this month and is being directed by German businessman Christopher Doerr, who is CEO of Innoteque Solutions in … Continued
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August 28, 2019

Business Facilities Magazine awards Alabama its best business climate ranking

Tuesday Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that Business Facilities Magazine, an economic development-focused publication, ranked Alabama’s business climate at the top among the states in a new analysis that examined performance in several key economic categories. The publication cited Alabama’s successful recruitment of the Toyota-Mazda joint venture automobile manufacturing plant to illustrate the state’s … Continued
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July 25, 2018

It’s Good to Have a Hungry Team, When Feeding Off Taxpayer’s Money

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Of the over $16 million the State has spent on advertising and professional services so far this fiscal year, it has paid almost $3 Million to the Birmingham based public relations firm, Big Communications. Last year, Big Communications received around $7 million for various projects it managed for the … Continued
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August 26, 2014

Sec. of Commerce Uses AIDT No-Bid Contract to Build Website Costing Almost $100K

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A no-bid professional service contract was awarded to Big Communications that included building a website for the Alabama Department of Commerce that alone cost almost $100,000. However, the Department of Commerce does not have a contract with Big Communications. According to Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, the contract with Big … Continued
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July 24, 2013

Secretary Canfield Ducking the Tough Questions About Paris Trip

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield and dozens of other Alabama politicians, their spouses, their lobbyists and their staffers returned home from the economic development trip to the famed Paris Air Show last week. But Canfield has yet found the time to keep a promise to answer questions about the … Continued
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June 28, 2013

Canfield Promotes From Within to Replace Retiring David Hutchison

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter David Hutchison is retiring as the Director of the Business Development Division at the Alabama Department of Commerce.  The division is charged with helping both new and expanding industries bring both jobs and investment to Alabama.  Hutchison will become the new director of the Butler County Economic Development Commission. … Continued
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December 27, 2012