August 13, 2020

Mazda and Toyota Further Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing with Additional Investment

(Aug. 13, 2020) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Today, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, (MTM), the new joint-venture between Mazda Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation, announced an additional $830 million investment to incorporate more cutting-edge manufacturing technologies to its production lines and provide […]
August 7, 2020
Hollingsworth Companies groundbreaking

Company breaks ground on 400,000 SF Industrial Facility in Huntsville

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (August 6, 2020) - Local and state officials and members of the business community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new 404,738 SF industrial building in the SouthPoint Business Park in Huntsville, Alabama. This will be the 11th facility developed by The Hollingsworth Companies in SouthPoint, which has provided the community with facilities that support hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in investments.
May 6, 2020

Huntsville/Madison County Chamber again recognized by Site Selection Magazine

The Huntsville/Madison County Chamber is honored to win a prestigious Mac Conway Award for the second year in a row.  This was announced in the May 2020 issue of Site Selection Magazine, released this week.
April 30, 2020

Gov. Ivey: New investment across Alabama topped $7B in 2019

MONTGOMERY (April 30, 2020) – Governor Kay Ivey announced today that economic development activity across Alabama last year generated $7.1 billion in pledged capital investment and 13,454 job commitments, providing a potential spark for economic revival once the shocks of […]
April 30, 2020

NASA Names Companies to Develop Human Landers for Artemis Moon Missions

  NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency’s Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA […]
January 23, 2020

Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering announces new funding, recruiting updates

School to open this fall in Huntsville, Alabama JANUARY 23, 2020 – The Alabama School of Cyber Technology & Engineering (ASCTE) made several announcements on Thursday, including new funding streams and leadership team hires. Facebook will contribute $100,000 to the […]
December 5, 2019

Now Hiring: FBI employing locally, also bringing down workers from DC area

November 18, 2019

Winners of European Space Agency Masters Competition complete week-long visit to Huntsville, Ala.

Mattia Babarossa and Linda Raimondo are from Italy, and visited Huntsville, Alabama the week of November 10-16, 2019. The two won the recent European Space Agency's Space Exploration Masters Challenge, sponsored by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber and Astrosat.
November 18, 2019

CNBC: Teeming with engineers, Alabama’s Rocket City USA is luring hot new industries to town

CNBC reported live from Huntsville, Alabama on Nov. 12. Here is a link to watch all of videos that aired throughout the day.
November 12, 2019

Huntsville doubles down on leadership role in space at IAC in Washington DC in October

    WASHINGTON, DC (Updated October 23, 2019) – This week, through October 25, Washington DC is hosting the 70th annual International Astronautical Congress.  Huntsville, Alabama, the Rocket City, is the only community to participate among 170-plus corporate, state and […]
September 16, 2019

Lockheed Martin makes Northern Alabama Flagship for Hypersonic Strike Work

  COURTLAND, Ala., (Sept. 16, 2019) – Making Northern Alabama its central location for Hypersonic Strike Work Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will establish a new facility for the assembly, integration and testing of hypersonics programs and locate the management and […]
August 23, 2019

DaikyoNishikawa breaks ground on $110 million plant in Huntsville, Ala.

  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Aug. 23, 2019) – Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday joined executives of DaikyoNishikawa US (DNUS) and local leaders at a groundbreaking event to officially launch construction on the auto supplier’s $110 million manufacturing plant in North Alabama. […]
August 21, 2019
Artist rendering of Vuteq's facility to be built in Huntsville, Alabama.

Auto supplier Vuteq to build plant in Huntsville, bringing 200 jobs

  MONTGOMERY – August 21, 2019 – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced that global automotive supplier Vuteq USA plans to invest more than $60 million to open a manufacturing facility to serve the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. (MTMUS) auto […]
June 11, 2019

Mazda Toyota’s Nod To Huntsville’s History

Huntsville, Ala. (June 11, 2019) – As a tribute to Huntsville’s leadership role with the U.S. space program, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A., Inc. (MTM) will name its two assembly lines Apollo and Discovery, respectively. “Thanks to our team members’ creativity […]