#20 Alabama
#17 in Taxation and Regulation
#33 in Workforce Quality
#33 in Living Environment
Right to Work? ✓
Regional Profile – Southeast
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Key Industries
Automotive, Aerospace, Biotech, Chemicals, Food & Beverage, Logistics, Medical
Key Companies
Energen Corp.
HealthSouth
Regions Financial
Vulcan Materials
Advantages
Airbus put Mobile, Alabama on a new map recently when the company’s employees delivered the first Airbus 321 to JetBlue.
Robotics Technology Park, an educational, training and R&D facility partnership between business and higher education, is helping the state provide a highly-skilled workforce for automation and robotics.
Challenges
A resolution setting up a procedure to review impeachment articles against Gov. Robert Bentley is under consideration in the House of Representatives
Key Contacts
Dept. of Commerce
Greg Canfield, Commerce Secretary
334-242-0421
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 304106
Montgomery, AL 36130-4106
greg.canfield@commerce.alabama.gov
http://www.madeinalabama.com/
Current Developments
2015 Regional Report: The Southeast
October 8, 2015
New York, the 49th Best State for Business, Is Losing Remington to Alabama
August 25, 2014
Governors Are Touting Wins of Large-Scale Manufacturing Facilities in Their States
March 31, 2015