The Alabama Trucking Association has honored Anniston trucking executive Greg Brown of BR Williams Trucking Inc. with its 2018 H. Chester Webb Award for Distinguished Service. The award, which recognizes state trucking professionals for outstanding service and leadership to their communities and the industry as a whole, was given Brown at the …
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Ecovery LLC materials remanufacturer in Loxley is the 2018 Manufacturer of the Year award winner in the small manufacturing category of between one and 99 employees. The company was named the winner at the April 18 MOTY awards luncheon ceremony sponsored by the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) and the …
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Birmingham Fastener & Supply Inc. in Birmingham is the BCA-ATN Manufacturer of the Year for 2018 in the medium manufacturing category of between 100-399 employees. Business Council of Alabama member Birmingham Fastener & Supply was named a Manufacturer of the Year during a luncheon award ceremony on April 18 in Montgomery. …
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Business Council of Alabama member ADTRAN Inc. was started with just seven employees 33 years ago in Huntsville after the breakup of the Bell System. ADTRAN founder Mark C. Smith’s business plan was to supply network equipment to the new regional Bell businesses and thousands of independent telephone companies. Perseverance, …
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If you’re worried about the future when millennials or even the current crop of high school graduates start running things, this video will allay your fears. These young men and women are in the manufacturing industry, supporting Alabama’s workforce needs, and their numbers are only going to grow thanks to innovative …
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Business Council of Alabama member Torch Technologies Inc. in Huntsville on Friday announced a major construction project. The groundbreaking event at the site of the new facility included speakers Governor Kay Ivey, U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, and Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle. The project consists of constructing a new 35,000-plus square …
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Birmingham businessman and Army Reserve Lt. Col. Ken Phillips in conjunction with the University of Alabama Culverhouse School of Business offer job training for veterans to help them transfer military skills into the civilian workforce. Some military skills do not directly transfer into civilian jobs, but veterans have skills such …
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Business Council of Alabama members Misty and Lee Garrison started a small business in Tuscaloosa last year and can offer some advice on success: have the right idea, dedicate yourself, constantly train, and use your experience. The Tuscaloosa couple founded BloGo Blow Dry Bar & Salon, a haven where clients …
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Business Council of Alabama member Salvatore “Tory” Bruno’s rocket experience started when he was 10 growing up in rural California mountains. Bruno found an old, deteriorated stick of dynamite. Behind his barn was an iron pipe. As long as it isn’t tightly enclosed, dynamite can burn very rapidly. And powerfully. …
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 13, 2017 — AT&T announced on Tuesday that Wayne Hutchens has been named president of AT&T Alabama, a Business Council of Alabama member. Hutchens most recently served as AT&T Alabama assistant vice president of regulatory and external affairs. Hutchens succeeds retired AT&T Alabama President Fred McCallum Jr., who …
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