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SNAPSHOTS: 60 Seconds…with with Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce

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Airbus is putting its North American manufacturing hub in Mobile. We just recently had the announcement of the first Airbus supplier: Labinal is part of the aerospace giant Safran Group and is a global leader in electrical wiring systems. Greg Canfield, Secretary, Alabama Department of Commerce. By Business Facilities Staff.

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An Invisible Revolution: How Leading Construction Firms Are Rethinking Construction as a Business

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More recently, they started using digital platforms, usually commercial ones offered by technology companies, which changed everything. Progressively, these firms learned from digital platforms as they changed their behaviors. Later , they tried to adapt their processes and workflows.

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FEATURE STORY: Accelerating In Alabama

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-based production facility—which will build A320 Family jetliners at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile, Alabama, beginning in 2015—will produce between 40 and 50 aircraft annually by 2018. Airbus will use the facility at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile to assemble its A319, A320, and A321 aircraft. FDI, Exports Surge In AL.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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The rapid and widespread adoption of mobile and social technologies within the last three years has changed the way customers and companies interact with one another—driving fundamental transformations to business processes and applications. AIRBUS: POWERFUL ENGINE FOR GROWTH IN MOBILE REGION.

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SPECIAL REPORT: The Carolinas Are Bringing The Business

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ElectriCities service area. Photo: ElectriCities.). In our wireless world, mobile and broadband networks create economic opportunities for health care, manufacturing, education, transportation and public safety, and virtually every other economic section.”. Sandvik, US Engine Valve, Schneider Electric and BorgWarner Automotive.

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My Kingdom for a Horse

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We figured incoming production metrics would give us an accurate fix on whether the traditionally dominant aero hubs in Metro Seattle and Wichita are in the process of being usurped by rising contenders in Charleston, SC and Mobile, AL. For nearly a decade, the airline industry eagerly awaited the arrival of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

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President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. The Digital Lab will apply computing technologies to address the manufacturing challenges faced by the Department of Defense.

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