People around the world consumed nearly 7.7 million tons of chocolate in the last year, but the cacao crop that supports the production of these sweets is under significant environmental threat. Millions of cacao farmers in West Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America feel the pressures of ever-increasing consumption, a changing climate and devastating fungal […]
Merit Bank will open its doors this month as a newly established financial institution headquartered in the Huntsville market. In less than 60 days, Merit Bank raised $25 million from hundreds of investors with diverse backgrounds from across North Alabama. In that same time, the bank gained approval from all three regulatory agencies – the […]
Toyota is shifting future production plans at the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S.A. joint venture assembly plant in Huntsville as an opportunity to build a new SUV. According to a statement this morning from Toyota, Mazda Toyota Manufacturing will assemble a new, yet-to-be named Toyota SUV along with Mazda’s yet-to-be named crossover model. The shift is […]
The University of Alabama-Huntsville’s Bevill Center will serve as the interim site for the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering, it was announced Friday. Also, former Madison County Schools Superintendent Matt Massey was named the school’s first president. The school is scheduled to open in August 2020 with 10th- and 11th-grade students from across […]
BIRMINGHAM — Huntsville-based 4Site has been acquired by Schoel, a Birmingham-based land-development services firm. 4Site, established in 2003, is an interdisciplinary civil engineering, land surveying and landscape architecture firm. Schoel has been providing civil engineering, land surveying, land planning and landscape architecture services through the Southeast since 1888. “We are excited to combine our teams […]
Turner Construction has completed the management of a $3.12 million renovation of Alabama A&M’s Thigpen Hall. Thigpen Hall, a three-story women’s residence hall built in 1955, typically houses more than 200 first-year freshman female students. The renovations included Thigpen’s 101 double-occupancy bedrooms, bathrooms, study lounges, laundry facilities and a computer lab. Turner collaborated on the […]
MADISON — When it comes to baseball, particularly the Rocket City Trash Pandas, Ralph Nelson believes in going big. In fact, there’s nothing minor about the baseball team that set all sorts of Minor League Baseball merchandise records and recently passed the $1 million mark in sales. And the Trash Pandas don’t even play until […]
Navistar, which has an engine plant in Huntsville, will expand its operations here with the addition of a gear box and engine manufacturing facility. The Huntsville City Council approved an agreement with the company for the $125 million plant that will create some 145 jobs. Navistar employs 126 workers at its diesel engine plant near […]
MADISON – Combining convenience and coffee, the state’s first Twice Daily-White Bison Coffee store will open in Town Madison this fall. The new concept store from Nashville-based Tri Star Energy merges Twice Daily’s convenience store and White Bison Coffee’s artisan coffee beverages and fresh, handcrafted café menu. This will be the first brand-in-brand retail location […]
Turner Construction has completed work on Torch Technologies’ Technology Integration and Prototyping Center. The $10 million facility at 4050 Chris Drive in Huntsville is part of Torch Technologies’ growing campus in South Huntsville and consists of a 35,000-square-foot, two-story office space with an attached 10,000-square-foot high-bay facility. It incorporates offices, labs and open vertical spaces […]
