Polaris Hosting Job Fair at Huntsville Facility

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Company is seeking talented welders, material handlers and assembly operators at Saturday’s event

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Local Automotive Manufacturers Hold Virtual Hiring Event; 4,000 Jobs Available

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Come and get ‘em! The North Alabama automotive industry still has some 4,000 jobs available starting at $17 per hour.  The world-class Mazda Toyota Manufacturing facility in Huntsville-Limestone County and more than a dozen local automotive manufacturers and suppliers are holding another North Alabama Virtual Automotive Manufacturing Hiring Event. This third event is Thursday from […]

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Madison’s Growth Widespread – yet Balanced and Managed

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MADISON — Over the years, Madison has been referred to as Huntsville’s bedroom community. For those who have lived in the area since the beginning of the space program, people were said to live or work, “out in Madison.” It is a community that has for so long been considered a quaint little rural stop […]

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North Alabama Homebuilding Academy Partners with Drake State for Construction Certification Program

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The North Alabama Homebuilding Academy and Drake State Community & Technical College are partnering to provide students the opportunity to advance their skills and earn college credit for their experience and training.   Today’s announcement comes as NAHA marks its one-year anniversary and celebrates the nearly 100 graduates who have completed the eight-week training course since […]

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Buffalo Rock Moving Operations with $20M Facility

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The Mazda Toyota Manufacturing Plant “neighborhood” is about to get a new resident. Buffalo Rock announced it will be moving its distribution operations from Old Madison Pike to a $20 million facility next year in Limestone County near the massive auto plant north of I-565. The new distribution center for Pepsi-Cola beverages and food products […]

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Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! Chamber Hosts Virtual Automotive Hiring Event

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Ready for some good news/bad news? The bad news first: Yes, there are a lot of people out of work, some people who are not sure their jobs are coming back post-COVID, and others facing instability in their current jobs and careers. But there is a lot of good news for these people: Huntsville has […]

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Booz Allen Innovation Center at Stovehouse Will Put Technology on Display

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This winter, visitors to the historic Stovehouse will be able to watch innovation in progress through the glass “storefront” of the new Booz Allen Innovation Center overlooking the grassy courtyard of the reimagined factory. On display will be the company’s vast 3D printing capabilities and other additive manufacturing technologies. Plans for the innovation center were […]

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing to Launch Second Phase of Mass Hiring

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Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, the Mazda Motor Corp. and Toyota Motor Corp. joint-venture automotive plant, will resume hiring for production team member positions Dec. 7. Company and state officials will discuss the hiring opportunities during a Facebook Live event at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. It is open to the public. “When you join the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing […]

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BAE’s Warrior Integration Program Called a ‘Lifesaver’

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Tom Block was at a crossroads. After leaving the Army, he was working for the Department of Homeland Security investigating child exploitation. The job gave him financial security, but he said he was covering “pretty rough material’’ and he wanted to look around. He found what he now calls “home’’ as a member of the […]

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KTECH Expands Workforce Training Initiative in Partnership with Toyota Plant

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It was a matter of seeing is believing for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama. After company representatives toured the classrooms and labs at Huntsville’s KTECH, the two forged a partnership for KTECH to provide workforce training support and advanced technology capabilities to the Huntsville engine plant’s growing  team. Launched in 2016, KTECH is a workforce development […]

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