MOBILE IS ON THE GLOBAL
RADAR
In a speech by Mobile Chamber of Commerce President Bill
Seifert, the following items are putting Mobile on the Global
Radar
• RSA TOWER
• BATTLE HOUSE
• CRUISE SHIP
• AIRPLANES WILL BE BUILT IN MOBILE
• “SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE” NAMED MOBILE AS ONE OF ITS TOP
10 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUPS IN THE USA
• “FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT MAGAZINE” RANKED MOBILE AS #1
BUSINESS FRIENDLY SMALL CITY IN THE U.S.
• “BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK” RANKED MOBILE’S HOUSING MARKET
SECOND BEST METRO AREA IN THE U.S.
• ALA DEVELPOMENT OFFICE NAMED MOBILE’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
TEAM AS THE #1 IN THE STATE IN 2006 AND 2008
• 23 NEW COMPANIES AND 38 EXPANSION PROJECTS REPRESENTING
MORE THAN $5.18 BILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT
• MORE THAN 7300 NEW PRIMARY JOBS CREATED
• THYSSENKRUPP IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH 2700 PERMANENT JOBS
AND AN ESTIMATED 29,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS
• AIRBUS “STATE OF THE ART” ENGINEERING CENTER EMPLOYING 150
ENGINEERS AT BROOKLEY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
• BRISTOW-KAH TO BUILD A $37 MILLION PIPE MANUFACTURING FACILITY
EMPLOYING MORE THAN 150 WORKERS
• AUSTAL, BENDER SHIPBUILDING, AND C & G BOATWORKS HAVE
EXPANDED ADDING 1160 JOBS AND INVESTING AN ADDITIONAL $46
MILLION
• $400 MILLION EXPANSION TO BARRY STEAM PLANT
• INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING MOVED THEIR HQ FROM NEW ORLEANS
TO MOBILE
• BERG STEEL IS BUILDING A $75 MILLION STEEL PLANT TO EMPLOY
100 WORKERS
• HOLCIM US IS INVESTING $60 MILLION IN THEODORE
• THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA AND MOBILE INFIRMARY PARTNERED
TO BUILD THE MITCHELL CANCER INSTITUTE WITH A $160 MILLION
INVESTMENT AND EXPECTED TO EMPLOY 700 HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
• CONTAINER PORT TO HANDLE 10 TIMES THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS
AS PRESENTLY HANDLING
IN ADDITION TO THESE FANTASTIC PROJECTS THERE ARE 50 OR MORE
PROJECTS IN AVAITION, BIOMEDICAL, IT, MANUFACTURING, MARITIME,
AND TRANSPORTATION & DISTRIBUTION ON THE LIST WITH 20
OR MORE BANKS EITHER HERE OR COMING.
THEY ARE COMING BECAUSE THEY SEE THE OPPORTUNITY
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