Editing Alabama (section)

=== Industry ===
Alabama's industrial outputs include iron and steel products (including cast-iron and steel pipe); paper, [[lumber]], and wood products; mining (mostly coal); plastic products; cars and trucks; and [[Clothing|apparel]]. In addition, Alabama produces [[aerospace]] and [[electronics|electronic]] products, mostly in the Huntsville area, the location of [[NASA]]'s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and the [[United States Army Materiel Command|U.S. Army Materiel Command]], headquartered at [[Redstone Arsenal]].

[[File:Mercedes Benz US International 01.jpg|thumb|[[Mercedes-Benz U.S. International]] in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state.]]
A great deal of Alabama's economic growth since the 1990s has been due to the state's expanding automotive manufacturing industry. Located in the state are [[Honda Manufacturing of Alabama]], [[Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama]], [[Mercedes-Benz U.S. International]], and [[Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama]], as well as their various suppliers. Since 1993, the automobile industry has generated more than 67,800 new jobs in the state. Alabama currently ranks 4th in the nation for vehicle exports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2008_fotw539.html |title=Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #539: October 6, 2008, Light Vehicle Production by State |publisher=.eere.energy.gov |date=October 6, 2008 |access-date=October 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006202740/http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2008_fotw539.html |archive-date=October 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Automakers accounted for approximately a third of the industrial expansion in the state in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCreless |first=Patrick |title=Automakers account for about a third of the state's industrial expansion |url=http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/20677539/article-Automakers-account-for-about-a-third-of-the-state-s-industrial-expansion?instance=home_news#ixzz2DioLu4sx |newspaper=The Anniston Star |date=October 31, 2012 |access-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022035218/http://www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/20677539/article-Automakers-account-for-about-a-third-of-the-state-s-industrial-expansion?instance=home_news#ixzz2DioLu4sx |archive-date=October 22, 2013}}</ref> The eight models produced at the state's auto factories totaled combined sales of 74,335 vehicles for 2012. The strongest model sales during this period were the [[Hyundai Elantra]] compact car, the [[Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class|Mercedes-Benz GL-Class]] sport utility vehicle and the [[Honda Ridgeline]] sport utility truck.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kent |first=Dawn |title=U.S. auto sales see gains in March, as Alabama-made models rise 4 percent |url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/us_auto_sales_see_gains_in_mar.html |access-date=June 15, 2013 |publisher=AL.com |date=April 2, 2013 |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518041759/http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/04/us_auto_sales_see_gains_in_mar.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Airbus Mobile Engineering Center.jpg|thumb|left|Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile]]
Steel producers [[Outokumpu]], [[Nucor]], [[SSAB]], [[ThyssenKrupp]], and [[U.S. Steel]] have facilities in Alabama and employ more than 10,000 people. In May 2007, German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp selected [[Calvert, Alabama|Calvert]] in Mobile County for a 4.65{{spaces}}billion combined [[stainless steel|stainless]] and [[carbon steel]] processing facility.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://blog.al.com/live/2007/05/mobile_county_wins_thyssenkrup.html |title=ThyssenKrupp's Alabama incentive package tops $811 million |newspaper=Press-Register |date=May 11, 2007 |access-date=July 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110726144848/http://blog.al.com/live/2007/05/mobile_county_wins_thyssenkrup.html |archive-date=July 26, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> ThyssenKrupp's stainless steel division, Inoxum, including the stainless portion of the Calvert plant, was sold to Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu in 2012.<ref>{{cite news |title=New owners of ThyssenKrupp stainless steel division plan visit in June |work=Press-Register |date=May 31, 2012 |url=http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/05/new_owners_of_thyssenkrupp_sta.html |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=October 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022053114/http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2012/05/new_owners_of_thyssenkrupp_sta.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The remaining portion of the ThyssenKrupp plant had final bids submitted by [[ArcelorMittal]] and [[Nippon Steel]] for $1.6{{spaces}}billion in March 2013. [[Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional]] submitted a combined bid for the mill at Calvert, plus a majority stake in the ThyssenKrupp mill in Brazil, for $3.8{{spaces}}billion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: ThyssenKrupp gets final bids for Steel Americas plants |publisher=AL.com |date=March 1, 2013 |url=http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/03/report_thyssenkrupp_gets_final.html |access-date=June 15, 2013 |archive-date=May 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507103651/http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2013/03/report_thyssenkrupp_gets_final.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2013, the plant was sold to ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stahl-online.de/index.php/alabama-ende-2014-bei-voller-kapazitaet/ |title=Alabama: Ende 2014 bei voller Kapazität—stahl-online.de |website=stahl-online.de |access-date=July 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105627/http://www.stahl-online.de/index.php/alabama-ende-2014-bei-voller-kapazitaet/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Hunt Refining Company]], a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., is based in Tuscaloosa and operates a refinery there. The company also operates terminals in Mobile, Melvin, and Moundville.<ref>"[http://www.linkedin.com/company/hunt-refining-company Hunt Refining Company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518071518/http://www.linkedin.com/company/hunt-refining-company |date=May 18, 2012}}". Linkedin.</ref> [[JVC|JVC America, Inc.]] operates an [[optical disc]] replication and packaging plant in Tuscaloosa.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20130117053326/http://www.jvc-america.com/about/plant_locations.aspx Company Overview]". JVC America, Inc.</ref>

The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company]] operates a large plant in Gadsden which employs about 1,400 people. It has been in operation since 1929.

Construction of an [[Airbus A320 family]] aircraft assembly plant in Mobile was formally announced by [[Airbus]] CEO [[Fabrice Brégier]] from the Mobile Convention Center on July 2, 2012. The plans include a $600{{spaces}}million factory at the [[Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley|Brookley Aeroplex]] for the assembly of the A319, A320 and A321 aircraft. Construction began in 2013, with plans for it to become operable by 2015 and produce up to 50 aircraft per year by 2017.b<ref name="apconfirm">{{cite news |title=Airbus to Build 1st US Assembly Plant in Alabama |agency=Associated Press |author=Melissa Nelson-Gabriel |date=July 2, 2012 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-ala-airbus-plant-employ-1000-16690789 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703090843/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officials-ala-airbus-plant-employ-1000-16690789 |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="bbcconfirm">{{cite news |title=Airbus confirms its first US factory to build A320 jet |work=BBC News |date=July 2, 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18675711 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702182124/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18675711 |url-status=live}}</ref> The assembly plant is the company's first factory to be built within the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=EADS to Build United States Assembly Line for Airbus A320|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/global/eads-to-build-airbus-assembly-line-in-mobile-ala.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 2, 2012|author=Nicola Clark|date=July 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702213020/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/business/global/eads-to-build-airbus-assembly-line-in-mobile-ala.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was announced on February 1, 2013, that Airbus had hired Alabama-based [[Hoar Construction]] to oversee construction of the facility.<ref name=airbusasby>{{cite web |title=Airbus Appoints Program Manager for its Mobile Assembly Line |url=http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/airbus-appoints-program-manager-for-its-mobile-assembly-line/ |publisher=Airbus |access-date=February 7, 2013 |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206110927/http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/airbus-appoints-program-manager-for-its-mobile-assembly-line/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The factory officially opened on September 14, 2015, covering one million square feet on 53 acres of flat grassland.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Arielle Emmett|title=Airbus Lands In Alabama|url=http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/airbus-in-mobile-180959124/|access-date=March 18, 2017|publisher=Air & Space Smithsonian|date=June 2016|archive-date=March 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319114411/http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/airbus-in-mobile-180959124/|url-status=live}}</ref>