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Alabama trade officials, led by Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield, are in Germany to help develop trade partnerships for Alabama-based businesses. “The journey to Munich and nearby Augsburg is the Alabama Department of Commerce’s first trade and business development mission since before the pandemic, when an Alabama team traveled to the United Arab Emirates in September 2019,” Commerce […]

Three local tech and engineering companies and a local professional services firm are participating in a trade mission to Bavaria through the Alabama Department of Commerce. They are BLOC Global Group, a professional services firm specializing in corporate real estate and infrastructure project delivery, EV hospitality and coffee company Domestique, industrial engineering and project management services

Even though the 2022 summer season just officially ended, Delta is already dreaming of warmer days. The Atlanta-based carrier unveiled on Friday the details of its transatlantic service for summer 2023, which includes a slew of added routes, including two new destinations for the carrier. The expansion is largely focused on connectivity at three major

Last night more than 350 guests as well as dignitaries from Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman to German Consul General Melanie Moltmann to a representative Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs joined the celebrations of the grand opening of the new Goethe-Zentrum center. Goethe-Zentrum and their partner Alliance Française d’Atlanta moved into their new offices in Downtown

Two sisters who survived the Holocaust together, and made it their mission to share their memories with the world, died in Birmingham 11 days apart. Ruth Scheuer Siegler, 95, died on Saturday, Sept. 3. Her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, 98, died less than two weeks before, on Aug. 23. “They were always together,” said Ann

ATTENTION ALABAMA LANGUAGE TEACHERSOn September 10, there will be an opportunity for Alabama’s world language educators the very first workshop on the Alabama Seal of Biliteracy since it was signed into law in April 2022. You are invited to come to the beautiful Birmingham-Southern College campus for a day of professional development that includes nationally recognized experts on the

“Numerous companies are having acute problems being offered or being able to conclude new energy contracts for electricity and gas,” said VDMA President Karl Haeusgen. “Some medium-sized machine builders see themselves exposed to incalculable risks outside their core business.” Unlike in the private customer sector, there is no mandatory basic supply for companies from an energy provider. High levels

Mercedes has invested $7 billion in the state since it arrived in the early 1990s, and Alabama workers began producing the M-Class SUV in 1997. Multiple expansions, new model launches, and innovation upgrades have followed, with more than 4 million vehicles shipped from the plant around the world. Five years ago, the company announced a $1

According to the Global Data Investment Monitor, Germany attracted more foreign direct investment than any other country in 2021. The Investment Monitor recorded 1537 projects, compared with 1517 for the United States in second place. The figures were slightly lower, but basically in keeping with numbers published by Germany Trade & Invest in May. Germany topped the

Mercedes-Benz USA has launched the Mercedes-EQ Experience, a training program for the dealership and corporate employees on electric vehicles. The program, taking place in Alabama, is a three-day session on training employees in the electric transformation, ensuring that the dealership employees are equipped with the company’s strategy and sustainability commitments and building enthusiasm for the company’s