Chad Trull knew what the hospice industry needed. He once owned a hospice company and a durable medical equipment (DME) company. Back in those days, hospices were forced to order DME with a fax machine and phone calls, a slow and inefficient process.
Building (it) Together aims to align education with jobs in Birmingham
This week the Bold Goals Coalition of Central Alabama’s Workforce Action Network, which includes the Birmingham Business Alliance, released a major report and launched a public engagement campaign focused on aligning education, economic development and workforce development to increase job growth in the Birmingham seven-county region. The Building (it) Together initiative launched at the Alabama Workforce Training Center.
Diamond Fortress Technologies receives Gates Foundation funding
New and Expanding: Low Latency Communications’ work-life balance strategy, and its technology, works
Low Latency Communications LLC is known for developing its own Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform. But it’s the company’s unique approach to work-life balance that is likely a force behind its recent growth.
Building (it) Together in Birmingham
This is an important time for Birmingham.
As communities across the country rethink and update their strategies to prepare their citizens for jobs of the future, the Birmingham region has a competitive advantage with Building (it) Together, the newly released comprehensive labor market analysis released this week by the Bold Goals Coalition Workforce Action Network.
Mixtroz cofounders look to make Birmingham home
Mixtroz, the company that won Birmingham’s Rise of the Rest this year, was founded in Nashville. However, after a sensational 2018, including an appearance on national television and its graduation from Innovation Depot’s Velocity Accelerator, the company’s mother-daughter cofounders are looking to make a move to the Magic City.
Trade, exports impact Birmingham economy
BHATE a prominent force in Birmingham's design and construction industries
Drive around downtown Birmingham long enough, and you’re bound to see BHATE Geosciences signs on construction site after construction site.
One Year In, Alabama Capital Network is Thriving
New and Expanding: NEW APP Wyndy adding employees, expanding market
New and Expanding: Preformed Windings begins hiring for new Pell City plant
Preformed Windings, a subsidiary of Scotland-based Parsons Peebles Group, is hiring for its new manufacturing facility in Pell City, in St. Clair County.
This facility is the company’s first in the United States and will be dedicated to manufacturing HV coils for the North American market. Preformed Windings is the world’s leading supplier of preformed coils, associated products and services.
The company’s $3.9 million investment in Pell City will yield an initial 85 employees. The company is included in the Birmingham Business Alliance’s 2018 Regional Economic Growth Report.
The company is utilizing AIDT, the state’s renowned workforce development program. Information about job openings at Preformed Windings can be found here.
“We believe Pell City’s close proximity to our growing markets, and the community’s can-do approach in supporting our location efforts made this an easy decision,” said Frank Barrett, CEO of Parson Peebles Group, at the time the project was announced. “Mayor (Bill) Pruitt and his team were very responsive to our needs and supportive the entire time. We appreciate their assistance and expertise in helping us locate here.”
Click here to read more about the company and its new facility.
New and Expanding: Pack Health moves into new facility, to add 175 jobs
There are 133 million Americans living with a chronic condition. Mazi Rasulnia, Ph.D., a veteran of the health care industry and president of Birmingham-based Pack Health, knew the health care system simply couldn’t handle the strain of that many people needing help. So, he came up with a better way with Pack Health – a digital coaching platform for chronic conditions.
New and expanding: Sawyer Solutions, a family business, adds new employees
Birmingham-based Sawyer Solutions, founded in Pelham in 2011, announced two jobs in 2017, bringing their employee total to six full-time and two part-time workers and an intern. This announcement landed the information technology company on the Birmingham Business Alliance’s New and Expanding Industry List.
Pointz and o3 solution talk Alabama launchpad win
Birmingham swept the Alabama Launchpad business startup competition this most recent round, as both the concept track winner (Pointz) and the seed stage winner (O3 Solution) are both based in the Magic City. The Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) spoke with Pointz founder and CEO Andrew Petrovics and O3 Solution CEO Josh Girvin about their respective wins and how Birmingham has shaped their company.