TOP 20 MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

Mazda will team with Toyota in a joint-venture to make automobiles sold in the US. The plant will have the capacity to produce over 150,000 vehicles. Mazda will produce their popular crossover model with an average salary of $50,000. Both companies will be investing over 1.6 billion dollars to the project.

As talked about in the Mazda section, Toyota will be teaming up with Mazda in a joint-venture to make automobiles sold in the US. This will be Toyota's 11th manufacturing facility in the U.S. Toyota already owns an engine plant located at the north east side of Huntsville. The plant will have the capacity to produce over 150,000 vehicles. Toyota plans to produce their popular Toyota Corolla with an average salary of $50,000. Both companies will be investing over 1.6 billion dollars to the project.

Polaris opened its new $127-million-dollar plant in 2016, creating 450 local jobs. The plants sit on 453 acres and employs almost 1700 workers. The company will be producing the popular Ranger and RZR off-road vehicles along with the three-wheel roadster.

In July 2019, Navistar announce that they would build and expand their manufacturing facility at the Jetplex Industrial Park. The new facility would include an additional $125 million investment along with 145 new jobs. At the Huntsville 110,000 plant facility, they will be making the next-generation big-bore engine along with their current and popular commercial truck diesel engines.

In August 2019, Governor Kay Ivey announced that Vuteq, a global auto parts supplier, will build a new $60 million manufacturing plant to provide parts for the new Mazda Toyota manufacturing facility in Huntsville. The plant plans to be in operation by 2021 and should create an additional 1,700 jobs to the local area

DaikyoNishikawa (DNUS), in preparations for the new Mazda/Toyota plant, will be building a new $110 million manufacturing facility in Huntsville. The construction site will be a 3.1 million-square-foot manufacturing plant. The initial jobs is expected to exceed 380 employees. DNUS will supply plastic auto part to both Mazda and Toyota with an estimated output of 300,000 vehicles annually.

YKTA will be one of the largest auto suppliers for both Toyota and Mazda, investing $220 million dollars to a new plant, generating 650 new jobs. They will also be located at Huntsville's auto industrial mega site, the MTMUS campus. YKTA plans on suppling large resin parts such as bumpers and instrument panels to both auto companies.

The German auto supplier announced that they will be investing in a new $115 million plant in Huntsville, creating 300 new jobs. The new plant should be operational by the end of 2020. Bocar is a leading supplier in high-pressure aluminum die casting, plastics and machining

In June 2018 GE Appliance announced that they will be expanding their facilities in Decatur, AL. This new expansion will be a $125 million investment, used to boost their current production and add smart technology to product line.

Kohler employs nearly 28,000 associates on six continents. They are mainly known for plumbing fixture and small engines products. They specialize in plumbing fixtures, cabinetry, tile, smart kitchen products, bath products, engines, and generators.

Sanmina has a 260,000 square foot operation plant in Huntsville. They specialize in desizing medical devices, medical electronics and repair services.

Madison Metal Processing is a collaboration between three companies, Toyota Tsusho America, Southern Mobility Products and Steel Summit Holdings. They provide steel banks for body parts to car manufactures. They are currently equipped to provide metal blanks for 300,000 vehicles at the Mazda Toyota plant located in Huntsville.

PPG Huntsville, Ala., plant manufactures transparencies for the aerospace industry, including military and commercial markets, as well as anti-ballistic glass for vehicles. The plant began operations in 1969.

Huntsville, Alabama is home to one of Verizon Wireless' call center. In 2015 the company expanded their facility to a new $44 million center creating an addition 200 jobs. Verizon now employs around 1,200 workers in the Huntsville area.

In 2006 Nucor built a 435,000 sqft. facility along the Tennessee River in Decatur, AL. Nucor is a top producer of steel tubular piping products. They make hollow structural sections used for high strength building support, bridges or other projects such as electrical steel conduit and sprinkler piping. Nucor's Decatur Steel Mill employs over 700 and is regarded as a premier employer in the region.

This global manufacturing company holds 850 employees at its Decatur facility. The Decatur plant specializes in adhesives, analytical science and technology, display, flexible converting and packaging, films, molding, polymer melt processing, precision processing, specialty materials and surface modifications.

The Japanese owned company have been operating in Decatur for over 25 years. They are one of the largest fluorochemical suppliers in the world, manufacturing fluoropolymers, fluoroelastomers, surface modification technology, and refrigerant gases. In September 2019 the company announced that they will be expanding and investing $195 million to their production facility. The new expansion will add another 50 full-time positions.

In 2015 AlphaPet expanded and built a new $190 million facility in Decatur next to their current plant. The addition added another 75 new full-time positions. The facility uses Melt-to-Resin (MTR) technology which has a number of advantages over conventional PET technologies including significant operational savings and reduced energy consumption.

Hexcel is located in Decatur. It's main product line is polyacrylonitrile (PAN). PAN is the material used in making carbon fiber. Hexcel's products are found in both military and commercial aircraft designs but its materials are also used bot build wind energy blades, rocket motors, tennis rackets, golf club shafts and carbon bike frames.

In 2016 BP sold their petrochemical plant to Indorama. The company produces plastic products such as plastic bottles made from purified terephthalic acid.