http://www.timesdaily.com/stor...olbert-County,182421
Didnt TimesDaily just recently report about the new contracts for the railcar plant? No one knew then that they were hammering out this deal?
http://www.timesdaily.com/stor...olbert-County,182421
Didnt TimesDaily just recently report about the new contracts for the railcar plant? No one knew then that they were hammering out this deal?
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I thought they only had contracts on the spec cars they had built.
The TD had recently reported about two new contracts, but wouldn't give the names. Makes you wonder. We're not the only ones.
They are very secretive! Since they spent all the money, they don't tell you nothing!
I thought the same thing as all of the above posters. I mean, wasn't it last week that Mike Goens was touting mysterious contracts that would supposedly "save" the railcar plant? I also noticed it was Bernie Delinski who reported this story. Goens isn't much of a journalist in my opinion but he would make one hell of a male cheerleader!
All the failures of the news division at the Times Daily still doesn't damper the great news that this company is coming to the Shoals.
A lot of people don't like him, but something always told me Bronner wouldn't let this fail if for nothing else than to save face. He doesn't seem like a guy who will accept failure. Bravo Bronner!
The Navistar deal has been in the works for almost a year.
It was "secretive" because Navistar didn't want the competition to know what it was up to. This si standard business practice.
And, by the way, this is the biggest, best news to EVER hit this area. Combine that with the quarter billion dollar hospital and the Shoals is a powerhouse of job creation. That ain't nuthin but good!
It was "secretive" because Navistar didn't want the competition to know what it was up to. This si standard business practice.
And, by the way, this is the biggest, best news to EVER hit this area. Combine that with the quarter billion dollar hospital and the Shoals is a powerhouse of job creation. That ain't nuthin but good!
The railcar plant was also the biggest best news to ever hit our area also..... I'm just sayin'.
Hopefully it works out though.
Since I moved here 7 years ago, I've never understood why Decatur has so much more than Florence and the rest of the towns. What did it do right that this area didn't?
Decatur has a great deal of riverfront property that was made available to industry. The shoals area has none that is not owned by TVA who will never give it up.
Since I moved here 7 years ago, I've never understood why Decatur has so much more than Florence and the rest of the towns. What did it do right that this area didn't?
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It grew up 10 minutes from Huntsville.
This is the same newspaper that keeps it secret that Mo Brooks is a Mormon. Apparently the Baptist in Texas aren't fond of Mormons and I suspect the newspaper thought if all the Baptist in north Alabama knew he was a Mormon he would have lost the election.
You have to know something before you can keep it a secret. Since there is no such thing as an investigative reporter on their staff, you are giving them too much credit.
Reps from Navistar came to visit NAC early in the fall of 2010. At the time, rumor at NAC was that they wanted to use the site to build military vehicles. Navistar makes a Hummer-type vehicle. Since China bought the rights to make Hummers, perhaps this rumor had some merit.
Does anyone have any word on the current employees being retained?
The HOURLY-paid employees will remain. The future of the SALARIED employees, however, remains uncertain.
Reps from Navistar came to visit NAC early in the fall of 2010. At the time, rumor at NAC was that they wanted to use the site to build military vehicles. Navistar makes a Hummer-type vehicle. Since China bought the rights to make Hummers, perhaps this rumor had some merit.
The chinese company actually did not end up buying the Hummer brand from GM, sounds like there was some governmental red tape that wasn't cleared on the chinese side. Hummer right now just kind of faded into nothing, no one bought it and they aren't producing hummers anymore. The military hummer, the HUMVEE is still produced by AM General but the US military is looking to replace it with a truck on steriods called the MRAP. Navistar among others makes MRAPs, it sounds as if they are the leading manufacturing as of right now. That would be wonderful if they manufactured military vehicles at the railcar plant. Goverment contracts = financial stability and security.
Here is navistars lineup of military vehicles. http://www.navistar.com/portal...CM10000085d0eb0aRCRD