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AlabamaWorks! Conference 2020

Mark your calendars now and preregister for the state’s premier workforce conference to be held April 20-23 in Mobile, AL! AlabamaWorks! will be bringing together experts from business, industry, education, and workforce development to identify challenges, focus on solutions, and develop a more dynamic workforce for Alabama. Hear new and innovative approaches to workforce practices, […]

Blind spots on Alabama’s Workforce Super Highway

Have you ever been traveling down the highway, about to change lanes when you look over your shoulder and see there is a car in your blind spot?  How long was it there?  Why didn’t you notice it before?  It’s critical to the situation at hand, and all it took was a different perspective to […]

“Alabama’s Workforce Superhighway”

Alabama’s workforce programs have undergone several changes in the past couple years and to say that this has caused some confusion would be a huge understatement! I liken it to the 1956 Federal-Aid Highway Act which created the beginnings of the Interstate system that focused on building a system of connected roads that would funnel […]

Alabama Robotics Technology Park (RTP) featured by TheFabricator.com

The Alabama Robotics Technology Park (RTP) has been featured by TheFabricator.com, a publication by the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. This article sheds light on how the training center boosts modern manufacturing and in turn expands economic development for the state and region. Click here for the full article

Alabama receives Gold Shovel Award for economic development efforts

“Area Development, a national business publication, has selected Alabama for its Gold Shovel Award, recognizing the state’s economic development success in 2018. The honor follows a record year for Alabama, with companies announcing new facilities and expansion projects involving $8.7 billion in new capital investment. The projects will create an anticipated 17,026 jobs across the […]

Corbin hired as AlabamaWorks! Public Relations Specialist

AIDT is pleased to announce the hire of Jill Corbin as AlabamaWorks! Public Relations Specialist. Jill brings over 15 years of experience in communications and marketing to AlabamaWorks! which will be used to further develop brand management and content strategy development. She has helped private companies and public corporations expand their brand while growing their […]

Robotics Technology Park gets new leader to direct strategic upgrades

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RTP 2.0 initiative will prepare facility to meet future training needs The Alabama Department of Commerce and AIDT announced today that Chuck Ernst, a former Honda manufacturing executive, has been appointed to lead Alabama Robotics Technology Park (RTP) as it embarks on a strategic plan to prepare the training facility for new technologies and additional […]

Phase 3 of Alabama Robotics Technology Park reopens June 17th

TANNER, AL – On Tuesday, May 21st, 2019, at approximately 11:40 pm CST an 18-wheeler crashed into the Phase 3 building at the Alabama Robotics Technology Park (RTP) in Tanner.  The preliminary investigation into the cause of the crash is that the driver fell asleep. There were no mechanical issues identified with the tractor according […]

AIDT Secures Unconditional ISO Certification for 15th straight time.

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AIDT, the workforce training agency under the Department of Commerce, has again earned an ISO 9001 certification that provides proven, successful approaches to achieving customer satisfaction and management goals. This marks the 14th straight year AIDT has achieved this designation since the initial certification. AIDT is the only state agency in Alabama with ISO certification […]