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Business News - 2004

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December 2004

Airport's year busiest; nonstop flights help (12/15)
Port hopeful trend continues; record took just 11 months
Deploying the Shield (PDF) (12/14)
by Mike Ward, vice president governmental affairs, Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County
Dynetics breaks ground on office to consolidate staff (12/14)
New headquarters will allow growth in labor, contracts
Boeing to build part of shield for $928 million (12/14)
Missile defense deal to cover work here through '07
Hotel exec calls site fitting for 1st Westin (12/10)
Starwood VP credits Huntsville, Bridge Street
Hotel, condo complex in works (12/9)
Westin facility its first in state; is part of Bridge Street
Bridge Street takes next step (12/9)
Zoning change to let hundreds live in Research Park
Lockheed adding 160 local jobs (12/1)
Positions to support missile defense work with Germany, Italy
Teledyne, German firm join to design drone fleet (12/1)
Summit site eyed for more growth (12/1)
Developers move to possible phase two: 40-60 condos

November 2004

Small business gets big boost (11/30)
Army looks to companies owned by service-disabled vets to fill contract needs
NASA takes first step back to moon (11/23)
Congress OKs budget with $24 million for Marshall programs
Local firms among top 500 owned by minorities (11/23)
Morgan, Analytical, SpecPro all make diversity list
CSC receives security's Cogswell Award again (11/21)
Continued growth unleashes new energy in city (11/21)
Performance 'best' list rates city as 27th (11/19)
Big plans in the works for city's art museum (11/18)
Restaurant ahead, expansion eyed,park space at issue
Holiday Inn Select to replace Hilton (11/16)
Franchise switch at hotel downtown set for spring, ends 30-year affiliation
2 more hotels will be added to cityscape (11/5)
Embassy work to begin; Homewood Suites, Hilton next
Digital Fusion buys tech support services firm (11/5)
Acquisition is saidto let company domissile research

October 2004

Modeling and simulation rapidly growing industry (10/31)
Local company makes Inc.'s fastest-growing list (10/30)
Intuitive ranks 75th in top 500 private firms
Officials hail expansion of intermodal center (10/27)
Upgraded crane helps mark 3-year, $13 million project
San Antonio officials consult with city on Toyota (10/24)
Local economy still on solid ground (10/24))
Energy, health care costs most likely to create problems
First American Bank buys into Summit (10/22)
Company to occupy 3 of 8 floors, is providing $16M in construction financing
Junior Achievement joins chamber in skills program (10/22)
Goal is to reach 50,000 studentsin next five years
Info tech awards cite Adtran's Smith, others (10/22)
Baron Services,Intergraph among AITA finalists
Applause for von Braun, team (10/21)
Association to recognize German scientists, also Adtran's Mark Smith
Zierdt Road area to add 1,027 homes (10/21)
Subdivision in west Huntsville revives growth concerns
City tops for firms growing rapidly (10/21)
Inc. fast-expansion list says Huntsville leads the nation
Arsenal team honored (10/19))
National award cites Redstone-managed missile-defense work
Brown links systems for airspace security (10/15)
Single picture provides accurate monitoring for faster response
Port of Huntsville employs 7,700; payroll is $466M (10/13)
Study shows that employment up 13% since 1996
Bank of Alabama opening first Huntsville site (10/15)
Whitesburg Drive branch to focus on commercial clients
Growth at and around airport good sign for city (10/10)
Forbes publisher touts lavish living in Huntsville (10/3)
Independence Air begins $69 daily flights to Dulles (10/2)
Student welcomes new service: 'It's convenient, it's direct and it's cheap'
Powering up designs (10/1)
Firm that renders 3-D work into 2-D images to get computing boost

September 2004

Forbes publisher lavishes praise on city in book (9/29)
Low cost of living lure for 'IQ campus'
Toyota adding 300 jobs (9/25)
$250 million expansion 2nd at engine plant in 14 months
Boeing seeks 300 to fill high-tech jobs in Huntsville (9/21)
Companies recognized for control of pollution (9/19)
APAC, Toyota, Huntsville Hospital receive awards
Adtran CEO wins life-achievement award (9/17)
IT group to honor Mark Smith for his tech contributions
Low-cost carrier is adding flights before starting here (9/14)
Independence Air will include service to Orlando, Tampa
UK firm acquires Westar for $140M (9/14)
Company officials say only changes will be positive
Hotel project ensures city has room to grow (9/9)
Work begins today on $40M Embassy Suites, canal, bridge, skyway
New Web site shows arsenal group has all bases covered (9/5)
Schafer to help launch moon plan (9/3)
Office here gets potential $6M contract to study design of new spaceship
Avocent buys Canadian software firm (9/1)
Sonic Mobility customers include Lockheed, FedEx and State Department
New community hopes to be center of attention (9/1)
Building that serves as Providence focal point officially opens

August 2004

3D Research chief named chamber's executive of year (8/27)
5 small businesses, 1 nonprofit honored with annual award
Founding firm a 'rewarding risk' (8/24)
Intuitive Research is No. 2 'fastest-growing' Hispanic company
High-end work Sanmina's focus (8/23)
Lower-skilled production moves overseas to cut costs
Sanmina-SCI celebrates its Apache work (8/19)
Plant makes processors to control copters' weapons and operations systems
Sessions says troop shift helps Redstone (8/19)
Plan eliminates need for 'massive' U.S. base closings
Panel approves Embassy Suites plans (8/19)
Downtown development (8/19)
Site preparation begins for luxury condo project
Rumsfeld hails missile work (8/18)
Pentagon chief tells of need to develop new defense system
Call center will add 300 jobs (8/12)
West Teleservicesto increase its local payroll to 1,700
Small firms nominated for awards (8/12)
Panel OKs Jones Valley condos (8/11)
Georgia firm plans 128-unit project on Four Mile Post
Airport set to land lower fares (8/8)
Huntsville International joins national trend with Independence Air arrival
Missile work looks to next step (8/5)
Boeing poised for new phase once Alaska site starts
Low-fare airline takes off in October (8/2)
One-way tickets to Dulles start at $69 on Independence

July 2004

NASA's 'best-kept secret' out as training center under way (7/30)
Cramer touts economic partnerships (7/30)
At chamber event, calls state lines 'artificial barriers'
NASA gets new space for training, experiments (7/29)
Work starts today on education facility; Marshall lab opening
Toyota plant in ad spotlight (7/29)
Huntsville site featured in firm's national campaign
2 local firms will handle site work for Bridge Street (7/29)
Research Park project expects to break ground in '05
City's newest school to open (7/29)
Columbia Elementary set to welcome students through its doors Aug. 9
Quantum has TEAM concept (7/27)
Huntsville firm designs mobile emergency response equipment
Colsa does calculations at MACH 5 (7/25)
Company building machine here that would be third-fastest in the world
Chamber seeks $150K from small businesses (7/23)
Money needed for regional economic development effort
Sanmina-SCI jobs looking overseas (7/21)
More work abroad will spur North America cuts
Mapping out a modern economy (7/18)
Intergraph is helping Kosovo update property-record systems
DirecTV call center to arrive with some 1,000 new jobs (7/10)
West TeleServices site here might be affected by addition
Time's right for historic building to get makeover (7/9)
Renovation of city's 1st high-rise long delayed; offices, restaurant eyed
Council puts finishing touch on hotel deal (7/9)
Groundbreaking could come just before city elections
Big building boom looks unstoppable (7/6)
NASA leader leaving agency, historic desk (7/2)
Axel Roth enjoyed 45-year career with link to von Braun

June 2004

Northrop affirms plan for 500 jobs (6/29)
CEO emphasizes commitment to city, donates $25K
InterSouth plans Old Madison Pike office park (6/25)
NASA changes won't affect jobs here (6/25)
Marshall, other centers realigned for efficiency
Census estimates lift Huntsville's population 4% (6/24)
Jobs, housing credited for climb; Madison grows 16% since 200
Huntsville engineering gave SpaceShipOne motor a boost (6/23)
Liquid/solid hybrid used a design taken from HAL5 Society
CTA in Madison has new owners (6/23)
Engine maker Pratt & Whitney points to 'synergies'
Witness to another era of flight (6/22)
Von Braun team member watches SpaceShipOne soar
Colsa to build 'Mach 5,' fast supercomputer (6/22)
System to be used by Army to model hypersonic flight
Teledyne system of bomb disposal gets SAFETY net (6/19)
Homeland Security backs WaterSabre against liability risk
Meridianville project to include 250 homes (6/16)
Developers say new subdivision to spur growth north of city
2 area companies win safety awards (6/12)
Center that helps small firms gets big results (6/11)
Local 'dream team' reports $1.1B in contracts last year
State's economic growth wins magazine's honors (6/9)
New companies, jobs bring top ranking for second consecutive year
Airport sets $87M plan for growth (6/8)
Vendors, parking, public areas all part of 5-year blueprint
Wolverine will employ 25 at new Decatur center (6/7)
1,000 new homes planned (6/6)
McMullen Cove will be just off Old Highway 431
SDI helped pump new life into local defense programs (6/6)
Reagan impact still felt in missile work performed here

May 2004

Embassy Suites aims for January '06 opening (5/28)
Developer shows off plans for hotel that will connect to VBC
Business incubator readies new home (5/26)
BizTech will unveil 20,600-square-foot Sparkman Drive facility
DirecTV planning call center for city (5/20)
Spokesman: Facility will 'hold several hundred seats'
Aerospace Products Southeast wins SBA award (5/14)
Huntsville firm is fed Subcontractor of Year for region
Huntsville cracks list of 10 best places for business, careers (5/12)
Lockheed gets $53M for Army's new missile (5/6)
Local plants lose out on contract work for system
Closure of bases may lift arsenal (5/5)
Cramer says tight NASA budget will pressure Marshall
TVA aggressively expanding its nuclear capacity (5/4)
Browns Ferry, maybe Bellefonte fit into competitive strategy
Merger will cut costs, Verilink says (5/4)
Larscom deal could bring annual sales of $75 million
International business visits aim to weave stronger ties (5/2)
Chamber leaders on mission in D.C. (5/2)
Huntsville officials to lobby for NASA work, Redstone
Chamber members to lobby for these issues (5/2)

April 2004

Verilink has plans to buy 2nd firm (4/29)
Larscom deal comes on heels of solid 3Q gains in sales
City working to lure young professionals (4/28)
Consultant hired to draft plan to stop exodus of youth
City keeps growing, with projects to west (4/28)
Shopping center, apartment complex set for north of U.S. 72
From here to New York (4/23)
Continental Express has new flight schedule with quicker trip to Newark
Plastics maker picks site in city, to create 65 jobs (4/16)
Auto supplier plans to begin shipping parts by summer
Huntsville lands plant to make auto parts (4/15)
CAS breaks ground on new office complex (4/14)
Operations to be consolidated at research park
Intergraph gets $10M from AMD to end suit (4/12)
Local firm also gets cut of profits over 3 years in patent case
Avocent seals deal to buy software firm (4/8)
OSA, based in San Jose, to remain independent vendor
Marshall to play vital role, NASA chief says (4/1)
But Congress first must approve new lunar plans, Sean O'Keefe tells crowd

March 2004

Intergraph settles suit with Intel for $225M (3/30)
Win for local company ends its disputes with computer giant
Madison's 2003 'ride' ends well, mayor says (3/30)
New home permits hit record; sales revenue up so far this year
Wal-Mart speeds work on new store (3/26)
Retailer agrees to pay for part of road in Hampton Cove
Designed for people (3/22)
2 major buildings just part of plan for the next 2 decades
City panel OKs growth to the west (3/18)
Planners worry developments may strain new schools
$2M school project goes to Pearce Construction (3/17)
Senators rescue $600M for NASA (3/13)
Sessions, Shelby restore money cut from Bush budget
Siemens takes over plants April 1 (3/12)
Improved Patriot intercepts target during test flight (3/6)
PAC-3 does well at White Sands, spokeswoman says
BizTech success story is writing its next chapter (3/5)
AMBS moves into new space, seeks $2M to add staff
Shelby has Army vow on money for copter (3/4)
Aviation projects run here to get Comanche funds

February 2004

Budget knife cuts 'copter at Redstone (2/24)
400 work with Comanche; government jobs said safe
Downtown parking plans hope to lure development (2/15)
Meadow Gold deal latest in city's aims to add spaces, improve convenience
Boeing pumps $1.2B into state (2/14)
Study finds 9,000 jobs tied to giant in aerospace business
Verilink expects lift from XEL purchase (2/14)
CEO Belden says $17M deal will improve local company's sales, profits
Siemens buys Chrysler electronics plants here (2/9)
Workers must pick retirement, transfer or new company
New dorm on horizon for students at UAH (2/6)
Residence hall could be ready by fall term of 2005
NASA to cut 87 jobs here, but Marshall says no layoff (2/4)
Smaller work force, fewer programs are part of new budget
State will help Marshall land new programs (2/4)
Space Exploration Initiative to include colleges, industry
Bush budget includes $11M for Huntsville control tower (2/4)
Money will allow completion of $21 million airport project

January 2004

City planners get a look at downtown 'riverwalk' (1/21)
Waterway will be like a canal linking Big Spring with Pinhook Creek
New office to oversee key NASA work here (1/16)
500 jobs tied to 3 programs; director won't rule out changes
Condo set for downtown (1/11)
Construction to begin in spring for 25-unit project