Airbus project snags piece of award

Trade & Industry Development named the Airbus assembly plant project in Mobile, Ala., among its top 15 corporate advancement award winners for 2013. The magazine selected the Airbus project as one of 30 Corporate Investment and Community Impact winners nationwide for the transformational effect it’s expected to have on Mobile. Several hundred projects announced during 2012 were considered. Groundbreaking is slated for April 8 for the $600 million, 1,000-employee plant that will be the final assembly location for single-aisle A320 family of aircraft. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 03/12/13)