Alabama

Capital: Montgomery
Population: 4,661,900 (2008 est.)
Unemployment Rate: 10,9% (Oct 2009)
Number of German subsidiaries: 55

Industry:

• Cultivation of cotton, corn, sugarcane, tobacco, potatoes und forage crops
• Stock breeding: cattle and pig
• 50% of Alabama is covered with pine trees, 50% with deciduous forest: Forest- and 

   timber industry
• Iron and steel, plastic products
• Automotive engineering (Daimler plant in Tuscaloosa, Honda plant in Lincoln and

   Hyundai plant in Montgomery)
• Aerospace industry (NASA in Huntsville)

Infrastructure:
Seven harbors (six inner harbors, one seaport), eight airports, five  

Interstates, well connected to the Intracoastal Waterway (3000 miles waterway

along the Atlantic und Gulf coasts, essential for the transportation of industrial

goods)

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GACC South Affiliate:

AlabamaGermany Partnership (AGP)
Executive Director: Trish Coghlan
500 Beacon Parkway West
Birmingham, AL 35209
Phone: (205) 943 4774
Fax: (205) 943 4780
Email: director(at)alabamagermany.com
Homepage: http://www.alabamagermany.org/