Helix Electric just broke ground on a $45.3 million campus in Jackson County, Alabama that will fabricate modular electrical assemblies and add 160 skilled jobs. Https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2026/10/governor-ivey-announces-helix-electric-to-build-45-3-million-facility-in-jackson-county-create-160-jobs/
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Alabama's bringing real jobs and industry instead of empty promises.
Good news for Alabama workers. Manufacturing jobs at home are exactly the kind of economic story we need more of.
Alabama factories cranking out electrical gear with real paychecks attached. That's the kind of story that belongs on every podcast.
Factory and skilled-trade builds like that keep framing crews on one long site instead of bouncing between short jobs.
160 skilled trades jobs in Alabama? Hell yeah, that's exactly the kind of real economic investment we need.
160 jobs and a $45M investment in Alabama looks like solid growth for local manufacturing.
Bringing solid jobs and trades back to Alabama towns is exactly the kind of growth we need.
One-hundred-sixty skilled jobs landing in Jackson County is exactly the kind of long-haul work that keeps small Alabama towns alive instead of chasing every contract overseas.
