September 2019 Group Watch: AL Opens European Biz Development Office
The Alabama Department of Commerce has opened a business development office in Stuttgart, Germany, to enhance the state’s strategic efforts to attract European companies considering job-creating investments in the United States. Christoph Dorr, an experienced German businessman who spent seven years in charge of an industrial operation in Alabama, serves as the director of the new European office, which began operating earlier this month. Dorr’s primary emphasis will be to build on Alabama’s longstanding economic development activities in Europe. In 2018, European companies announced projects in Alabama of nearly $1.5 billion in new capital investment and 1,500 jobs.
