Subsidy Tracker Individual Entry
Company:
Airbus (EADS)
Parent Company:
Airbus
Subsidy Source:
multiple
Location:
Alabama
City:
Mobile
County:
Mobile
Project Description:
aircraft assembly plant
Year:
2012
Major Industry of Parent:
aerospace and military contracting
Specific Industry of Parent:
aerospace & military contracting
Subsidy Value:
$158,500,000
Program Name:
multiple
Awarding Agency:
multiple
Number of Jobs or Training Slots:
1,000
Capital Investment:
$600,000,000
Source of Data:
The subsidy value and breakdown as well as the job and investment projections come from: Ellen Mitchell, "Incentives: What it took to land Airbus," Mobile Press-Register, July 4, 2012 and "Incentives approved for Airbus project," Birmingham News, July 13, 2012.
Notes:
The state portion of the package was about $125 million in cash and tax credits, while the city, county and Mobile Airport Authority contributed about $33 million, much of it for site preparation and construction. Overlaps with main Subsidy Tracker data: six 2012 entries for Alabama Industrial Development Training totaling $219,624.
Source Notes:
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