By Associated Press
Montgomery, AL – Gov. Bob Riley plans to arrive in Europe on Wednesday for an industrial trip that involves trying to land new jobs and meeting with companies that have already provided jobs in Alabama.
Riley is scheduled to meet with an unidentified industrial prospect and three companies with Alabama operations.
Riley said he will visit with officials of Mercedes-Benz in Germany on Wednesday. Mercedes has an auto assembly plant in Vance.
After Germany, Riley will go to Spain to visit aerospace giant EADS and BBVA. BBVA is the Spanish bank that bought Birmingham-baed Compass Bancshares in 2007. EADS plans to build an aircraft assembly plant in Mobile if it and Northrop Grumman land a Pentagon contract.
Riley said he plans to return to Alabama on Sunday.