Advanced Manufacturing

Raytheon lands $250 million Navy electronics contract

June 29, 2010
J.K. Wall
Workers at Raytheon Technical Services' Indianapolis facility will spend four more years working on software to control electronics on the Navy's V-22 Osprey aircraft.
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Rolls-Royce opens plant making part for Joint Strike Fighter

June 11, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The new "focused factory" in Plainfield will produce lift fans for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The fan allows one version of the aircraft to make helicopter-like landings.
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Subaru adding production at Lafayette plant

May 4, 2010
Japanese automaker has boosted employment by 200 since August to meet demand for its Outback and Legacy models.
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Raytheon lands key Navy contract

April 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC in Indianapolis will develop a new bomb rack for U.S. Navy airplanes under a recently awarded $32.4 million contract.
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Indiana food manufacturers ramp up safety precautions

March 20, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The peanut-borne salmonella outbreak of 2009 raised awareness about the risk of illness from unlikely sources. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the last time a seemingly innocuous ingredient made people sick, and prompted recalls.
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Indianapolis to demonstate plug-in electric vehicles

February 18, 2010
Chris O'Malley
Green watch
                           video iconCity will be among first to conduct demonstration of several plug-in electric vehicles prior to their market launch next year.
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TechPoint accepting nominations for Mira technology awards

January 23, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The awards are meant to showcase Indiana's high-tech success stories and raise the profile of the tech community.
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Conexus gets $3.45 million from Lilly Endowment

January 15, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Lilly Endowment Inc. is continuing to support the state's advanced-manufacturing initiative, giving Conexus Indiana a grant to help connect potential workers with the necessary training.
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Losses grow for EnerDel parent, but sales rise

November 11, 2009
 IBJ Staff
New York-based Ener1 reported late Monday that it suffered a third quarter loss of $15.8 million.
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Raytheon lays off 77 at local avionics center

September 10, 2009
Chris O'Malley
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC today eliminated 77 jobs at its avionics development center at 6125 E. 21st St. in Indianapolis.
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Pitching manufacturing careers a challenge amid slumpRestricted Content

February 2, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlin
The message that Steve Dwyer, recently retired chief operating officer of Rolls-Royce North America, is taking to central Indiana educators is that they still need to train students for careers in manufacturing.
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Logistics advocacy group Conexus gears up for statewide pitchRestricted Content

December 17, 2007
Chris O'Malley
Carol D'Amico, president and CEO of the newly formed industry advocacy group Conexus Indiana, is intent on boosting the visibility and growth of the logistics industry. Large though it is, it's also relatively ambiguous and sits in the shadow of the state's much-vaunted life sciences industry.
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Auto-job slide acceleratingRestricted Content

March 19, 2007
Peter Schnitzler
Indiana's automotive manufacturing employment for the last decade peaked at 142,000 in 1999. Since then, the sector has shed 20,300 jobs-a staggering one-seventh of its total. Another 5,220 are slated to be cut soon. And there's no end in sight.
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