March 30, 2013
Dan HumanIn Kokomo, Chrysler plants rise with the resurgent automaker, while a GM plant across the highway hasn't been so fortunate.
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February 28, 2013
Dan HumanChrysler Group LLC plans to invest a total $374 million and add 1,250 jobs in Kokomo and Tipton, the company confirmed Thursday.
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December 22, 2012
Dan HumanChrysler Group LLC is betting on huge sales gains to justify the more than $374 million it is considering investing in Kokomo
and Tipton to make a new line of nine-speed transmissions.
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December 17, 2012
Dan HumanChrysler Group LLC on Monday night said it was planning to spend as much $212 million on another expansion in Kokomo that
could add more than 400 jobs.
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December 17, 2012
Dan HumanTipton officials approved a 10-year tax abatement worth $2.5 million to help the company launch production in a nearly 800,000-square-foot
plant at U.S. 31 and State Road 28, about 25 miles north of Carmel.
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December 14, 2012
Associated PressChrysler Group LLC is seeking tax incentives for its transmission plant in Kokomo at the same time it's asking Tipton
County officials for similar incentives on a vacant plant.
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December 11, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe automaker has requested incentives to launch production in a nearly 800,000-square-foot plant that's been vacant since
being built four years ago.
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October 5, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe automaker had claimed in a complaint to the state that Duke acted in "draconian" fashion by holding onto the
seven-figure deposit for service at its Kokomo plant since 2009.
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July 13, 2012
Chris O'MalleyThe automaker is asking the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to look into its dispute with Duke Energy—and order
the utility to return a deposit it required to keep the power on at Chrysler's Kokomo plants.
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July 3, 2012
Associated PressFrom mini cars to monster pickups, sales of vehicles charged higher in June and eased concerns that Americans would be turned
off by slower hiring and other scary headlines.
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February 26, 2012
Associated PressThe U.S. auto industry and Kokomo have staged an amazing comeback. But the resurrection of U.S. automakers has done little
to resolve a deep political divide over the bailout.
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December 3, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinCity north of Indianapolis feels the power of $1.3 billion upgrade of equipment in automaker's transmission plants.
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November 30, 2011
Bloomberg NewsU.S. consumers, who set records for retail purchases during Thanksgiving weekend, helped boost U.S. auto sales in November
to what is likely to be their fastest pace in more than two years.
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October 19, 2011
Associated PressWorkers at Chrysler's largest United Auto Workers local, Local 685 in Kokomo, have voted in favor of a new four-year contract.
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June 8, 2011
Associated PressState regulators have issued $200,000 in fines against Chrysler for safety violations found during the investigation of a
worker's death at a central Indiana factory.
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December 14, 2010
Associated PressChrysler Group LLC said Tuesday it plans to invest an additional $85 million in its Kokomo transmission plant. The money is
in addition to the recently announced $1.2 billion investment in other facilities in the north-central Indiana city.
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November 23, 2010
Associated PressThe investment was announced just ahead of appearances Tuesday by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at a
Chrysler transmission plant.
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July 21, 2010
Associated PressThe response to openings at a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo reflects the large number of people out of work, a union
official said.
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May 11, 2010
Investment in transmission and casting plants, however, hinges on city's ability to offer tax abatement.
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April 20, 2010
Bloomberg NewsInvestors who had challenged the bankruptcy sale, including the Indiana State Police Pension Trust, had argued that Treasury
Secretary Timothy Geithner violated the Constitution by using TARP money to finance the sale, and had their arguments overruled
in the appeals court.
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December 14, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe justices on Monday turned down an appeal from the state of Indiana pension funds that earlier challenged the automaker's
bankruptcy proceedings.
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October 7, 2009
Andrea Muirragui DavisEnginemaker Cummins Inc. is temporarily adding a second production shift at its MidRange Engine Plant south of Columbus, recalling
as many as 270 workers who had been laid off or transferred to other facilities when it was idled in May.
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September 28, 2009
A renewable-energy firm is considering manufacturing solar panels in an empty Tipton County plant where transmissions were
to be built for Chrysler automobiles, according to the Kokomo Tribune.
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July 6, 2009
IBJ StaffU.S. Rep. Andre Carson, D-Indianapolis, is taking on General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. in the
name of crash victims.
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March 9, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinContractors struggling under the weight of an unfinished factory in Tipton are hoping for a quick sale to recover at least
some of the $44 million they say they're owed by Getrag Transmission Manufacturing.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!