May 25, 2013
Dan HumanLaunched in January, 3D Parts Manufacturing joined a recent surge in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing operations
known as 3D printers. Rather than screwing and gluing parts together, operators plug digital designs into machines that shape
plastic and metal powders from the bottom up, one microscopic level at a time.
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February 9, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisJust Pop In! retail stores feature traditional, popular flavors like caramel and cheddar—and an “Indy Style”
mixture of the two—but a dizzying array of more imaginative concoctions sets the local chain apart.
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January 19, 2013
Chris O'MalleyHalo Coatings, founded in 2007, spent its early years licensing its proprietary reflective technology for powder-coating applications
to companies involved in highway infrastructure, such as guardrails. But it's now shifting its focus to the big players in
the apparel, medical and consumer-product fields.
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June 23, 2012
Anthony SchoettleFour-person shop opening office downtown got its start at Flagship Enterprise incubator.
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April 28, 2012
Andrea Muirragui DavisRushville-based Barada Associates Inc. specializes in helping business clients make good hiring decisions—services that
have become more popular as companies find themselves inundated with eager applicants looking for work.
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April 21, 2012
Sam StallMany Indiana home-based food businesses owe their existence to a law enacted in 2009 that allows them to sell certain types
of foods at farmers’ markets and their own roadside stands with minimal state oversight.
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March 24, 2012
Sam StallN.K. Hurst Co. Inc. sells roughly 20 million packages of dried beans and bean soup mixes a year, from the West McCarty Street
packaging plant it has operated since 1938. It has only about 50 employees, but its products are ubiquitous in the grocery
industry.
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January 7, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIn a world that likes to see businesses grow by leaps and bounds, LDI Ltd. is a tortoise. The family-owned holding company
typically hangs onto firms in its portfolio for 15 years or more. It might take more than two years to zero in on an acquisition
target. And it’s putting its next CEO, J.A. Lacy, through a year-long apprenticeship.
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November 26, 2011
Andrea Muirragui Davis
Shop owners John and Pam Badger churn out more than 20,000 candy canes in November and December,
but they'd like to boost business the other 10 months of the year.
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November 5, 2011
IBJ StaffAmy Graham left her job as marketing director of a plastic surgery practice early this year to pursue her dream of running
a high-end pajama boutique.
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November 5, 2011
IBJ StaffA 65-year-old Indianapolis firm, Carson Manufacturing Co., is expanding its capabilities in printed circuit boards.
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August 6, 2011
Low-income women could receive loans in weeks.
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July 9, 2011
Ann FinchPat Koch, whose official title at her family-owned Holiday World theme park is director of values, sets a high bar for hard
work and dedication.
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May 28, 2011
Anthony SchoettleWhile the Indianapolis Motor Speedway revels in its centennial this month and motorsports aficionados take a nostalgic look
back, the next generation of heirs to the Hulman George fortune has its eyes firmly fixed on the future.
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May 28, 2011
Norm HeikensWestfield Steel owners Karyn and Fred Prine are well on the way to transitioning to the next generation—son Fritz—thanks
to timely planning.
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May 28, 2011
Gabrielle PoshadloClaus Muth has a proud heritage of making specialty meats, but now he faces circumstances that stand to threaten his south-side
business: family-owned Claus' German Sausages and Meats.
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January 8, 2011
IBJ StaffThe winner of the Small Business Administration award has seen steady growth during its 10 years in business.
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August 28, 2010
IBJ StaffMcGowan Insurance was founded in 1930 by William McGowan, who led it until his death in 1977.
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January 9, 2010
Marc D. AllanEmploying relatives or pals can be a godsend or a nightmare for small firms. And anecdotal evidence suggests it could be even
rougher on women business owners than it is on men.
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December 26, 2009
Peter SchnitzlerFederal estate taxes are set to expire next year, but increase in 2011. Confusion is leaving family businesses like Greenwood-based
Byrd Enterprises in limbo. Vice President Jonathan Byrd II is still sorting through the aftermath of his father's August death.
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July 20, 2009
Riya V. AnandwalaCertified public accountant Dave Norris bought a 1976 Good Humor truck and started his family-owned U Want Ice Cream mobile
route in 2007, aiming to make a personal connection with people—along with
a little extra money.
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May 25, 2009
George UmbargerDoubling annual sales might seem an impossible feat in a recession, but at the modest office of Williams Comfort Air and Metzler's
Mr. Plumber, it is a reality.
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February 23, 2009
Marc D.Much of downtown has been erased and rebuilt over the last 38 years, but quietly and with almost no notice, Cento's Shoes
has remained one of the few constants.
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March 31, 2008
Anthony SchoettleRecently announced changes to the Indiana Pacers' front office leave questions about the team's long-term ownership unanswered.
While Larry Bird, Pacers director of basketball operations, is set to take over for CEO Donnie Walsh at season's end, there
is no indication what succession strategy, if any, exists for replacing team owners Mel Simon, 81, and Herb Simon, 73.
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Laura-the festivals and tastings are free. What does is strengthen the sense of community with activities. What are those empty lots doing for the Village? it's sad you can't see the good that this progress can do for the area. No one is requiring anyone to shop there. I guess you'd rather see a Dollar store move in or no, we'd rather see the property stand empty b/c change is out of the question.
Read down to the part about Brizzi. Someone needs to subpoena his "purchases" of Red RockPictures and Cellstar and his corresponding bank records, I mean c'mon, I'd like to see his alcohol usage records, too. http://diana-vice.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Wonder if my neighborhood can advertise our "retention" pond and act like it is a beach too?
a new record at the '11 salebration until they realized that it was a futile effort to get their crapwagon moter and crapwagon car up speed. And then they just quietly slunk off into the night and never spoke of it again. Nothing to see here folks.
millions for putting a company's bumper sticker on one of its Lolas. But you gotta take what you can get.