May 8, 2013
IBJ Staff, Associated PressThe Japanese car maker already employs about 3,600 people at the plant and builds the Legacy and Outback cars and the Tribeca
SUV. With the new investment, it will boost capacity by 100,000 cars and begin making the Impreza.
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February 23, 2013
Dan HumanThousands of Indiana’s rank-and-file factory workers have seen their earnings lose ground to that of white-collar workers.
The gap has grown even as manufacturers expect their assembly-line workers to have more skills and more advanced education.
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January 15, 2013
IBJ Staff and Bloomberg NewsThe maker of Subaru cars is targeting a 6-percent increase in global sales this year, spurred by the introduction of a new
Forester SUV model. The company will use its plant in Lafayette to increase output.
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December 8, 2012
Dan HumanA deal struck 25 years ago brought Subaru-Isuzu to Indiana. Toyota followed in 1996, and Honda came in 2008. The three Japanese
automakers now collectively employ 10,000 and support thousands more jobs at suppliers across the state.
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December 5, 2012
Bloomberg NewsFuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s Subaru unit is studying whether to expand its Indiana auto-assembly plant as the Toyota
Motor Corp. affiliate seeks to boost U.S. output to curb currency losses and meet growing demand for its models.
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August 3, 2012
Associated PressCaterpillar Inc. says it's laying off nearly 170 workers at its Lafayette Large Engine Center in response to a drop in
demand.
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May 16, 2012
IBJ StaffSubaru already employs 3,600 at its Lafayette facility, with 600 workers added in the past three years. The expansion will
ramp up production from nearly 171,000 cars a year to at least 180,000.
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August 20, 2011
J.K. WallTwo years into the economic recovery, bright spots in the Indiana job market are still hard to find. The insurance industry
is one of the few glimmers of light on Indiana’s horizon. Others include engine makers, nursing homes and temp agencies.
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July 5, 2011
Kathleen McLaughlinTwo new carwash facilities in Anderson and West Lafayette will bring the Indianapolis-based chain to 39 stores.
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March 30, 2011
All 159 employees of the insurance company will either relocate to Cincinnati or lose their jobs, according to a spokeswoman
for Lafayette Life's parent company. Lafayette Life was founded in 1905.
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March 18, 2011
Associated PressTrailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. is adding 200 new jobs at its north-central Indiana plant to support a new contract
to build bulk storage fluid tankers for another Indiana company.
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October 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinEmployment in Indiana’s auto industry has stabilized, and manufacturers even are hiring in small numbers. Hoosier automakers
and parts suppliers added 10,000 workers this year through August, bringing total employment in the sector to 100,400.
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October 17, 2009
J.K. WallEli Lilly and Co. will sell its manufacturing plant in Lafayette to a German company in its first major move toward reducing
its work force by 5,500 employees and cutting its operating expenses by $1 billion.
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March 16, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinIndiana's $86M incentive package to establish the Subaru plant in Lafayette was initially controversial.
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So the Mayor adds another non value added layer to having a vehicle towed? Whereby the City Government RECIEVES AN ILLEGAL KICKBACK FROM A LGOISTICS COMPANY THAT SUBS THE WORK TO LOCAL TOW COMPANIES? What is the service the City performs for receiving the "tribute"? This is RICO!!!!! What a corrupt and unnecessary layer. What a dirtbag Mayor and his cronies.
Owner occupied housing. Clear enough?
So people think I am paranoid. It's from experience in dealing with puds requested by developers who make major donations themselves to representatives, have nice fund raisers for those running for office and hide through pac's. then there are the public relation firms. You will note some pr comments below. You there Clyde Lee? My opinion. Commercial along 421, great. Multifamily housing, terrible idea that will change the town. Senior condos or zero lot line homes west, great. I suggest keeping all entries to commercial areas at 421. All entries to owner occupied on sycamore. Will keep the traffic on sycamore down some. Two other things. You can't trust what will be there in 10 years. Steve builds quality stuff, but areas change over time. Look at the changes at the wall mart center at 86th and 421 over the last 10 years. Look at the apartments and neighborhoods behind St Vincent's. Raintree properties WILL decrease in value if commercial and multifamily goes in near. It has already been happening around the bridges area. The houses that have been sold recently are way below market. Several deals not closed due to the Illinois construction and the whole unsurety of the bridges. It's pretty simple, Zionsville will approve the whole thing because the city council has been groomed over a LONG period of time for this. I might even suggest some are in their position as a result of this.
Esta, do you have a dog in this fight? You seem to really want to knock anyone against this project. No, I didn't move to Indiana for the architecture. I moved here for that red barn in the field. The horses and fields of corn. A place that is NOT overdeveloped. There are plenty of nearby places in Indianapolis that could be REDEVELOPED instead.
RKW - OK, we get it, you're paranoid. The question is, are you paranoid enough? Greg - Yes, Pittman(s) is (are) at it again. They are developers, they build things. It's what they do. So when you go to work tomorrow, Greg, you're at it again too. Cliff - Really? You moved to Indiana for its progressive architecture? That's like moving to England for the cuisine. Zionsvillain - The house you moved to was once a field or woods. I'm willing to bet folks were upset when that ground was plowed under and a house was built. But I guess now that you are in, everything should stop? "My house was OK, but the next one is sprawl." SE Guy - Please don't paint us with such a wide brush. Most reasonable Zionsville residents welcome planned, measured development.