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Manufacturing & Technology
Greensburg auto-parts plant plans expansion, 200-plus hires
February 12, 2013
IBJ StaffAutomotive supplier Valeo expects to invest $15.5 million in new machinery for its Greensburg facility as part of its plans
to expand operations in the plant and bring more than 200 workers onto the company payroll by 2014.
MoreFirm's Klipsch purchase hasn't rocked Wall Street
February 9, 2013
Dan HumanVoxx International Corp.’s $166 million buyout of Indianapolis-based speaker maker Klipsch Group two years ago so far
hasn’t generated the excitement on Wall Street that Voxx wants.
MoreSensient plans to move Indy headquarters to Chicago
February 8, 2013
IBJ StaffMilwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. said Friday it plans to move its Indianapolis-based Flavors & Fragrances Group
corporate headquarters to Chicago before mid-2014.
MoreCalumet jumps into $300 million refinery joint venture
February 7, 2013
Dan HumanCalumet Specialty Products Partners LP plans to build a $300 million diesel refinery in North Dakota as part of a joint venture
with energy company MDU Resources Group Inc., the firms announced after markets closed Thursday.
MoreCummins' earnings, revenue fall on weaker demand
February 6, 2013
IBJ StaffEngine maker Cummins Inc. saw profit sink 30 percent in the fourth quarter as demand for its products fell in both domestic
and international markets. Full-year profit and revenue also fell.
MorePurdue lands $14.5M to expand nanotechnology portal
February 5, 2013
J.K. WallPurdue University announced Tuesday that some of its researchers won a five-year, $14.5 million grant from the National Science
Foundation to expand the school’s online gateway for instruction, research and simulations in nanotechnology.
MoreLocal tool supplier plans to expand, add 20 jobs
February 5, 2013
Indianapolis-based Hahn Systems LLC said it will add 20 jobs by 2016 as part of a $900,000 expansion that includes purchasing
and equipping a 27,000-square-foot facility.
MoreHealth care startups hungry for funds
February 2, 2013
J.K. WallFrustrated by up-and-down state funding for startup life sciences companies, industry leaders are talking up a plan to create
a dedicated funding stream that could total $30 million a year.
MoreEmmis executive a technology pioneer
February 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettlePaul Brenner, chief technology officer for Emmis Communications Corp., is largely credited with pioneering two recent technological
breakthroughs that could pump badly needed revenue into the radio industry.
MoreRemy International CEO Weber stepping down
February 1, 2013
Dan HumanRemy International Inc. President and CEO John Weber will resign at the end of February after leading the company for seven
years, the Pendleton-based automotive supplier announced Friday.
MoreGM moving 80 jobs from Castleton to Michigan
January 30, 2013
Associated PressGeneral Motors on Wednesday said it plans to move 80 jobs from Indianapolis to Pontiac, Mich., as part of a plan to expand
its engine and transmission development headquarters.
MoreDivision of Carmel firm plans 300 jobs in Fort Wayne
January 29, 2013
Associated PressAccelerated Tanks and Trailers, a division of a Carmel-based company, plans to open a Fort Wayne manufacturing plant that
could bring about 300 new jobs to northeast Indiana by 2016.
MoreSale of family-owned business leads to lawsuit
January 28, 2013
Scott OlsonDeborah Ecksten, a former shareholder of Indianapolis-based Createc Corp., is suing her brother and mother, claiming they
earned multimillion-dollar profits at her expense by selling the company without her knowledge.
MoreChaCha secures $14M investment to expand services
January 28, 2013
Scott OlsonThe latest round of funding will enable ChaCha to make "significant" investments in new products to expand both mobile and
online services, CEO Scott Jones said. Internally, the project is dubbed "Go Big."
MoreHillenbrand diversifies by growing whole new business
January 26, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinCasket company turns heads with aggressive foray into equipment manufacturing.
MoreMarketer SmallBox helping clients improve their cultures
January 26, 2013
Andrea Muirragui DavisIn mid-2011, the staff of local Web marketing firm SmallBox began a period of self-reflection that allowed the team to identify
its “North Star,” the purpose, mission and vision that keeps a company headed in the right direction. It's now
spreading the word.
MoreTool-maker Hurco makes headway after tough stretch
January 26, 2013
Dan HumanThe company, which develops computer-controlled equipment for cutting and forming metal, made progress in fiscal 2012 toward
restoring profitability to pre-recession levels.
MoreMaker of app that helps not-for-profits gets seed funding
January 26, 2013
IBJ StaffCause.it, founded by students from I.U. and Purdue, was awarded $500,000 by Innovate Indiana.
MoreRolls-Royce cutting production jobs in Indy
January 25, 2013
Dan HumanRolls-Royce has offered buyouts and early retirement to 28 union production workers because of decreased product demand. The
company declined to say whether any non-union workers were being cut.
MoreCarmel tech consultant plans expansion, 36 jobs
January 24, 2013
Allegient LLC said it will add the jobs by 2017 and expand its Carmel headquarters by 4,000 square feet.
MoreLocal tooling manufacturer acquired by private-equity firm
January 21, 2013
Techniks Inc., a designer and distributor of industrial cutting tools, has been acquired by Tenex Capital Management. Tenex,
in turn, merged Techniks into another of its companies, Jasper-based Nap Gladu, to form a new holding company.
MoreTrafalgar company bringing reflective technology to consumer market
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.
MoreFormer BrightPoint exec joins Angie’s List as COO
January 17, 2013
Scott OlsonJ. Mark Howell will join the Indianapolis-based public company March 1. Howell previously spent 18 years as an executive with
BrightPoint Inc., which was acquired in October by California-based Ingram Micro Inc.
MoreFishers auto supplier moving to Anderson
January 16, 2013
Keihin North America Inc. plans to relocate between 130 and 175 management, engineering and development jobs to the Flagship
Enterprise Center.
MoreSun King brewery lands tax breaks for expansion
January 16, 2013
Scott OlsonThe downtown brewery plans to spend $2.1 million on additional equipment and add 20 jobs by 2016 in exchange for a tax abatement
from the city.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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