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Manufacturing & Technology
Web services firm plans downtown office, 300 jobs
August 22, 2012
San Francisco-based cloud-computing service provider Appirio Inc. said it will spend $2 million to open an office in downtown
Indianapolis' Pan Am building, where it will employ 300 by 2015.
MoreFlorida firm takes majority ownership in Remy
August 20, 2012
Dan HumanA Florida title insurer and mortgage service has increased its ownership of Pendleton-based manufacturer Remy International
Inc. to 50.2 percent.
MoreCummins cools off, but Seymour expansion still in works
August 18, 2012
Dan HumanCummins Inc.—a company that quadrupled its profits in two years—has shifted to cost-cutting mode amid a drop in
global sales, but the Columbus-based engine manufacturer says it’s still on track to increase sales from $18 billion
in 2011 to $30 billion in 2015.
MoreViolations persist after fatality at Shelbyville glass factory
August 18, 2012
Dan HumanA Shelbyville glass factory has had almost two years to address safety violations resulting from a worker’s death, but
the state says the plant still has a lot of the same problems. Pilkington North America faces $150,000 in fines after an Indiana
Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection in March and April.
MoreLocal distillers produce Indiana sorghum spirit
August 18, 2012
Ellen KobeTwo central Indiana entrepreneurs are making a new spirit from an old crop—supplied largely by an Amish farmer who doesn’t
drink alcohol. The product is Sorgrhum, a distilled liquor made from the syrup of sweet sorghum, a stalk-like grain used as
a sweetener before sugar cane became widely available.
MoreTechPoint plans summit, entrepreneurial bootcamp
August 18, 2012
The first-ever Indiana Entrepreneurial Bootcamp will only be open to the first 100 who register.
MoreAnderson seeking new Nestle production line
August 17, 2012
Associated PressLeaders of a central Indiana city are trying to persuade Nestle to pick it for a new production line at an existing plant
that could add about 100 jobs.
MoreIndiana auto parts maker plans factory expansion
August 13, 2012
Associated PressSeymour Tubing Inc. is planning a $20 million project to expand and buy new equipment for a southern Indiana factory. The
expansion help the company retain 460 workers and add 20 more.
MoreFormer chamber head Dorson joins startup ViewYou
August 11, 2012
Dan HumanStartup ViewYou, which launched in October 2011, provides matchmaking services for job-seeking college students and companies
with open positions.
MoreSlingshot SEO branches out after Google throws it for a loop
August 11, 2012
Chris O'MalleySearch-engine optimization remains part of Slingshot SEO’s name. But one of the region’s fastest-growing tech
companies is abruptly shifting strategy—in part because changes by Google have undercut its core business.
MoreExactTarget brings in record quarterly revenue
August 9, 2012
IBJ StaffRecord second quarter revenue for ExactTarget Inc. wasn’t enough to generate a profit, the company said Thursday afternoon.
MoreAllison Transmission sets rate on $500 million loan
August 9, 2012
Bloomberg NewsAllison Transmission Inc., the locally based maker of transmissions for trucks, buses and the military, set the interest rate
it will pay on a $500 million term loan the company is seeking to refinance debt.
MoreInteractive Intelligence acquires Maryland company
August 9, 2012
Interactive Intelligence, a developer of communications and interactions-management software, purchased Bay Bridge Decision
Technologies in an all-cash transaction effective Aug. 1. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
MoreBrightPoint takes quarterly loss despite uptick in revenue
August 8, 2012
IBJ StaffIndianapolis-basedBrightPoint Inc. suffered a $4.1 million second-quarter loss despite a 3-percent increase in revenue, the
Indianapolis-based wireless device distribution and logistics company said Wednesday afternoon.
MoreRV parts suppliers plan to add 260 jobs in Indiana
August 8, 2012
Lippert Components Manufacturing Inc. and Kinro Manufacturing Inc., divisions of White Plains, N.Y.-based Drew Industries
Inc., said they will bring the jobs to Elkhart and Goshen by 2015 as part of a $3.7 million expansion.
MoreFastest-growing Slingshot SEO changes strategic course
August 6, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinSlingshot SEO Inc., a fast-growing Internet marketing firm that made a job-creation deal with the state in 2011, said Monday
that it was eliminating about 15 percent of its work force—or roughly 15 employees.
MoreWhirlpool to close Indiana center, move work to Michigan
August 6, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressWhirlpool Corp. announced Monday it plans to shut down the last of its operations in a southern Indiana city, a plant that
employed more than 1,500 workers a few years ago.
MoreMarketing software firm CIK plans to expand, add 57 jobs
August 6, 2012
CIK Enterprises LLC, a marketing software and services firm, plans to add the jobs by 2016. The company will continue to lease
a 30,000-square-foot facility on the city’s west side.
MoreCaterpillar laying off 167 workers in Lafayette
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.
MoreGilchrist & Soames moves HQ, plans to add 40 workers
August 1, 2012
The maker of luxury soaps and other hotel toiletries has moved its headquarters from Indianapolis to a bigger facility in
Plainfield, where it plans to add 40 employees within six months.
MoreCalumet Specialty turns big profit in second quarter
August 1, 2012
The Indianapolis-based company said Wednesday morning that profit soared to $65.7 million compared with a loss of $7.7 million
in the second quarter of 2011.
MoreInteractive Intelligence takes loss despite rising sales
July 31, 2012
IBJ StaffInteractive Intelligence Group Inc. suffered a second quarter loss despite revenue growth of 5 percent, the company announced
Tuesday afternoon.
MoreCummins tops expectations despite lower profit, sales
July 31, 2012
IBJ StaffEngine manufacturer Cummins Inc. on Tuesday reported lower profit and revenue in the second quarter, but the results exceeded
Wall Street expectations.
MoreAllison reports $413M quarterly profit, but lowers forecast
July 30, 2012
IBJ StaffAllison Transmission Inc. on Monday reported earnings of nearly $413 million in the second quarter after losing $17.2 million
in the same period a year ago. The Indianapolis-based manufacturer cut its full-year sales-growth forecast.
MoreBrightPoint merger talks driven by 'deal certainty'
July 28, 2012
Greg AndrewsWhen BrightPoint officials saw conditions in the cell phone distribution business take a turn for the worse, they were quick
to cash out while the going was still good.
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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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