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Local security division of Stanley keys growth for company
March 27, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinStanley Black & Decker, based in New Britain, Conn., reported 2009 profit of $224 million. Its Indianapolis-based security
division, one of three segments, accounted for more than half those earnings.
MoreCar-seat manufacturer plans Columbus expansion
January 19, 2010
Dorel Group wants to expand its development and production operations in Columbus, creating 98 jobs by 2013.
MoreALTOM: See the light, and get on the fluorescent bandwagon
January 16, 2010
Tim AltomIt’s hard to imagine an invention more commonly used than the light bulb. It’s a shame that by 2014 we probably
won’t be able to buy them anymore, at least not as readily as we do now.
MoreHigh-end audio firm Indy Audio Labs powers up with new hires
January 9, 2010
IBJ StaffAn upstart audio products company with offices at Purdue Research Park at AmeriPlex has brought in big guns to launch sales.
MoreWestfield's Truss Manufacturing Co. changes name, expands product line
November 21, 2009
IBJ StaffTruss Manufacturing Co., a fixture along U.S. 31 in Westfield since 1959, in October changed its name to TMC Building Products
to emphasize its expansion into other supplies.
MoreIndy Audio Labs wiring for relaunch of high-end home theater brands
September 23, 2009
Chris O'MalleyTwo former Klipsch Group engineers plan to return to the market a brand of amplifiers famous among audio enthusiasts. Indy
Audio Labs, owned by Rick Santiago and Ted Moore, bought the Aragon and Acurus brands of amps, pre-amps and sound processors
from Klipsch and are planning a
2010 launch.
MoreMead Johnson plans expansion in Evansville
September 21, 2009
IBJ Staff and Associated PressMead Johnson Nutrition plans to spend nearly $33 million at a southwestern Indiana facility where it plans to start making
powdered infant formula products.
MoreAir-filter maker fills orders for overseas destinations
September 5, 2009
IBJ StaffWith a recent surge in overseas sales, Pure Air Systems is reaping the benefits of incorporating new technology into its product
line.
MoreManufacturers to help pay for TV, computer recycling
May 18, 2009
The Indiana Recycling Coalition scored big in the just-concluded session of the Indiana General Assembly with the passage
of House Bill 1589, which requires that electronics manufacturers help pay for recycling of their old televisions and computer
monitors.
MoreAudiovox sees gains in antenna sales
May 18, 2009
The electronics accessories unit of Audiovox Corp. in Carmel is gaining from the rise in antenna sales ahead of the June 12
switch to all-digital TV broadcasting.
MoreAllison Transmission invests in British engineering firm
May 4, 2009
Kathleen McLaughlinThough plagued by debt, Allison Transmission recently plowed millions of dollars into experimental technology that could lead
to new products.
MoreJackpot awaits lawyers in price-fixing litigation
March 30, 2009
Greg AndrewsAttorneys for concrete purchasers who say they were victims of a price-fixing scheme have waged a tenacious legal battle over
the last four years, and .now
they're ready to cash in.
MoreManufacturers see income opportunities with Defense contracts
February 23, 2009
Facing anemic demand and slumping sales, manufacturers are increasingly attempting to tap the U.S. Department of Defense for
contracting opportunities.
MoreEntrepreneur has high hopes for deck-chair markers
July 7, 2008
Jennifer WhitsonIn late May, Darrell Bowman launched Lounge Hats LLC, an Indianapolis-based company that makes fabric covers that fit over
beach or pool-side chaise lounges to make one thing clear: This seat is taken. Bowman withdrew $20,000 from personal savings
and added another $50,000 from an investor, his friend Mike Oswalt, to start the company. He runs Lounge Hats out of his garage,
hiring a Chinese company to sew the hats and contracting with a local printer to finish them off.
MoreNY Times job helps ACS Sign gain attention
January 14, 2008
Anthony SchoettleACS Sign System's unusual approach to sign-making--some are not strictly signs at all--has helped the company grow its revenue
and expand its footprint beyond Indiana. In recent years, sales outside its home state have grown from 20 percent of total
revenue to almost half.
MoreCentury-old manufacturer cleans up on dirty water
December 17, 2007
Anthony SchoettleOne hundred and one years ago, Cole Stickle convinced the Langsenkamp family to help him start a company based on a
technology few understood--turning water into steam power. Five generations later, the 15-employee operation continues to
thrive.
MoreFundex mixes tradition with high-tech in game biz
December 10, 2007
Emily GroenFundex's Oct. 10 acquisition of the Great American Puzzle Factory keeps the Indianapolis-based game and toy company firmly
planted in the tried and true, even as it experiments with the burgeoning mobile-game market.
MoreHilbert taking on tanning niche
September 24, 2007
Anthony SchoettleLess than two years after New Sunshine LLC was bought by a group led by former Conseco Inc. CEO Stephen Hilbert, its Australian
Gold division has acquired its top two competitors, amassing 80 percent of the indoor suntan lotion market.
MoreLocal manufacturer tops in laundry coin machines
May 14, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonStandard Change-Makers employs 118 people who make 3,500 change machines each year for self-service laundries, self-service
car washes and arcades nationwide. Local workers design, build and service change machines.
MoreChanges flowing at Delta; is sale next?
March 26, 2007
Anthony SchoettleAmid sagging profits, locally based Delta Faucet Co. has parted ways with two of its top executives. And some analysts think
Delta's parent corporation--tiring of its sagging performance--is considering selling the faucet manufacturer.
MoreEx-Norwood execs say company cheated them out of millions
February 19, 2007
Jennifer WhitsonIndianapolis-based Norwood Promotional Products is facing legal challenges from a half-dozen former executives who say board
members and investors conspired to fire them, withhold severance pay and cheat them out of as much as $3.6 million in company
stock.
MoreFortville firm's helmet pads protect U.S. troops
January 8, 2007
Chris O'MalleyFortville-based Genesis Manufacturing makes helmet pads for U.S. troops through Colorado-based Skydex Technologies, which
won a contract this fall with the U.S. Air Force for 120,000 helmet pad kits. Most of the helmets have wound up in Iraq, where
the military has discovered soldiers need something more than Kevlar-lined helmets to survive roadside mines and exploding
Toyotas.
MoreCarmel company helps clients determine next big thing
December 25, 2006
Justin HesserThe employees of production-innovation consultant Insight2 interview customers, but they also watch and videotape them using
various products. That footage then is dissected to see how consumers deal with problems they encounter. More times than not,
the result is a new product intended to satisfy needs consumers didn't even know they had.
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My city lost population. My neighborhood lost population. I hope the trend continues. Urban/suburban/rural trends point to more affluent city centers, more Balkanized (economically) suburbs and a rural America of 'Great Camps' - retreats for the wealthy.
Irvington is up and coming much like Fountain Square. We would love to have something like this in our neighborhood!
Why do we care who has submitted proposals if we can't review the proposals? It's publicly owned land, but the public has zero say in what gets chosen to be built there. Yep, that sounds about right.
Perhaps May 21 is "Evangelical Day" over at the IBJ?
I don't know what's more depressing: that this passes for a defensible elective in a publicly funded SCIENCE class, or that more than half of the posters here are defending this charlatan. Intelligent design is creationism. Creationism is religion. Yes, we have freedom of religion, which deserves to be protected. Now someone kindly show Professor Hedin his freedom by escorting him over to the Religion department at BSU. Carry on.