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BMWC Constructors Inc. has filed a lawsuit seeking nearly $1.6 million it says it is owed by the primary contractor on Stevanato Group’s pharmaceutical container and syringe production facility in Fishers.
The complaint, filed June 4 in Hamilton Commercial Court, alleges the Indianapolis office of Chicago-based Pepper Construction has failed to pay Indianapolis-based BMWC $1.59 million for site work it performed as a subcontractor on Stevanato’s property at 9701 Giovanni Stevanato Drive.
Pepper Construction general counsel Tim Sullivan and BMWC attorney Brock Jordan declined to comment on the matter. Stevanato spokeswoman Caterina Tripepi said in an email that the company’s policy is not to discuss pending legal proceedings.
BMWC says it did receive partial payments from Pepper Construction after it filed a lien against Italy-based Stevanato’s property on Nov. 1, 2024, but that a $1.59 million balance remains.
BMWC is now seeking to foreclose on the lien unless Pepper Construction’s debt is paid in full. The Indianapolis company is asking the court to order a sheriff’s sale of the Stevanato property to satisfy the debt and allow it to use the debt owed as a credit bid on the property.
BMWC also is requesting 8% annual interest on the unpaid debt, legal fees and court costs.
The property in question is part of Stevanato’s $500 million development in Fishers, which is being touted as the U.S. hub for its customers in North America. It had about 100 employees in January and is expected to have about 500 when the facility is at full production in about two years.
Stevanato employs about 4,300 people worldwide and also has U.S. facilities in California, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
BMWC was founded as in 1955 as Baker-McHenry Inc. when Jack Baker, Pat McHenry and Bob Welch acquired a small mechanical contracting business they worked for in Indianapolis. Today the company has eight offices and six fabrication shops across the United States.
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The root of the problem is Stevanato. They refuse to pay for work rendered, not only to their contractors but their employees. The Italian culture is very different than American, and I wonder how long they can do business here.
Totally agree! We did some work for them and it took us FOREVER to get paid less than $2k. It was 1 excuse after another. We spent more money trying to get this paid than we actually got paid. This type of business won’t flourish in our culture! I hope BMWC gets everything they’re owed, and then some! Maybe Pepper Construction learned a lesson also!?!?
At least there’s a physical building, they could fire sale to get reimbursed.