IndyGo announces preliminary low bids for Red Line construction
Two Indiana-based contractors appear to have the lowest bids for the bus rapid-transit project, but contracts won’t be awarded until next month, after the bids are examined.
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Indianapolis-based engineering firm acquires automotive supplier
Echo Engineering and Production Supplies Inc. expects its revenue to swell to $50 million next year as it takes on more outsourced work from stressed car makers.
Marian to unveil $150M fundraising campaign led by Klipsch gift
The Indianapolis-based university has big ambitions for boosting the national reputation of its teacher-training program—and it already is more than halfway to its fundraising goal.
Indy-based heating-and-cooling firm under new ownership
After 33 years, the maker of industrial heat-exchange equipment will fuse to a similar German manufacturer.
Angie’s List executive taking top job at Conexus Indiana
Mark Howell, who has been Angie’s List’s chief operating officer since 2013, will start his new job at the manufacturing and logistics advocacy group in January.
State hits Amazon with safety order, proposed fines for fatality
The Indiana Department of Labor has issued the order following the September death of an employee at an Amazon facility in Plainfield.
Indy-based renewable energy firm to go public in merger worth up to $345M
IEA Energy Services has completed about 200 wind and solar projects around the country, including the 9,000-acre Benton County Wind Farm in northern Indiana.
Indy airport embarks on retail refresh
As vendor contracts expire at Indianapolis International Airport—and a slew of them lapse at the end of 2018, a decade after the terminal’s opening—officials are embarking on a project to freshen up the offerings.
Southwest Airlines to launch nonstop Indy-to-Oakland flights
The new Southwest flight will be the first nonstop service from Indianapolis to Oakland.
Gate change ahead for Frontier Airlines in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis International Airport is moving Frontier from one concourse to the other to help balance overall airline growth at the facility. It’s the first time since the terminal’s opening in 2008 that an airline tenant will be moved.
Celadon stops HQ construction, refocuses on core trucking business
The trucking giant is canceling its $28 million Mount Comfort headquarters, selling its flatbed unit, and outsourcing its driver schools, to refocus on core business as the industry is expected to boom.
Celadon continues to reshape executive office with new CFO
The move comes as the Indianapolis-based trucking company works through financial, accounting and operational issues.
Welding supply company finds success in making, selling dry ice
Sutton-Garten Co. has found a way to change with the times while staying true to its roots.
Chase’s Al Smith has spent nearly half-century atop Indiana banking
Smith returned to his hometown of Indianapolis in 1969, when he became an executive vice president of American Fletcher National Bank.
Indy GDP keeps up with most peer cities
Indianapolis’ economic performance in recent years has been as good or better than that of most of its peer cities around the Midwest, new government data show.
Southwest Airlines to ditch nonstop Indianapolis-D.C. flights
The airline says the route, established in 2014, doesn’t have enough “sustained traffic” to keep it flying.
Celadon Group acknowledges investigation by SEC
The Indianapolis-based transportation company confirmed something that has been speculated for months: The trucking company is under investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Two Indianapolis execs indicted in Maryland bribery case
Two executives, including the CEO, of Indianapolis-based technology firm The Consultants Consortium Inc. have been indicted in a federal bribery case that also involves a former cabinet-level Maryland state government official.
Carmel-based Merchants Bancorp plans state’s first IPO since 2013
Merchants intends to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol MBIN.
Motorsports firm to close Brownsburg manufacturing site
The California-based company will cease production at the facility by the end of the year, laying off about 70 employees. Its performance racing division will remain in Brownsburg, however.