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Kroger going full robot at warehouses to take on Amazon

July 22, 2019 | Bloomberg News analysis

The two companies plan to build as many as 20 automated grocery warehouses in the United States to help Cincinnati-based Kroger—which has about 70 stores in central Indiana—turbocharge its e-commerce operation.

John McDonald: Connected tech in aisle 6

April 24, 2019

Imagine if we could help eliminate food deserts altogether by using autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries to underserved neighborhoods.

IU Health hopes new robotic warehouse saves it millions

June 13, 2018

The Indianapolis-based system has spent $9 million on the “high-tech integrated service center,” but hopes to save up to $3 million a year through standardizing inventory, ordering in bulk at a discount, and streamlining delivery routes.

Kroger teams with online grocer to keep pace with Amazon

May 17, 2018

Kroger Co. and United Kingdom-based online grocer Ocado Group are working on identifying sites for three automated distribution centers in the United States this year and may open as many as 20 within three years.

Could warehouse robots replace workers? The answer is mixed.

April 10, 2018

The number of warehousing and storage jobs in central Indiana has more than doubled since 2001, both in numbers and as a percentage of total local jobs.

Explosive growth of e-commerce could actually mean more jobs

October 30, 2017

Widespread fears about automation and job loss are often misplaced. Automation has actually helped create jobs in e-commerce, rather than eliminate them, and stands to create more in the years ahead.

Greenwood officials dropping tax breaks for Monsanto project

June 27, 2017

Agribusiness giant Monsanto Co. is considering whether to go ahead with a planned seed-processing and distribution facility after Greenwood's mayor dropped his support for providing property tax breaks toward the project.

Monsanto planning $29M seed facility in Greenwood

June 7, 2017

The company said it plans to lease a new 140,000-square-foot building in Southtech Business Park where it will process, package and distribute corn, soybean and cotton seed for field testing.

KENNEDY: Whistling in the dark

May 5, 2017

The rise of populism, increasing racial resentments and anti-immigrant rhetoric, the widening divide between flourishing cities populated with skilled workers and emptying rural areas pock-marked with abandoned factories and stores should be a wake-up call.

FADNESS: An opportunity Indiana can’t afford to waste

November 23, 2016

Our leaders in manufacturing, agriculture and distribution must pursue the internet-of-things economy.

2014 Forty Under 40: Rob Hedges

January 29, 2014

Rob Hedges, the 38-year-old fleet and facility department manager at Monarch Beverage, has helped his employer reduce its carbon footprint and improve efficiency.

Fastenal vending machines serve up a revolution

August 14, 2013

Vending machines, warehouses bristling with technology slash costs.

Family has steely plan for shifting business to next generation

May 25, 2011

Westfield Steel owners Karyn and Fred Prine are well on the way to transitioning to the next generation—son Fritz—thanks to timely planning.

Americold investing $30M to expand operations

November 12, 2010

The Atlanta-based company plans to break ground this month on a 100,000-square-foot expansion of its southeast-side cold storage facility. The expansion should be finished in November 2011.

Industrial market shows strength but faces challenges

August 23, 2010

About 2.5 million square feet of industrial space is expected to hit the market between now and the end of the year, most
of it in the Plainfield area.

Suburban counties building outer loop to avoid Indianapolis

November 4, 2009

Counties wanting to speed traffic among suburbs are building highways to avoid having to travel into Indianapolis. The result,
a 100-mile outer loop beyond Interstate 465, won’t be completed for years, and it won’t be built to consistent standards,
but it might help ease congestion.

Automation hitting new levels at distribution centers

February 9, 2009

In early April, the 110,000-square-foot Indianapolis distribution center of California-based medical-device supplier DJO Inc.
will quietly roll out a revolutionary automated package-handling system.

Robots make inroads-WEB ONLY

February 7, 2009

In early April, the 110,000-square-foot Indianapolis distribution center of California-based medical-device supplier DJO Inc. will quietly roll out a revolutionary automated package-handling system. If it works as advertised, it could signify the dawn of a robot-centric age for Indiana’s distribution industry-a niche that, according to fi gures from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, employs […]

BOONE COUNTY: Distribution/warehousing still rule

May 19, 2008

BOONE COUNTY Distribution/warehousing still rule Duke looking to rail potential in Lebanon while Whitestown heats up LEBANON-The economy might be slowing like a down-shifting Mack truck, but Boone County’s economic development engine of warehousing and distribution keeps accelerating. The sector now accounts for more than 25 percent of the tax revenue in the county seat […]

Telamon on the rebound: Diversification puts Carmel technology firm back on fast track, prevents layoffs

March 10, 2008

In 2003, Carmel-based Telamon Corp. hit rock bottom. So, founder Albert Chen returned to his roots. Taiwanese native Chen, 63, had spent two decades building his firm to serve telecommunications giants. But when the dot-com bubble burst, the telecom industry tanked along with it. Telamon-then Indiana’s largest minority-owned business-saw its annual revenue plummet $300 million, down from $456 million in 2001. Most managers would have chosen to shrink Telamon to reflect its new reality. But Chen doesn’t do mass layoffs….

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