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Autoline Industries Inc., an Indian parts supplier to car, recreational vehicle and tractor manufacturers, has acquired the North American jack and tool-kit business of Dura Automotive Systems Inc. of Rochester Hills, Mich. The sole location where the Dura unit makes the jacks and tools is in the northeastern Indiana town of Butler. The 140 employees […]

The president of Elanco Animal Health, a subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Co., will leave to become a special adviser on corporate development to the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Lilly announced today. Pat James had led Lilly’s animal health division since 2001 and worked at Lilly since 1978. He will be replaced Jan. 1 […]

White River State Park has selected Indianapolis-based Borshoff Inc. to handle its public relations and marketing for the next two years. The contract is for a minimum of $382,000, including a $312,000 advertising budget from the Imax Theater and $70,000 in dollars pooled from all the park’s venues. The co-op pool may increase its funding […]

Chicago-based Union Tank Car is laying off 100 of its 472 production workers, according to the Post-Tribune of Merrillville. The layoffs will be split between its plants in East Chicago and Sheldon, Texas. The manufacturer said the market weakened after the ethanol boom prompted a surge in production of cars to carry the fuel. As […]

Locally based Mansur Real Estate Services Inc. has been picked by the Speedway Redevelopment Commission to be master developer for the $500 million “Speed Zone” redevelopment project. Mansur President Charles R. Cagann said in a statement that the project would be “…one of the most ambitious, exciting and challenging we will ever have the privilege […]

Health Systems International LLC has received an equity investment from Great Point Partners LLC, a private investment firm headquartered in Greenwich, Conn., that focuses on health care. The amount was not disclosed, but Great Point said today that the funding will help the Indianapolis company bankroll acquisitions. Great Point Managing Directors Christopher M. Laitala and […]

Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. has received approval from the Lafayette City Council for two tax abatements on more than $100 million in new equipment and real estate investments at its Lafayette plant, according to the Journal & Courier. The 10-year abatements will save the automaker nearly $1.2 million in the first year of the […]

Forty-five jobs from a Nyloncraft Inc. operation in Bowling Green, Ky., will be shifted to a plant in the company’s headquarters city of Mishawaka in northern Indiana, the Indiana Economic Development Corp. said yesterday. Nyloncraft will invest $2 million in the Mishawaka plant and receive $150,000 in state incentives. The autoparts supplier makes plastic components […]

Pickets at the construction site of a Hilton Garden Inn in the northwestern Indiana town of Hobart slashed 14 tires, cut a telephone line to a trailer and put glue in locks late last week, the project superintendent claims. The superintendent, Kim Lackey, also said the union-based picket line hurled racial and sexual slurs at […]