The new four-year contract, which still must be ratified by workers, would create 2,100 jobs. Chrysler also agreed to invest $4.5 billion in its plants under the deal. Last year, the automaker announced plans to spend nearly $1.3 billion to update its facilities in Kokomo.
The automaker says it expects to begin the new shift at the Greensburg factory on Oct. 24 in a move that will double the plant's annual production to 200,000 vehicles.
Navistar International Corp. is planning to lay off about 130 workers from its Fort Wayne operations by the end of the year as it continues consolidation to a new headquarters in suburban Chicago.
Columbus-based engine maker Cummins Inc. needs to add 7,000 engineers within five years, CEO Theodore Solso said Wednesday.
Goshen-based Wieland Designs Inc. said it will add the jobs by 2015 as part of a $1 million investment to improve existing facilities and purchase specialized machinery to enhance production.
Sunright America Inc., a Japanese manufacturer of automotive fasteners, plans to nearly double its current space in Columbus and add the 100 jobs by 2014.
KYB Manufacturing North America Inc. expects to invest $6.4 million to add warehouse and distribution facilities to its existing 51-acre campus in Johnson County.
Michigan-based CTA Acoustics Inc. plans to add 140 jobs by 2014 as part of a $9 million plan to open a plant in the town of Orland in northeastern Indiana.
A new four-year contract deal between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Co. will add or keep 6,400 jobs in the U.S. with a $2.5 billion investment, the union said Tuesday. In Fort Wayne, 150 jobs would be created or retained.
The decision has little impact on the thousands of Indiana GM and Chrysler workers. As part of 2009 government bailouts, the two firms and their workers had to agree not to strike over wages.
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Honda Motor Co.’s reputation for world-class manufacturing may belie a slipping emphasis on design just as the automaker’s U.S. factories—including its expanding Civic plant in Indiana—are preparing to return to full production.
An Arbor, Mich.-based manufacturer is planning a $10 million expansion to its plant south of Indianapolis that will add 35 more employees, it announced Wednesday.
Indianapolis-based Allison Transmission in March said it planned to raise $750 million through a public stock sale, but the economic outlook has darkened since then.
New York-based Ener1 Inc., which engineers and makes batteries in the Indianapolis area at its EnerDel subsidiary, announced Tuesday that it won't file its second-quarter 2011 financial report on time.
Ficosa North America will sideline workers beginning in September as the company consolidates mirror production and prepares the plant to make other products.
Think North America, a company that has been making electric cars at a northern Indiana factory, has a new owner, giving local officials more confidence in its future.
Navistar International Corp. is laying off some 200 contract workers from its Fort Wayne operations as part of its consolidation to a new headquarters in suburban Chicago.
Auto parts supplier One Solution Logistics of Indiana Inc. will expand its operations in Greensburg, creating as many as 191 jobs as the Honda Motor Co. plant there adds a second shift, state economic development officials announced Friday.
The company, which had planned to close its Brookville Road plant, now is set to create 250 new jobs by investing $19 million in new equipment. It previously received $18 million in tax breaks and repaid $5 million to the city.
