Delphi plans Kokomo lab as part of $25M project
The new engineering lab and a smaller utility building will help consolidate all of Delphi’s 1,400 employees in Kokomo.
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Would-be buyer urging GM workers to vote on pay cuts
A businessman seeking to buy General Motors Co.'s Indianapolis metal-stamping plant met with workers Sunday at Lucas Oil
Stadium to urge them to accept pay cuts allowing the sale.
Remy rides home new contract from electric motorcycle maker
MotoCzysz sees the Remy motor as part of an electric motorcycle-based drive system—tailored to automobiles. The companies
collaborated on the winning electric bike at Isle of Man race.
JD Norman boss stumps for UAW to reconsider contract
The owner of Illinois-based JD Norman Industries came to Indianapolis to make a personal plea for United Auto Workers Local
23 to allow a vote on his proposed five-year contract.
Visteon ordered to reinstate health care to retirees
The mandate from a U.S. bankruptcy judge will supply retroactive benefits to more than 6,000 Visteon Corp. retirees who lost
insurance coverage after
the
Michigan-based auto-parts maker filed for bankruptcy in 2009, including 2,100 workers in Indiana.
Prospective GM plant buyer pleads case in advertisement
JD Norman Industries advertisement tells employees that its proposal to buy the plant would guarantee
their GM transfer rights without having to close the facility.
Hybrid-motor sales help boost Remy’s quarterly results
Pendleton-based company reported both higher profit and revenue, helped by a 20-percent increase in hybrid-motor sales.
Economic development officials stunned by GM plant no-vote
Indiana Commerce Secretary Mitch Roob said he was completely surprised by local General Motors workers’ refusal to vote on
a proposed contract by JD Norman Industries, a decision that appears to set up the plant for certain closure.
UAW halts vote on giveback deal at Indy GM plant
UAW Local 23 bargaining chairman Gregory Clark says members won’t vote on the proposed contract, which would cut base wages from $29 per hour to $15.50.
Cash options floated for workers at GM stamping plant
Fliers circulating at General Motors' Indianapolis plant show that union members will be offered cash payments of $25,000
to $35,000 and an opportunity to keep a foot in the door with GM, if they agree to work for JD Norman Industries.
GM plant offer sets off union power struggle
The UAW in Detroit said Local 23 will vote Monday on Illinois-based JD Norman's proposal to buy an Indianapolis stamping
plant where more than 600 work, but a local rep says workers don't want to negotiate.
Auto parts plant leaving Ohio for Indiana, may employ 350
Continental Structural Plastics expects to spend at least $9.1 million on upgrades to the Huntington factory and perhaps have
350 workers working there by 2012.
Indiana company planning hybrid van gets GM backing
Anderson-based Bright Automotive is getting a boost from a $5 million investment by General Motors’ new venture capital arm.
Frankfort manufacturer to build plant in Tennessee
NHK Seating of America’s plant in Murfreesboro is expected to employ up to 224 workers when all phases of production are operating
in 2015.
LEADING QUESTIONS: Burd Ford flies after tragedy
Richard Burd's suicide led to shrewd cost-cutting at the family auto dealership. For Christine Burd, returning to profitability is both heartening and heartbreaking.
Auto plant’s 300 jobs draw 3,000 applicants
The response to openings at a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo reflects the large number of people out of work, a union
official said.
UAW salvages Navistar foundry on brink of closing
A five-year contract ratified late Tuesday covers 250 workers in UAW Local 226 who work at Indianapolis Casting Corp.
Ruling on Visteon retiree benefits overturned
In overturning two lower court decisions, a three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia unanimously
agreed with attorneys representing some 2,100 retirees from two Visteon manufacturing plants in Indiana.
Cummins to expand Seymour plant, add 200 jobs
Cummins said it will invest $100 million in the Seymour plant as it rolls out a new, larger-displacement engine.
Toyota adding 100 workers at Indiana factory
The hiring follows Toyota’s announcement this month that it would move some of its Highlander SUV production from Japan to
the Princeton plant.