Fort Wayne worried Navistar may move truck center
Fort Wayne officials are concerned they won’t be able to persuade Navistar against moving its truck design center to suburban
Chicago.
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GE laying off 160 workers at Bloomington factory
General Electric is laying off 164 workers at a southern Indiana refrigerator factory, although that is about 30 fewer than
the company had anticipated.
Defense contractor picks southern Indiana site
A defense contractor plans to take over a former Visteon facility in southern Indiana, where it will do work for the nearby
Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center.
Beverage firm to open Columbus plant
Tipton Mills, a New York specialty beverage company, announced today it will locate a plant in Columbus, Ind., creating
more than 40 jobs.
UPDATE: Carbon Motors chooses Indiana
Carbon Motors this morning officially selected Connersville for its proposed headquarters and
manufacturing operations.
Carbon Motors has chosen Indiana, official says
A rally this morning in Connersville originally intended to help persuade a police car manufacturer
to locate a major factory there appears to be a celebration party.
Prosecutors see seedy side to seemingly tame industry
Current and former employees of Bloomington-based International Outsourcing Services LLC are under assault by federal prosecutors
who charged they participated in a scheme to bilk some of the nation’s largest issuers of coupons out of more than $250 million.
Startup Carbon Motors could create 1,500 jobs
Hoosier economic development officials are working to attract police-car maker Carbon Motors to Connersville.
Struggling contractors hope for sale of factory
Contractors struggling under the weight of an unfinished factory in Tipton are hoping for a quick sale to recover at least
some of the $44 million they say they’re owed by Getrag Transmission Manufacturing.
GM workers hesitate to bite at buyout bait
GM workers must decide by March 24 whether to take a buyout, but the lack of jobs due to the recession coupled with the cost of health care makes their decision especially difficult.
Elkhart’s industries could be transformed to focus on energy conservation and environmental improvements
Elkhart’s industries should shift to producing mass transit vehicles and manufactured housing for low-income, high-density neighborhoods.
Tough economy touching all industries, but some are hurting more than others
Stock markets are falling, jobs are disappearing, and the outlook for the economy seems grim. Banks, real estate developers,
retailers and manufacturers are taking the worst hits, but all types of businesses in central Indiana are hurting. From health
care to technology, education to philanthropy, every industry is trying to take the setbacks in stride.
Knauf plans state’s first ‘gold-certified’ building
in an uncommon move among Indiana manufacturers typically more preoccupied with foreign competition and deteriorating margins,
Knauf Insulation is rebuilding its research and development facility, destroyed in a fire last year, to make it 30 percent
more energy-efficient than a conventional office building of its size.
Century-old manufacturer cleans up on dirty water
One hundred and one years ago, Cole Stickle convinced the Langsenkamp family to help him start a company based on a
technology few understood–turning water into steam power. Five generations later, the 15-employee operation continues to
thrive.
Auto-job slide accelerating
Indiana’s automotive manufacturing employment for the last decade peaked at 142,000 in 1999. Since then, the sector has shed
20,300 jobs-a staggering one-seventh of its total. Another 5,220 are slated to be cut soon. And there’s no end in sight.
Calendar publisher wants to power his factory with wind
The Time Factory founder and CEO Jim Purcell wants to erect a 150-foot-tall wind turbine above his calendar factory near 62nd
Street and Georgetown Road. Purcell figures the $200,000 contraption could power 60 percent–if he’s lucky, maybe 80 percent–of
his 22,000-square-foot facility.
State offers red carpet to ethanol plants despite environmental concerns
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management proposes a change in regulations that could reduce the time it takes to approve air permits for ethanol plants. The change would establish industry-specific control standards for emissions.
Franklin manufacturer benefits from high petroleum costs
Increased oil and natural gas prices are hammering many manufacturers, but Franklin-based Grimmer Industries Inc. is flying high. Grimmer specializes in making Hurricane brand air compressors and compressor boosters used in oil and natural gas well drilling and aggregate mining.