CEVA Logistics U.S. Inc. plans to permanently lay off nearly all of its workers at its warehouse operations in Plainfield,
resulting in the loss of more than 250 jobs.
Illinois-based medical supplies maker Medline Industries Inc. has opened a distribution center in Plainfield, hiring 50 workers.
Niagara Bottling LLC recently hired 55 for its plant on Whitaker Road, which will make half-liter bottles of purified municipal
tap water.
The economy is as good or better in Hendricks County than anywhere else in the Indianapolis area.
A startup that makes mobile laboratory and manufacturing facilities will locate its headquarters, design and manufacturing
operations in Brownsburg, creating at least 50 jobs by 2013.
Dale Cheatham, who starts work Jan. 4, was city manager of The Colony, Texas, a growing community of
40,000, for eight years. Before that, he spent four years as city manager of Watauga, Texas.
Two semi-trailers of the medication were stolen in 2007 from a back lot at Daum Trucking, which isn’t named in the lawsuit.
Bristol-Myers charges MD Logistics with negligence in the $10.7 million suit.
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.
Muncie-based First Merchants Corp. said Monday afternoon that loan charge-offs contributed to a loss of $6.4 million in the third quarter.
IndyGo, for all its faults, is the Cadillac of transit systems in the Indianapolis region. Service breaks at county lines
and the absence of passenger shelters are among the deficiencies facing transit systems in surrounding counties.
Hendricks County’s moves to entice a developer to build a conference hotel in Plainfield could further crimp plans
for
a
hotel attached to the new Indianapolis International Airport terminal.
The Central Indiana Regional Transportation Authority, IndyGo and other Indianapolis-area transit groups are the subject of
a study that could result in them being reorganized.
Home-building powerhouse Ryan Homes is marketing lots in 10 subdivisions it has taken over from the defunct local builder
CP Morgan Communities.
A meeting between high-level National Hot Rod Association executives—including NHRA President Tom Compton—and
Gov. Mitch Daniels and members of the Indiana Economic Development Corp. has fueled speculation that the drag racing group
might be looking to significantly expand its presence here.
Brownsburg company Blood Hound Inc.is adding offices and revenue is booming.
A bottled water plant is expected to open in central Indiana next year, with the company planning to buy about 300,000 gallons
of municipal water daily.
Chicago-based LKQ Corp., a supplier of replacement and aftermarket automotive parts, will establish a distribution center
in Plainfield with plans to create up to 30 jobs by 2011, the company announced this morning.
Several arts groups are expanding their presence in Hendricks County, undeterred by tight budgets and a perception that residents
need to travel to Indianapolis for cultural offerings.
Mike Shumaker’s Brownsburg firm Driven Auto Detail spiffed up a Porsche for the upcoming movie “Whistleblower,” starring Matt
Damon.
The barter network Tradebank has opened a franchise in Indianapolis with two veterans from Louisville.
