State Rep. Pat Bauer says employment figures provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are a good start but insists
the
agency is not revealing everything it can.
The former executive director of IEDC’s predecessor agency argues that regular headcount disclosure is a key part of the economic
development
process once incentive deals have been struck with companies.
Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob’s letter Tuesday to Democrat Pat Bauer details IEDC’s approach to job-creation incentives
and its clawback efforts in the recession.
The Indianapolis-based forensics, clinical and pharmaceutical testing firm, led by CEO Michael Evans, plans to invest $74
million to acquire and equip
an existing 90,000-square-foot building in Woodland Corporate Park near West 79th Street and Interstate 465.
Southeastern Indiana company plans to add 25,000 square feet to plant and begin hiring additional employees by the end of
next year.
Pat Bauer sent Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob a letter formally requesting the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
disclose public records about promises companies gave the state in exchange for job-creation incentives.
Hat World, a subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc., said it plans to invest up to $22 million to lease and prepare
additional space locally as it consolidates manufacturing and warehouse operations from Wisconsin.
The upholstered-furniture maker, which operates as Y.K. Furniture, plans to invest $24.3 million to establish its first U.S.
subsidiary. The facility will house assembly-and-distribution operations with about 100 employees.
Miller Consulting Group will move its headquarters from Indianapolis to Noblesville and add the jobs by the end of 2013,
the company said Wednesday morning.
Zhejiang Province office will be Indiana Economic Development Corp.’s seventh international location.
An economic development squad is heading to Dallas to woo wind-energy firms. Indiana ranked second in the nation last year
in
adding wind-generating capacity.
Develop Indy was often confused with other business development groups, particularly the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
General Motors plans to invest $111 million and add 245 new jobs at a plant in Bedford as part of a larger effort to make
its fleet more fuel-efficient.
Officials hope to reschedule flight to Italy for Tuesday to salvage the remainder of planned job attraction and creation trip.
The Indiana delegation plans to visit Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom on a job- and investment-attraction mission.
TailGate Beer said it will invest millions of dollars in machinery, equipment and energy-efficiency upgrades to establish
operations in an existing 48,000-square-foot building in Franklin Business Park.
In 2007, Nathan Feltman became Indiana's secretary of commerce, replacing his mentor, IBJ Media Corp. co-owner Michael
Maurer. It was a smooth transition.
Former Indiana Economic Development Corp. project manager will focus on developing business relationships with European companies.
Executives of Novae Corp. announced plans for the company’s expansion in North Manchester, where it expects to employ perhaps
85 people by 2013.
The investment will greatly expand the company’s research and development capacity and is a major win for the Indiana
life sciences industry. Dow AgroSciences expects most of the positions to pay between $65,000 and $95,000 annually.
