Beck’s Superior Hybrids plans $24.5M expansion
A Hamilton County seed company has plans to expand its facilities, creating as many as 72 jobs over the next five years, state economic development officials said Friday morning.
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Kokomo firm taps state tax credits to make animated film
Kokomo-based Bach Morris Technologies Corp. will spend $2.4 million to produce “Whoever Heard of a Herd of Fird?”
a movie based on company co-founder Othello Bach’s 1984 best-seller “Whoever Heard of a Fird?” A Ball State
University commercial spinoff will provide production and design services.
RV maker buys northern Indiana plant to build luxury trailers
Thor Industries subsidiary Redwood RV announced Tuesday its purchase of a factory in Syracuse that was formerly owned by Ameri-Camp
RV, which shut down in 2008.
IT firm approved for tax breaks on $29 million project
Lightbound LLC plans to construct 50,000-square-foot data center near Kentucky Avenue on the city’s southwest side. The abatement
should save the company $2.5 million.
Farm with 2 million chickens planned in eastern Indiana
An application with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management calls for a six-barn confined animal feeding operation
near the Jay County town of Bryant.
Gas City close to deal with furniture maker
The Gas City council has approved granting up to $2.5 million in economic revenue bonds for Echelon Furniture Inc. to locate
in a plant that Amcast Automotive shut down in 2006.
Angola manufacturers plan nearly 180 new jobs
Fuel Systems of Angola and Steffy Wood Products say they will invest a total of $4.8 million on their production facilities
in northeast Indiana, creating 178 jobs by 2013.
Beer brewer feuding with Franklin over incentives
San Diego-based TailGate Beer is supposed to create as many as 150 jobs in Franklin, but the plan has been delayed while the
sides squabble about financial disclosures.
Medical device firm eyeing Indianapolis growth
Greatbatch Medical wants to expand its facility on the east side of Indianapolis to accommodate its entrance into the orthopedics
market. The
New York-based company specializes in cardiovascular products.
Harlan Bakeries planning $9.7M expansion
Harlan Bakeries plans to expand its Georgetown Road production facility by 65,000 square feet to make a new line of products—creating
43 jobs in the process.
Solar firm investing $500M in unused Getrag plant; 850 jobs planned
A Colorado-based Abound Solar will get federal help taking over the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo,
creating as many as
850 jobs in the next three years and establishing what it says will be the largest such facility in the United States.
Weak employment report: 125,000 workers lost jobs in June
Pessimism about economic recovery grows as employment numbers for June fall short of expectations.
Glass company to open $3.7M plant in Elkhart
State officials say Pennsylvania-based Santelli Tempered Glass Inc. will open a 32,500-square-foot plant in Elkhart, creating
35 jobs by 2013.
Sales-prospecting firm expects to triple employment in 2010
Locally based consultancy LeadJen had 20 employees in January. Halfway through the year, the company already has hired 20
more, and President Jenny
Vance expects to add another 20 over the next six months.
IEDC responds to House speaker’s public records request
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.
Web firm promises 107 new jobs after ’08 pledge fell short
Fusion Alliance made a similar agreement to receive state and local incentives in 2008, but the jobs failed to materialize.
AIT Labs moving headquarters, adding 160 jobs
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.
Batesville Tool & Die expansion should create 40 jobs
Southeastern Indiana company plans to add 25,000 square feet to plant and begin hiring additional employees by the end of
next year.
House Speaker pushes IEDC over job-creation numbers
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.
Southern Wine to create 200 jobs in central Indiana
The country's largest beer, wine and liquor distributor plans to invest more than $10 million to establish operations
in central Indiana, creating 200 jobs at a regional office and distribution center here.