Local 3D firm develops printer-based curriculum
To help promote interest in engineering, 3D Parts Manufacturing is working with schools to set kids loose on 3D printers. The plan also is developing into a business model.
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UPDATE: Manufacturer plans $110M expansion, 329 jobs
Alcoa Howmet factory in LaPorte, which makes castings for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine industries, will receive local and state tax breaks in return for job commitments.
Isotope maker plans $40M project in Noblesville
Radiopharmaceuticals maker Zevacor Molecular plans to open a $40 million isotope-production facility in Noblesville, creating nearly 50 good-paying jobs within five years.
Interactive’s stock drop shows vagaries of Wall Street
The greater success Interactive Intelligence enjoys transitioning customers to the cloud, the greater the drag on short-term results.
Upstart chip-maker wins space on shelves of local groceries
Mark McSweeney launched Broad Ripple Potato Chip Co. last year out of his existing business, a franchise of Great Harvest Bread Co.
Automated systems provider expands downtown
Open Control Systems LLC is investing $1.6 million to renovate, equip and lease 14,000 square feet of space over two buildings at 905 N. Capitol Ave.
State courts to switch to e-filing system in 2015
Officials soon will seek competitive bids for a single statewide e-filing manager. Paper records likely will be phased out so clerks won’t be burdened with overseeing two filing methods.
Tech firm ChaCha slices 28 of its 44 employees
The Carmel-based question-and-answer service cut its 18-month-old social media division, Social Reactor, after a rate algorithm change at Google slashed the division’s revenue from advertising.
AT&T aims for TV’s future with $48.5B DirecTV deal
With 5.7 million U-verse TV customers and 20.3 million DirecTV customers in the U.S., the combined AT&T-DirecTV would become the second-largest pay TV operator behind a combined Comcast-Time Warner Cable.
Indiana’s next do-not-call list deadline looms
Indiana residents irritated by unwanted telemarketing calls have until Tuesday to meet the state's latest deadline for its do-not-call list.
Government fines GM maximum $35M in safety case
It's the maximum penalty that the government can impose and the first time an automaker has been fined that much. But the amount is less than a day's revenue for the automaker.
Sparks fly as high-tech RV-maker parts ways with CEO
Charles Hoefer Jr. charges in a lawsuit that he was fired as CEO of Global Caravan Technologies as part of a conspiracy by other company insiders to defraud him of “rightful majority ownership."
Tower manufacturer plans 639 jobs in Indiana expansion
Nello Corp. Inc., a designer and manufacturer of galvanized steel towers and poles for the wireless industry, plans to move its Fort Worth, Texas, operations to Indiana, the state announced Thursday morning.
UPDATE: Tech firm triggering $10M data center downtown
Michigan-base Online Tech plans to open a 25-employee facility just west of Lucas Oil Stadium, serving businesses that need cloud computing.
Factory for refurbishing buses to close doors
Many of the 160 workers for ABC Companies in Nappanee will have a shot at jobs in a nearby plant for building double-decker buses.
IBM, NiSource reach $600 million agreement
The seven-year agreement includes the creation and management of a hybrid cloud-computing system that would enable NiSource to continue to deliver services to its customers.
Chrysler hires 204 workers for new plant
At full capacity, the Tipton plant will be able to ship about 800,000 transmissions annually to assembly plants in Toledo, Ohio, and Sterling Heights, Mich., as well as Italy, Turkey, Brazil and China.
Small biz program to tackle lack of Web savvy
The program Fight for Small will teach Indiana business owners how to wield social networks, customer review websites and the rest of the Internet to their advantage.
Cummins expects Indiana hiring with new engine
Cummins Inc. expects to start hiring this year at a central Indiana factory as it starts building a new diesel engine that will go into the light-duty Nissan Titan pickup truck. The engine maker said it could add up to 500 employees.
UPDATE: Toyota to quit Camry production in Lafayette
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru cars, will stop making Camry cars in the U.S. for its largest shareholder, Toyota Motor Corp., in the second half of 2016. About 100,000 Camrys are made annually at the Indiana plant.