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Carrier to invest $36.5M in local plant, create 276 jobs

Carrier Corp. has spent $32 million to upgrade equipment in Indianapolis and plans to invest another $36.5 million to start a second production line, creating 276 jobs at the plant. The company is seeking a tax abatement to help offset the costs.

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Navistar seeks more tax breaks after old deal failed

The company, which had planned to close its Brookville Road plant, now is set to create 250 new jobs by investing $19 million in new equipment. It previously received $18 million in tax breaks and repaid $5 million to the city.

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Rolls-Royce upgrades engine on market since 1950s

Rolls-Royce’s Indianapolis plant assembles few of its workhorse T56 aircraft engines in whole, but cranking out spare parts for overhauls is a large business. The last contract modification, issued by the U.S. Air Force in 2007, is worth up to $789 million and is still active.

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Elkhart mayor worried about car plant’s future

The bankruptcy filing of an electric car manufacturer has clouded the future of a northern Indiana factory that was touted as an economic boost for an area hit hard by job losses in the recreational vehicle industry.

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Electric car company filing for bankruptcy

Think Global, which has a factory in Elkhart and uses batteries made in the Indianapolis area, plans to liquidate its assets, according to supplier Ener1 Inc. Ener1 expects to lose $32 million in the process.

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Red Gold moving headquarters to Elwood

The Orestes-based company—the nation’s second-largest tomato canner—on Tuesday announced plans to invest $3.5 million to convert a former Elwood elementary school into a new corporate headquarters.

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Congressmen back Carbon Motors’ loan request

Most of Indiana's congressional delegation is supporting an Indiana company's request for a federal loan they say would help create perhaps 1,500 jobs building high-tech police vehicles in Connersville.

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Merger of cell phone titans takes glow off Brightpoint

Some analysts say investors overreacted to the risk Brightpoint would lose T-Mobile as a customer. Merriman Capital's Scott Searle estimates the earnings impact from losing that client would be “dramatically less than investors originally feared” and “is more than adequately reflected in the stock price.”

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