Two years after Bright Automotive was founded, the prospect of thousands of Indiana factory workers cranking out Bright’s
100-mile-per-gallon “IDEA” delivery vans by 2012 seems dim.
GM spokesman Kevin Nadrowski says officials at the Kokomo Integrated Circuit Fab plant met with 375 workers Wednesday to
say they're "assessing the business model at the plant based on recent business developments."
NHK Seating of America’s plant in Murfreesboro is expected to employ up to 224 workers when all phases of production are operating
in 2015.
Wayne Zink of Endangered Species Chocolate will become chairman of the company’s not-for-profit foundation. Chief Operating
Officer Curt Vander Meer will replace him as CEO.
Columbus-based diesel engine manufacturer raised its full-year earnings forecast after second quarter profit rose to $246
million.
The Indianapolis-based company reported second quarter profit of $2.5 million on increased sales of
its business communications software.
When the Indiana Health Information Exchange launched in 2004, it was one of nine truly operational exchanges around the country.
Today, the Indianapolis-based organization is one of 73, according to the latest national survey by the eHealth Initiative.
About 100 Lockheed Martin were overcome by exhaust fumes that came from a semi-tractor for an IndyCar team that was switching
trailers at the industrial park building near Indianapolis International Airport.
Military contracts have helped shore up sagging sales at University Loft Co., the furniture maker federal agents raided two
weeks ago. Still, University
Loft’s work force is almost 50 percent off its recent peak.
The company has been hired to refine technology that detects whether a vehicle might be carrying suspicious cargo, including
explosives.
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.
The response to openings at a Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo reflects the large number of people out of work, a union
official said.
British firm’s Indianapolis manufacturing facility will provide engine management and repair services, as well as logistics
and on-site technical support for Canadian military transport aircraft.
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.
Net income was $49.2 million, compared with a net loss of $16 million a year earlier, the Fort Wayne-based steelmaker said
Monday in a statement.
The $40 million project along West 10th Street could create 75 jobs by 2013.
The company’s rating rose one notch because it has taken steps to insulate itself from economic downturns.
Cable giant Comcast has fanned a typical smoldering Internet grumble-fest into a major screaming match, complete with a lawsuit
and cries for federal intervention. The outcome may affect how much it costs you and me to do business across the ’Net.
The Indianapolis software company has partnered with Cambridge, Mass.-based Buzzient Inc. to allow clients to monitor chatter
about them on Facebook and other sites.
The moves will leave about 1,400 employees of Cummins and its contract workers in the Memphis area.
