Bicycle-components manufacturer adding 105 jobs
Zipp Speed Weaponry said it will create 105 jobs by 2013 and invest $12.4 million in a new manufacturing plant in Indianapolis
to make its high-end bicycle components.
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Bluefish Wireless set to announce up to 150 new local jobs
A Zionsville firm that manages employers’ wireless devices plans expansion, new jobs. Clients
include
such Fortune 500 companies as Intel, Oracle, Ford Motor Co.
Remy hybrid agreements help offset GM loss
Pendleton-based Remy International signs deals with Allison Transmission Inc. in Indianapolis and German automaker Daimler
AG to supply electric motors for hybrid systems. The agreements should help offset a loss of business from General Motors.
Steep sales decline forces Hurco to slash executive pay
Indianapolis-based machine toolmaker’s CEO takes 63-percent compensation cut.
Two companies set to make major local expansions
Express Scripts Inc. on the west side of Indianapolis and Zipp Speed Weaponry in Speedway are scheduled Wednesday afternoon
to announce the
creation of hundreds of new jobs.
Toyota workers will stay on job at Indiana plants
No immediate layoffs are planned at the two Indiana factories that build Toyota models included in the company’s production
halt as it looks to fix sticking gas pedals.
Toyota suspending production at two Indiana plants
Toyota is halting production at six North American car-assembly plants—including Indiana facilities in Princeton and
Lafayette—beginning the week of Feb. 1 to fix gas pedals that could stick and cause acceleration without warning.
Edy’s hiring 120 for Fort Wayne ice cream plant
Edy’s Grand Ice Cream says the new jobs are part of a company consolidation after an expansion of the Fort Wayne plant. The
hiring will increase the facilty’s workforce to about 600 people.
Indiana and climate change
A report by an influential Republican pollster could send a disruptive ripple through Indiana.
Pickens’ natural-gas plan may prove boon to truck builders
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
EnerDel has more deals in the works
Lithium battery maker EnerDel will need more business than its existing relationships with Think and Volvo to justify the $237 million investment
it announced Thursday.
TechPoint accepting nominations for Mira technology awards
The awards are meant to showcase Indiana’s high-tech success stories and raise the profile of the tech community.
Hosted-service provider BlueLock on growth binge
BlueLock is among several companies owned by Collina Ventures, an investment firm created by local tech entrepreneurs Mark
and Karen Hill.
EnerDel hopes to hire 1,100 at new manufacturing plant
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
Indiana businesses are welcoming investment from China
Some observers see a parallel to the state’s seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
EnerDel expected to announce new manufacturing plant
Lithium battery-maker had requested a Hancock County zoning exemption to establish a manufacturing operation in the Mount
Comfort business park.
EnerDel in line for $3 million grant
Battery maker EnerDel could land $3 million in federal disaster-recovery money that would help bring 200 more jobs to its
facilities on the north side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville.
Knauf fills new CEO position
Knauf Insulation in Shelbyville appoints a company executive to its newly created position of CEO of North American operations.
Orbis Education lands $8 million in venture capital
The locally based maker of nursing-education software will use the infusion to accelerate growth.
Car-seat manufacturer plans Columbus expansion
Dorel Group wants to expand its development and production operations in Columbus, creating 98 jobs by 2013.