Parking-tech company lands Bluelock co-founder as CEO
Indianapolis-based Parker Technology LLC has named Brian Wolff as its new CEO following a business-model overhaul for the 6-year-old firm.
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Alcoa’s aluminum smelter closes in Warrick County
Alcoa has marked the final day of aluminum manufacturing at its Warrick County plant in Indiana. The location had been operating since 1960.
Visit Indy goes all-digital with advertising
Visit Indy decided in the third quarter of 2014 to go all-digital with its seven-figure leisure advertising campaign, and it hasn’t looked back.
U.S. durable goods orders down 2.8 percent in February
Economists saw the big decline in durable goods orders as evidence that the manufacturing sector remains under pressure.
Tube manufacturer moving HQ to Carmel
Precision Products Group Inc. is set to move its corporate office this month into a 3,402-square-foot space at 10201 N. Illinois St., state economic development officials announced Wednesday.
Honda to add CR-V line in $52M Indiana plant expansion
Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC said the expansion of its Greensburg plant is expected to lead to 100 new jobs by the end of next year.
Allos moves to Launch Fishers to get closer to startups
Allos, which invests in early-stage companies mostly in the tech sector, has ditched its traditional suburban office for room in the popular Hamilton County co-working space.
New Wal-Mart milk plant to employ 200 in Indiana
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to build a multimillion-dollar milk-processing plant on 80 acres of farmland south of Fort Wayne International Airport, state officials announced Friday.
Coding clubs target girls, minorities while they’re children
A few not-for-profits and at least one university have rolled out coding programs they hope will alter some of the somber statistics on the lack of diverse populations in technology careers.
Fishers courts, wins technology businesses
Fishers has become a mecca for tech companies—but it didn’t happen overnight and it didn’t happen by accident.
Salesforce’s McCorkle: ‘We’re going to hire 50 percent more people’
Speaking in a cafe his company recently opened in downtown’s Gibson Building, Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle re-affirmed hiring plans and left the door open for the Connections conference to return to Indy.
Noble Industries plans $6.1M expansion of Noblesville HQ
Noble Industries has purchased five acres to the south of its existing property for a 52,400-square-foot expansion of its 70,000-square-foot facility. The expansion will allow it to almost double employment.
Allegion units seek local tax breaks for plant expansions
Two local subsidiaries of Carmel-based security-products company Allegion America are seeking roughly $769,000 in local tax breaks in return for a $13 million expansion that could lead to 158 new jobs in Marion County by 2020.
Indiana city concerned about loss of 700 jobs
The United Technologies Electronic Controls plant that is moving operations to Mexico is Huntington’s largest employer.
IBM case still pending as Indiana court awaits new justice
The upcoming retirement of one of Indiana's Supreme Court justices has legal observers speculating on when the court might rule in a long-running dispute over IBM Corp.'s failed attempt to privatize Indiana's welfare services.
As paywall falls, Angie’s List aims to double sales
CEO Scott Durchslag told analysts he will reinvigorate growth by dropping the paywall, which he said will open the floodgates to a deluge of new customers.
Midwest tech firms might skirt big valuation dips, experts say
The tailwinds that helped push valuations at private tech companies to sky-high levels have subsided considerably in 2016, but local experts think Midwest startups have little to fear.
Alcoa cuts number of layoffs caused by closing plant
Alcoa said the number of planned layoffs at its Warrick Operations have been reduced from an estimated 600 to about 325.
Green BEAN Delivery spreads into eight new markets
The expansion marks the first time Green BEAN has added more than one metro market at a time to its growing service territory.
LeadJen co-founders sue each other after split
An apparent fallout last year between Jenny Vance and Bill Johnson—two of the area’s better-known tech entrepreneurs—led the business partners to file lawsuits against each other last week.