Indianapolis logistics firm Blue Ribbon Transport Inc. will invest $1 million to move into a larger headquarters, adding as many as 75 jobs over the next three years, economic development officials said Thursday morning.
The Plainfield Town Council has agreed to spend $500,000 over the next five years to help Vincennes University create the VU Logistics Training and Education Center, the college announced Tuesday.
The Allen County Council is considering giving General Mills a tax abatement of more than $3 million over 10 years on a proposed $36 million warehouse near Fort Wayne.
J.C. Penny Co. says it plans to close a warehouse in Plainfield by September 2012.
Truck-only toll lanes along Interstate 70 are among potential projects that could result from a controversial bill that would allow the governor to authorize toll roads without an OK from the Legislature.
1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
Regulations aimed at stopping invasive species are too stiff.
Gestamp Automocion makes metal components for the auto industry, employing 18,000 people worldwide. Now it is branching into the staid niche of casket manufacturing.
The state nicknamed the "Crossroads of America" wants to become a preferred landing spot for cargo planes, but industry leaders say Indiana could have a tough time attracting flights from neighboring states because many airports are competing for the same business and freight companies are resistant to change.
With economic growth in the United States sluggish, Indiana companies are joining the race to capitalize on the fast-growing Chinese economy—even as hundreds of millions of Chinese move into the middle class and adopt a Western-style thirst for goods and services.
An Indiana air base that houses the nation's largest fleet of KC135 four-engine tankers will get a high-tech air traffic control tower next year that supporters say will better serve its growing military, civilian and commercial aviation needs.
Since opening in late 2008, the midfield terminal and related structures at Indianapolis International Airport have required more than $2.5 million in fixes—not counting last month’s collapse of a canopy above the parking garage.
State officials have awarded Bloomington-based Crider and Crider Inc. a $25 million contract to build a 4-mile section of the Interstate 69 extension that will run from Indianapolis to Evansville.
Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics Inc., a national freight brokerage firm, plans to open a satellite office in Indianapolis in April.
At the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Gifford will work primarily with the private-sector-led Central Indiana Transit Task Force, the regional mass transit initiative co-founded by CICP.
The airline quietly ceased service from here after starting $59, nonstop flights last September to the Ozarks entertainment bastion.
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Monday that it is reducing growth plans for its Frontier Airlines unit because of uncertainty about future oil prices.
Contractors last September began milling worn-out asphalt on downtown streets, but most remained unfinished over the winter, leaving raised manhole covers and uneven pavement. Now work is resuming as asphalt plants are fired back up for the season.
INDOT had already planned to replace the bridge as part of its “465/69 Northeast” rebuilding project. But the traffic-flow part of the plan drew the ire of some Castleton-area retailers.
IBJ reporter Gabrielle Poshadlo follows Don Jarrels on his daily jaunt downtown. Bonus video: A look inside Eli Lilly and Co.'s bike-to-work program.
