State Rep. Pat Bauer says employment figures provided by the Indiana Economic Development Corp. are a good start but insists
the
agency is not revealing everything it can.
State officials say Pennsylvania-based Santelli Tempered Glass Inc. will open a 32,500-square-foot plant in Elkhart, creating
35 jobs by 2013.
The former executive director of IEDC’s predecessor agency argues that regular headcount disclosure is a key part of the economic
development
process once incentive deals have been struck with companies.
Indiana Secretary of Commerce Mitch Roob’s letter Tuesday to Democrat Pat Bauer details IEDC’s approach to job-creation incentives
and its clawback efforts in the recession.
The Indianapolis-based forensics, clinical and pharmaceutical testing firm, led by CEO Michael Evans, plans to invest $74
million to acquire and equip
an existing 90,000-square-foot building in Woodland Corporate Park near West 79th Street and Interstate 465.
Southeastern Indiana company plans to add 25,000 square feet to plant and begin hiring additional employees by the end of
next year.
Hat World, a subsidiary of Nashville, Tenn.-based Genesco Inc., said it plans to invest up to $22 million to lease and prepare
additional space locally as it consolidates manufacturing and warehouse operations from Wisconsin.
Leo Brown LLC’s 20-acre, $36 million senior-living community is expected to create 132 jobs with an average salary of $37,000
when it is completed in 2011.
The Tipton County Council on Tuesday unanimously approved $13 million in incentives intended to help land a solar power firm
interested in buying the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo.
General Motors plans to invest $111 million and add 245 new jobs at a plant in Bedford as part of a larger effort to make
its fleet more fuel-efficient.
A central Indiana county is nearing approval of more than $13 million in incentives in hopes of attracting a company to take
over a sprawling factory that a Chrysler supplier stopped building in 2008.
Carmel-based electronic medical records developer Gemms Inc. plans to invest $2.1 million to expand its headquarters and software
development operations here, more than doubling its staff in the next five years.
TailGate Beer said it will invest millions of dollars in machinery, equipment and energy-efficiency upgrades to establish
operations in an existing 48,000-square-foot building in Franklin Business Park.
Just Packaging on the east side of Indianapolis says it plans to invest in new equipment and hire 35 people by 2014.
A northern Indiana recreational vehicle manufacturer is expanding its Elkhart operations and plans to hire up to 265 new workers
by 2013.
Arkansas wire-maker Tokusen USA Inc. plans to establish a manufacturing plant in Scottsburg, state economic development officials
said Wednesday, touting the nearly 135 jobs expected over the next two years.
Fishers-based Exacq Technologies Inc. will invest $1.1 million to expand its Exit Five Parkway headquarters, creating as many
as 49 new jobs by 2013.
Startup logistics firm s2f worldwide LLC will invest $10.8 million to set up its headquarters and distribution center in Plainfield,
creating 250 jobs by 2013, state economic development officials said early Monday.
Agricultural biotech firm hired a site-selection consultant and considered other cities around the world for its $340 million
expansion.
The investment will greatly expand the company’s research and development capacity and is a major win for the Indiana
life sciences industry. Dow AgroSciences expects most of the positions to pay between $65,000 and $95,000 annually.
