Rolls-Royce wins $1B contract from Lockheed Martin
The company will supply 600 engines built in Indianapolis to Lockheed through 2025 for use in its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
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Manufacturer plans expansions at two Indiana plants
Shiloh Die Cast Midwest LLC plans to expand two of its plants in northeast Indiana, leading to 145 new jobs by 2018, the company announced Monday night.
Auto supplier plans 220-worker plant in Indiana
Switzerland-based Autoneum Holding AG said it will lease 300,000 square feet on a 23-acre site at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville.
Toyota, Honda set North American production records
Toyota built 1.86 million cars and light trucks at U.S., Canadian and Mexican plants in 2013, while Tokyo-based Honda made 1.78 million autos in North America.
Local paperboard plant with 161 workers to close in March
The plant, located at 620 S. Belmont Ave., southwest of downtown, has been making paperboard packaging since the early 1970s.
Berry Plastics to spend $31M on expansion, hire 336 workers
The Evansville-based manufacturing giant intends to consolidate some operations from out of state into existing Indiana facilities.
T-shirt printer plans 105 jobs in Lawrence
ooShirts said it will invest $1.2 million to equip a 26,000-square-foot building that will house more than 25 automatic and manual presses.
GM to invest $1.3 billion in five factories
An Indiana plant will get $29.2 million to make parts for 10-speed transmissions and for six-speed transmission components. The Bedford facility has about 600 workers.
Pence: State vying for Boeing airplane facility
Indiana is among 15 states competing for a $10 billion Boeing airplane manufacturing and assembly facility that could employ up to 8,500 workers by 2024.
Book captures Madison County’s automotive history
When America was making the transition from horse and buggies to the horseless carriage at the start of the 20th century, the city of Anderson was a part of the innovation that changed how the nation would travel forever.
Food company delays plans for $28M Indiana plant
Sugar Creek Packing Co. officials say the delay is needed because of changes in construction plans for a sewage-treatment plant at the former Really Cool Foods plant near Cambridge City.
Loss of Camry production in state not certain, exec says
Toyota Motor Corp.’s top North American executive said the carmaker hasn’t decided to end a production deal that supplies it with 100,000 Camry sedans annually from Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.’s U.S. Subaru plant in Lafayette.
U.S. factory production rises for 3rd straight month
Manufacturing output rose 0.3 percent last month, up from 0.1 percent in September, the Federal Reserve reported Friday. Overall industrial production, however, fell 0.1 percent.
Startup bakery seeking tax breaks on $78M project
Dallas-based Specialty Bakery LLC plans to build a 226,778-square-foot production and distribution facility in southwest Indianapolis that would create 241 jobs by 2018.
Rolls-Royce opens $42M production facility
The facility, which will make engine compressor parts known as banded stators, is expected to employ about 100 high-tech personnel by next year.
Printing facility to close, terminate 150 employees
Big changes in the media industry have dramatically lowered the amount of work available for Multi Packaging Solutions Inc.’s printing plant in Terre Haute.
Rolls-Royce contractor grows on southwest side
Belcan Corp. has hired about 20 people this year and expects to keep adding to its local work force over the next several years as it continues to provide engineering services to Rolls-Royce, its largest local customer.
GE, union talks save jobs at Bloomington plant
About 130 workers at the GE Appliances factory will no longer have jobs effective Friday, although that number is down from about 160 jobs the company announced in early September.
Cummins’ stock sinks after worse-than-expected quarter
Shares in Cummins Inc. slid more than 9 percent Tuesday morning after the Columbus-based engine manufacturer reported weaker-than-expected sales and profit in the third quarter, and lowered its outlook for the rest of the year.
UPDATE: Report finds optimism among state manufacturers
The survey by IU's Kelley School of Business found that four out of five Indiana manufacturing companies consider their businesses healthy or stable.