Raytheon lands key Navy contract
Raytheon Technical Services Co. LLC in Indianapolis will develop a new bomb rack for U.S. Navy airplanes under a recently awarded $32.4 million contract.
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Box maker halting production, putting 97 out of work
Austin, Texas-based Temple-Inland Inc. has notified state officials that will stop producing boxes at its Evansville facility
on May 28.
Local security division of Stanley keys growth for company
Stanley Black & Decker, based in New Britain, Conn., reported 2009 profit of $224 million. Its Indianapolis-based security
division, one of three segments, accounted for more than half those earnings.
BMW, Carbon Motors ink $1.35B supply contract
BMW has won a contract from Indiana-based Carbon Motors Corp. worth more than $1.35 billion to supply engines for U.S. police
cars.
Trailer company buying closed northern Indiana factory
Executives of Novae Corp. announced plans for the company’s expansion in North Manchester, where it expects to employ perhaps
85 people by 2013.
Indiana food manufacturers ramp up safety precautions
The peanut-borne salmonella outbreak of 2009 raised awareness about the risk of illness from unlikely sources. Unfortunately,
that wasn’t the last time a seemingly innocuous ingredient made people sick, and prompted recalls.
Visteon judge won’t halt benefits termination
An attorney for a union representing some 2,100 people who worked at two Visteon plants in Indiana argued Tuesday that many
are facing hardship, and that the order should be stayed pending an appeal to a federal district court judge.
Delta Faucet cutting 40 more jobs at Greensburg plant
The Carmel-based company said its decision to consolidate machining activities at a plant in Tennessee is driven by weak retail
sales and a sluggish housing market.
Local manufacturer closing plant, moving to Brazil
IVC Industrial Coatings Inc. is relocating its Indianapolis headquarters and manufacturing operations to west-central Indiana.
About 50 of its 55 employees have agreed to move.
Cummins to lay off nearly 200 workers in Columbus
The Columbus-based company said Tuesday that the 194 layoffs will take place after Friday, cutting the plant’s employment
to about 400 and paring its two shifts to one.
Alternative energy firm eyeing New Castle plant
Plans by Washington, D.C.-based D'Arcinoff Group to manufacture wind turbines in an idled plant in New Castle could create
1,800 jobs in the next two years.
Truck-parts plant’s closure to put 225 out of work
Accuride Corp. says its Gunite Corp. factory in Elkhart will be closed by May 1. Its production will be moved to factories
in Rockford, Ill., and Brillon, Wis.
Toyota starting tours of Indiana plant
State official for the carmaker says the embattled company, in the midst of massive recalls, is eager show off the Princeton
factory
and help visitors understand the complexity of auto manufacturing.
Columbia City plant to close, nixing 135 workers
Fort Wayne Foundry Corp. will shutter the auto parts factory for the second time in a year, as its jobs head to Mexico, according
to a union official.
Toyota’s new lobbyist strategy: factory workers
Facing intense scrutiny from the federal government, Toyota is trying a salt-of-the-earth offensive, paying for a group of
its U.S. employees to talk with lawmakers. At least one is from Toyota’s plant in Princeton, Ind.
World Media Group to expand Indianapolis operations
Multimedia products maker World Media Group Inc. will invest more than $2 million to expand its manufacturing operations on
the east side of Indianapolis, increasing its workforce by 20 percent.
Production resumes at Indiana Toyota plant
After a week-long shutdown for the company to repair defective gas pedals, the factory near Princeton was back to “business
as usual” when its lines restarted on Monday.
Connersville eager for Carbon Motors to rev up
The jobs can’t come soon enough for Connersville, where unemployment is at 13.8 percent.
Job cuts begin at east-side steering parts plant
Fifteen employees at an east-side automotive plant operated by a Ford subsidiary will lose their jobs on March 31. More job
cuts are expected, as the factory prepares to close by the end of 2011.
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.