Irving Materials acquires northern Indiana competitor
Greenfield-based Irving Materials Inc.’s purchase of Rock Industries in Peru brings its total number of mining operations in Indiana to 18. Rock Industries operates quarries in Peru and Plymouth.
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Covance plans $150M expansion, 465 jobs in Greenfield
The New Jersey-based pharmaceutical research company is seeking state and local incentives as part of the expansion, which would include a new laboratory, set to be finished in 2016. Covance already employs 565 workers at the site.
University Loft adding jobs as it recovers from credit crunch, probe
Nearly two years after federal agents raided furniture maker University Loft Co.’s Hancock County plant, the once-fast-growing firm is seeing business bounce back.
INSIDE DISH: Husband-wife team revive sushi joint’s reputation
Scott and Debbie Bennett sank their savings into purchasing Greenwood's Yokohama, which had a past peppered with disappointed patrons.
Habitat for Humanity tries hand at fixer-uppers
Habitat for Humanity affiliates are getting into the business of rehabbing homes, capitalizing on the availability of foreclosed homes.
Mount Comfort Airport takes on new moniker
1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
Plastics specialist Genesis plays to eco-conscious market
Fortville manufacturer plans $3.3 million expansion
Plastics firm plans expansion, 54 new jobs
Fortville-based Genesis Plastics Welding plans to invest over $3.3 million to expand its existing production facility east of Indianapolis, adding as many as 54 new employees by 2014.
Hancock County utilities take on new name
The merged Hancock Telecom and Central Indiana Power have become NineStar Connect.
Cat Logistics to lay off 84 in Greenfield
Caterpillar Logistics Inc. plans to permanently lay off 84 employees from a facility in Greenfield, where it handles distribution services for Irwin Industrial Tools.
UPDATE: Biden touts advanced vehicles in Greenfield
Vice President Joe Biden was in Greenfield, about 25 miles east of Indianapolis, on Wednesday morning to visit an EnerDel plant that received a $118.5 million Recovery Act grant in 2009 to expand its lithium-ion battery production.
Hancock County utilities set to proceed with merger
Consolidation of Central Indiana Power and Hancock Telecom will become official on Jan. 1. It took a change in state law to allow the merger to proceed.
Greenfield apartment market heats up with sales, development activity
The Hancock County community is drawing interest because of recent hiring in the area and a strong population of seniors.
Stanley moving production to new Greenfield plant
Connecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. plans to combine two of its manufacturing operations at a new facility in Greenfield, transferring about 100 workers from Shelbyville and adding as many as 80 jobs in the next two years.
EnerDel parent nets $20M from Russian investor
New York-based Ener1 didn't disclose how it will use the funds coming from Ener1 Group Inc., a company led by Russian industrialist Boris Zingarevich.
Alliance aims to boost adult learning in Hancock County
Three separate colleges will hold classes in Hancock County—if a business-led education alliance can finance the space. The Hancock Community Education Alliance has lined up a vacant retail building on State Road 9 in hopes that Ball State, Purdue and Vincennes universities can offer classes next spring.
Linking Indianapolis-area bus systems becoming priority for planners
Connecting rural bus systems with one another and with IndyGo must happen before commuter rail becomes a reality.
Federal agents raid University Loft headquarters
Agents descended on the contract-furniture maker to execute a sealed search warrant. A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Tim Morrison said no arrests were made.
Process begins to change name of Mount Comfort Airport
Suggested moniker of Indianapolis Regional Airport needs approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Mount Comfort Airport revs up growth plans
For the six general aviation airports that ring Indianapolis, landing business jets is like finding silver dollars in a bucket
of pennies. Though relatively few compared with the number of piston-engine planes, jets consume three times as much fuel
at the area's small airports.