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New manufacturer for boating, RVs to take root, hire 198
Indiana Composites, a fledgling maker of fiberglass components for the boating, RV and specialty vehicle markets, plans to buy, renovate and equip a 75,000-square-foot manufacturing facility.
Trucking company plans hundreds of jobs in Plainfield
Trucking and logistics company Knight Transportation Inc. expects to add as many as 426 employees at its new Regional Operations Service Center in Plainfield by the end of 2021, the company announced Tuesday.
IEDC: Mexico move to save Carrier’s parent firm $65M per year
That’s less than 1 percent of United Technologies Corp.’s annual revenue in the heating and air conditioning section of its business, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Marketing firm plans new downtown HQ, to hire 20
Indianapolis-based marketing and advertising firm Matchbook Creative is spending nearly $1 million to establish a larger headquarters downtown and plans to more than double its work force by 2019.
Creator of Indiana’s ‘Illinnoyed’ ads goes to work for enemy
Kelly Nicholl, the first marketing director for the Illinois Business and Development Corp., served until recently as vice president for marketing with the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Savvy strategy helped Pence get full Regional Cities funding
IEDC’s decision to leave all three winning regions in limbo about funding meant many more cheerleaders when the issue went to the General Assembly.
Blue Horseshoe planning $3.5M expansion in Carmel
The Carmel-based software firm announced plans Thursday to move into a new headquarters and add 70 highly paid employees over the next five years. Citimark is developing the three-story office building along the North Meridian corridor.
Clawbacks proposed for companies that flee Indiana
An amendment would create a new financial penalty for companies that leave Indiana to move to foreign countries after they receive state tax breaks.
Security-products firm Allegion plans to add 158 workers
The company plans to spend more than $13 million on the expansion, with most of the new jobs going to a factory on the east side of Indianapolis.
Katz Sapper real estate team lands former IEDC official
Garth Brazelton, former director of the state agency’s operations and business systems, has joined KSM Location Advisors as its chief operating officer.
IEDC official: Full-court press averted disaster, yielded ‘home run’
Indiana Economic Development Corp. President Jim Schellinger said state officials realized early on that the Dow-DuPont merger could have wiped out some of the best jobs in Indianapolis.
Indy misses out on ag HQ, but will be ‘global business center’
Dow and DuPont said they will base their combined agricultural business in Wilmington, Delaware, but that Indianapolis will play a pivotal role.
Regional Cities funding faces hurdle in Indiana House
The measure is stalled in the Ways and Means Committee, but Speaker Brian Bosma says the governor’s help on a long-term road funding bill could get it moving.
Officials point fingers on Carrier, UTEC layoffs
Are federal regulations to blame? Gov. Mike Pence says yes. Sen. Joe Donnelly says no. And in a now-viral video, a Carrier official tells employees the move to Mexico makes it cheaper to produce its products.
Republic plans 469 customer-service jobs in Fishers
Waste management giant Republic Services Inc. plans to spend $13.6 million on a customer resource center in Fishers that could employ as many as 469 workers by the end of 2025, the company announced Thursday afternoon.
Dental claims processor plans to add more than 150 workers
Renaissance Electronic Services said it will invest $14.9 to expand five existing Indianapolis facilities and a new location in the former Gerdt Furniture store in Southport.
Financial services firm plans $33M HQ, 600 jobs in Carmel
Allied Solutions LLC, a Carmel-based firm that serves the financial sector, is planning construction of a five-story building in the Midtown area, more than doubling the size of its existing headquarters.
Legislative leaders back money for third Regional Cities grant
Republicans who control the Indiana Senate are supporting a request from Gov. Mike Pence for an extra $42 million toward the new state grant program. And House Speaker Brian Bosma says it will likely pass.
Renewable-energy firm to invest $180M in new facility
The operation, which is expected to employ 136 in Steuben County by 2019, will convert scrap plastic into ultra-low sulfur diesel and gasoline blendstocks.