General Mills plans $36M distribution center
General Mills Inc. announced Tuesday it would spend $36 million in building the new distribution center in Fort Wayne and potentially add 65 jobs by the end of 2012.
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Bioanalytical researcher seeking abatement for new lab
Advion, a provider of bioanalytical research and a subsidiary of Ithaca, N.Y.-based Advion BioSciences Inc., is expected to open the 22,000-square-foot lab in mid-May with 49 employees, according to the company’s application.
New state law to help young entrepreneurs
The measure calls for the Indiana Economic Development Corp. to promote the ideas of students who graduate from entrepreneurship programs at state universities.
Software services firm plans 500 jobs in Evansville
SS&C Technologies said it will create the jobs by investing about $3.9 million to open a service and technology center in the southwestern Indiana city. The company will begin hiring immediately and expects to begin operating in the second quarter of 2011.
Casket maker plans $16.5M investment, 300 jobs
Indianapolis-based Genesis Casket Co., launched just last year, expects to produce 30,000 caskets in its first full year of operation. The company plans to fill the first 150 jobs by the time the plant opens this summer.
IEDC leading jobs mission to India
The Indiana Economic Development Corp. will lead the state’s first jobs mission to India next week to help establish relationships with high-tech companies, the state agency said on Thursday.
China company bringing 150 jobs to Lafayette
Nanshan America Co. will invest $98.5 million to construct a manufacturing facility and office building, with work slated to begin in the spring. The company will start hiring in the fall.
Indiana launches $250K ad blitz for Illinois businesses
State and local officials in northwest Indiana are investing $250,000 in billboards and television and print ads will appear across Illinois and target that state's personal and corporate tax increases.
Budget shrinks 21st Century tech fund
Even as some of its investments bear fruit in grand fashion, the state’s principal fund for investing in high-tech companies may get even less in the next budget than it did two years ago when its funding was cut in half.
Illinois governor responds as states try to poach jobs
Gov. Pat Quinn has a message for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and officials from other states trying to lure jobs from Illinois: Back off.
Michigan City snack-food baker adding up to 100 jobs
Hearthside Food Solutions says it will invest $3.8 million to expand its operations and hire new workers. The company bakes snack foods for such brands as Keebler, Nabisco and Kraft.
21st Century Fund pockets a payoff from sale
The state’s principal fund investing in high-tech companies has reached a milestone—for the first time recouping all the money it granted an emerging company, and then some.
Family Dollar plans 350 jobs in northeast Indiana
A $70 million investment in a new distribution center by the North Carolina-based discount retailer is expected to create up to 350 jobs. The facility should be operational by spring 2012.
UPDATE: Competitors’ woes could help Fishers mortgage firm expand
Fishers-based Stonegate Mortgage Corp. plans to spend about $3 million to expand operations, creating up to 300 jobs by 2015.
Fishers-based mortgage company to add 300 jobs
Stonegate Mortgage Corp. plans to move next spring from its current location near 106th Street and Allisonville Road to a 29,000-square-foot office near 106th Street and State Road 37.
Exports fueling Indiana business growth
Firms are taking matters into their own hands to open trade relationships overseas, developing export policies they hope will benefit themselves and their communities.
Medical device maker expanding in Fort Wayne
L.H. Medical Corp. said it plans to create up to 65 jobs by 2013 and invest $5.4 million to more than triple the size of its manufacturing operations.
Rail company plans new plant, 650 jobs in Muncie
Alabama-based Progress Rail Services, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., said it plans to invest about $50 million to open the first locomotive manufacturing and assembly plant in the United States in many years.
Ascension aims to cut costs with $10.9M service center
St. Louis-based Ascension Health announced Friday morning that it would open a professional service center in Indianapolis, creating up to 500 jobs by 2013.
Health care firm plans 500 jobs in Indianapolis
St. Louis-based Ascension Health announced Friday morning that it would open a professional service center in Indianapolis, creating up to 500 jobs by 2013.