Noblesville’s development strategy emphasizes local company expansions
The city’s investment in the retention and expansion of more mature, existing businesses has been paying off.
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Local technology firms plan expansions, 77 new jobs
Two local technology firms are making plans to expand their operations in Indianapolis, adding a total of up to 77 employees over the next four to five years, the companies announced Wednesday morning.
Sallie Mae lands $2.4M in tax incentives for local expansion
As IBJ first reported Thursday morning, Newark, Delaware-based Sallie Mae plans to spend $15.7 million on the new office at 8425 Woodfield Crossing in northeast Indianapolis and add 278 workers to its existing staff.
Sallie Mae planning hundreds of jobs at new Indy office
Student loan provider Sallie Mae Bank is expected to announce plans Thursday morning to spend nearly $16 million on a collections office and call center that will hire up to 278 people before the end of 2023.
Software company Emarsys speeding up hiring plans
The marketing-software firm originally planned to employ 167 employees by the end of 2020. But it’s accelerating those plans and expects to be halfway to that goal by the end of this year.
With new Carmel HQ, tech firm aims to move beyond rocky past
Publicly traded Determine Inc. generated fanfare when it announced it was moving its headquarters here and adding 24 jobs to the 35 already here. But many investors have been betting against it for years.
Japanese manufacturer plans $50M plant, 70 jobs in Indiana
Japan’s largest steel producer announced plans Tuesday to open a subsidiary in Shelbyville in a plant that is expected to be fully operational by spring 2018.
Digital marketing startup Torchlite plans to add 140 workers
The Indianapolis-based firm, which connects client companies to freelancers, inked an incentive deal with the Indiana Economic Development Corp. that will provide up to $2.8 million in tax credits.
Refrigerated-warehousing firm plans $13.6M expansion, 65 new jobs
Merchandise Warehouse said it will build a 90,000-square-foot, 50-foot-tall addition to its food-grade facility at 1414 S. West St.—a move that will boost its capacity by 25 percent.
Sun King seeks $100K tax break on expansion plans
The brewery is embarking on a project that will enable it to nearly double production and begin distributing throughout Indiana.
Maker of Indy mainstay Bar Keepers Friend plans expansion
SerVaas Laboratories Inc. and a related firm have applied for tax breaks on $3.6 million in investment on the expansion and new equipment.
Workforce challenges a drag on aviation, aerospace industries
A surge of people retiring from the fields has created a talent shortage, and recruiting and training enough workers remain vexing challenges for companies, according to executives at an IBJ event Thursday.
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.
New state program spending $22M to boost job training
Several central Indiana groups already have received millions of dollars from Skill UP to give students and workers the training they need to fill jobs that are in high demand.
Tube manufacturer moving HQ to Carmel
Precision Products Group Inc. is set to move its corporate office this month into a 3,402-square-foot space at 10201 N. Illinois St., state economic development officials announced Wednesday.
Allegion units seek local tax breaks for plant expansions
Two local subsidiaries of Carmel-based security-products company Allegion America are seeking roughly $769,000 in local tax breaks in return for a $13 million expansion that could lead to 158 new jobs in Marion County by 2020.
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.
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.
Fishers OKs incentives, property sale for Braden HQ
The Fishers City Council approved selling a downtown parcel to Braden Business Systems Inc. for $5 in addition to nearly $1 million in incentives Monday night.
Stanley lands $2.1M in incentives from Fishers
The company, which makes security devices and systems, plans to construct a three-story, $15.9 million headquarters in Fishers Point Business Park on the corner of Kincaid and Sunlight drives.