City set to end tax break for tech staffing firm
Indianapolis-based technology staffing company BCForward won’t fight a Department of Metropolitan Development move to discontinue tax breaks for the firm’s Market Street headquarters.
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Too few jobs in Indiana for science, tech graduates
Indiana’s problem with brain drain is that its business community is too weak to offer enough jobs or high enough pay to keep graduates with the best money-making potential—those with degrees in science, technology, engineering, math and business.
Local auto services firm plans to add 20 jobs
Express Motor Vehicle Administration Corp., a provider of managed services for auto dealers, insurance companies, corporations and financial institutions, said it will create the jobs by 2015 as part of a $700,000 expansion.
Indy IT firm planning to add up to 400 workers
Knowledge Services, founded by CEO Julie Bielawski in 1994, has been one of the city’s fastest-growing companies in recent years.
Spurned Indy continues to court manufacturing
Indianapolis is losing manufacturing jobs at a steady, some would say alarming, rate. And the Circle City is not alone, as many metro areas face serious challenges in retaining and attracting manufacturers.
Wheelchair lift company shifting work to northern Indiana
A company that converts minivans into wheelchair-accessible vehicles plans adding up to 70 jobs at its northern Indiana headquarters by shifting production from a Michigan factory.
T-shirt printer scoping Indy for new facility, 105 jobs
Little Raymond’s Print Shop Inc. has requested a property-tax break on $975,000 in manufacturing equipment needed for its screen-printing facility.
U.S. unemployment aid applications hit 10-week low
Weekly applications data can be volatile in July. Automakers typically shut their factories in the first two weeks of the month to prepare for new models, which leads to a temporary spike in layoffs.
Delta expanding operations in central Indiana
Delta Faucet said it plans to spend about $12 million to renovate and equip its 380,000-square-foot facility in Greensburg, adding about 160 employees by 2014.
Rx benefits manager plans to hire 205 by 2015
Lisle, Ill.-based Catamaran Corp. has committed to hiring 104 full-time, permanent employees next year and a total of 205 by 2015.
Pence appoints members to Career Council
The panel is tasked with identifying available jobs, determining which skills are needed to fill them and analyzing where the state is spending job-training money, and likely realigning those efforts.
U.S. economy adds 195K jobs; unemployment rate steady
The job growth suggests a stronger economy and makes it more likely the Federal Reserve will slow its bond purchases before year’s end.
GM supplier plans opening factory near Fort Wayne
A Canadian-based General Motors supplier plans to open a new facility near Fort Wayne and hire up to 160 workers in the next few years.
Benefits firm to continue growth spurt, add 25 jobs
Nyhart Actuary & Employee Benefits plans to invest $840,000 to lease and equip an expansion of its Indianapolis headquarters, and already has started hiring.
Indy-based 3D printer lands incentives for expansion
3D Parts Manufacturing LLC plans to invest $6 million to lease and equip 25,000 square feet of operations space and hire 65 workers by 2018.
Greenwood sues over failed pharmaceutical facility
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers says city officials had tried for months to help with talks with possible investors for Elona Biotechnologies, without any progress.
Manufacturer plans $30.2M expansion in Franklin
NSK Corp. and NSK Precision America Inc. said the project will allow them to hire 46 additional workers by 2016 at their 63-acre corporate campus.
Mainstreet plans $9.2M nursing home on northwest side
The 65,000-square-foot nursing-home and assisted-living facility would feature an Internet cafe, movie theaters and restaurant-style dining with an on-site chef.
FedEx seeks to build $34M distribution hub at Ameriplex
FedEx is looking to nearly double the size of its SmartPost distribution operations on the city's southwest side by building a bigger hub at the Ameriplex Indianapolis business park.
Data-hosting firm Axia to add up to 45 jobs
The Indianapolis-based company will invest $2.8 million to expand its downtown headquarters and open a data center in Columbus, Ind.