A city board this week will consider tax abatements worth about $47,000 over six years for Indianapolis-based IT consultant
Apparatus Inc., which is moving its headquarters to the former WFYI building at 1401 N. Meridian St.
Greenwood-based Avram Worldwide said today that it will expand its headquarters and distribution operations in the city, and
plans to create 78 jobs by 2013.
Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear has fired the city’s economic development director, Kevin Kelly, after Kelly had
been on the job for about two years.
A Milken Institute study shows Indiana isn’t the only state writhing with angst about the future of manufacturing. The study
frames Indiana in a somewhat positive light.
A central Indiana county is trying to attract an unidentified renewable energy company to take over a sprawling factory that
a Chrysler supplier stopped building last year.
Dealer Services Corp. announced Monday morning that it plans to create up to 60 jobs by the end of 2012 and invest $6.4 million
in its Carmel headquarters.
Genesis Plastics Welding plans to double the size of its Fortville facilities to 50,000 square feet and add to its staff
of 49 people
Earlier this month, the Obama administration released its estimate of the impact of the fiscal stimulus on job creation.
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell for the third straight week, evidence that layoffs
are continuing to ease in the earliest stages of an economic recovery.
An Indy Partnership official departed for Germany yesterday on a trade mission promoting economic development opportunities
in the 10-county Indianapolis area.
Two companies have announced plans that could mean about 200 jobs at factories in northern Indiana’s Elkhart County, which
has been among the country’s hardest-hit places during the recession.
In the worst recession since the Great Depression, it must be difficult to broker business expansions. But
IEDI’s making no excuses for the city’s job creation and retention figures. In fact, it’s touting them.
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since early July, possible
evidence that job cuts are slowing.
Indiana’s lofty unemployment rate not only is taking a toll on the jobless but also the recruiters that help them find
work, leading to the demise of several local employment agencies.
The Metropolitan Development Commission this afternoon approved two requests for property tax abatement, including one for
a mammoth development known as World Connect at AmeriPlex.
Japanese culture will be on display at the Indiana State Fair next year. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced today, while
traveling on a economic development mission in Japan, that the Asian country will be featured in its own exhibit at the fair
for the first time in 2010.
Chicago-based LKQ Corp., a supplier of replacement and aftermarket automotive parts, will establish a distribution center
in Plainfield with plans to create up to 30 jobs by 2011, the company announced this morning.
The so-called Shelbyville site Harley-Davidson is considering for a new assembly plant actually isn’t in Shelbyville,
but rather in an unincorporated portion of Shelby County near the Marion County line.
Indianapolis-based information technology consultant Apparatus Inc. plans to expand its local operations and create up to
130 jobs by 2012, the company announced this morning.
Central Indiana’s chances for landing a Harley-Davidson motorcycle plant have been improved by the elimination of Kansas
City from the list of potential sites.
