Indiana manufacturers seek incentives to attract more workers
Low unemployment in Indiana is making it difficult for manufacturers in the state to find workers, especially those qualified in high-tech fields.
Low unemployment in Indiana is making it difficult for manufacturers in the state to find workers, especially those qualified in high-tech fields.
Indiana-based BoxUp lets consumers customize cardboard boxes with their own logos, photos and designs and then order small (or large) quantities with a few clicks of the mouse.
Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners announced Nov. 10 that it was “in the later stages of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation,” which delayed the third-quarter report.
Carrier said Tuesday the layoffs originally planned for Dec. 22 will now occur Jan. 11 and affect fewer workers than expected.
After 33 years, the maker of industrial heat-exchange equipment will fuse to a similar German manufacturer.
The barge and towboat manufacturer Jeffboat LLC notified the Indiana Department of Workforce Development of the layoffs, citing slumping demand.
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. raised its full-year sales projections after reporting better-than-expected revenue and earnings in the third quarter.
The Indiana-based manufacturer outpaced Wall Street expectations with a 26 percent increase in revenue and 57 percent rise in profit in the third quarter.
Toyota and Mazda announced in August that they planned to spend $1.6 billion on a U.S. plant that would employ up to 4,000 workers.
Manufacturing of automobiles, home electronics and appliances advanced in September in a positive sign for consumer spending.
Cummins said the acquisition is an “important milestone” as it works to introduce its first all-electric engines.
A locally-based subsidiary of Japan-based Toyota Industries Corp. plans to spend $8 million to build a 90,720-square-foot factory east of U.S. 31 near 196th Street.
Sutton-Garten Co. has found a way to change with the times while staying true to its roots.
Orders at U.S. factories increased by 1.2 percent in August, driven by strong gains in aluminum and other metals, industrial machinery and autos.
More than half of the respondents to the annual Indiana Manufacturing Survey ranked investment in facilities, machinery and information technologies as the top priority for manufacturers to move into the future.
Seventeen of 18 manufacturing industries reported growth in September, led by textile mills and machinery.
The California-based company will cease production at the facility by the end of the year, laying off about 70 employees. Its performance racing division will remain in Brownsburg, however.
In its quest to send people to Mars, NASA’s road to the Red Planet passes straight through central Indiana.
Developing and selling cutting-edge products is tough. Doing so for the marijuana industry, which is illegal at the federal level, is even tougher.
Del Monte Foods plans to close a northern Indiana tomato processing plant with 107 full-time workers.