Connersville lines up new tenant for ex-Visteon factory
An eastern Indiana city could sell the factory to a cabinet company for $1 as part of a deal for it to hire more than 300 workers.
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Tiny Lebanon firm prevails in multimillion-dollar patent case
In the past 18 months, Larry Durkos—who invented a machine that attaches metal bed box springs and coils to wood frames—has scored two stunning victories over Leggett & Platt Inc., a Missouri-based box-spring conglomerate.
Proxy Corner: Vera Bradley Inc.
Vera Bradley Inc., 2208 Production Road, Fort Wayne, Ind., 46808, sells handbags, accessories, paper-and-gift items and travel items through 65 retail stores, 11 outlet stores, 3,400 specialty stores and through verabradley.com.
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.
Manufacturer to relocate to Muncie, add 288 jobs
A maker of a new heavy-equipment vehicle that uses clean energy plans to invest $4.6 million in an engineering and assembly facility and ramp up operations as orders come in.
New Hostess owners want abatement for equipment
The new owners of Hostess Brands are seeking a tax abatement to support investment of $10 million in new equipment for a plant on the east side that could employ up to 145 people.
Report: People problems persist in manufacturing, logistics
Indiana’s manufacturing and logistics sectors are undoubtedly strong, but work-force quality issues continue to nag the state, according to an industry report card released Friday morning.
Carbon Motors’ Chapter 7 filing marks official end for firm
The once-promising firm that had planned to build high-tech police cars at a Connersville plant filed for bankruptcy Friday, listing liabilities of $21.7 million.
Remy seeks greater share of Chinese market with buyout
Pendleton-based auto parts manufacturer Remy International Inc. plans to buy out a partner’s share in a Chinese joint venture, potentially paving the way for a greater share of the growing Asian market.
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.
Vacant GM stamping plant to be demolished
The 2.1 million-square-foot plant, which sits on 102 acres near downtown, opened in 1930 and employed more than 5,000 at its peak. That number was fewer than 700 when it closed two years ago.
Locally produced laundry additive taking on skin cancer
In a nondescript manufacturing plant on Indianapolis’ east side, a manufacturer is producing one of the most unique weapons in the war on skin cancer. Called SunGuard, the laundry additive is being called by some dermatologists a potential life saver.
Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobs than expected
Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory.
Manufacturing activity sinks to 4-year low
Manufacturing has struggled this year as weak economies abroad have slowed U.S. exports. U.S. businesses have also reduced their pace of investment in areas such as equipment and computer software.
Indy startup sees green in cheaper 3D printing
Launched in January, 3D Parts Manufacturing joined a recent surge in rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing operations known as 3D printers. Rather than screwing and gluing parts together, operators plug digital designs into machines that shape plastic and metal powders from the bottom up, one microscopic level at a time.
Indiana ambulance plant with 165 workers closing
The decision to close the Elkhart factory comes two weeks after Allied Specialty Vehicles bought SJC Industries. Production will be moved to a Florida factory in the coming months.
Work stops on Greenwood pharmaceutical plant
Greenwood officials three years ago approved $8.4 million of incentives for the Elona Biotechnologies project, including the construction loan.
New owner shutting down 520-worker Indiana plant
Allied Specialty Vehicles announced Thursday it was buying Monaco RV and shifting production to a factory in Decatur, near Fort Wayne. The 520 jobs lost in Wakarusa won't be replaced on a one-to-one basis.
Aerospace company plans central Indiana factory expansion
L&E Engineering Co. officials say the company will spend $3.7 million to expand its Greenwood factory and add about 40 employees.
Bloomington manufacturer closing, laying off 72
Hartmann USA said Wednesday that it will move the Bloomington operations to its U.S. headquarters in Rock Hill, S.C., where it plans an $18 million expansion.