There’s more time for Illinois-based JD Norman Industries to hammer out a deal to buy a General Motors stamping plant
in Indianapolis, potentially saving hundreds of local jobs.
United Auto Workers official Maurice "Mo" Davison is making one last attempt
to put a deal together for a Chicago-area firm to buy the General Motors stamping plant southwest of downtown Indianapolis,
which is slated to close in 2011.
Workers at Raytheon Technical Services’ Indianapolis facility will spend four more years working on software to control electronics
on the Navy’s V-22 Osprey aircraft.
State officials say Pennsylvania-based Santelli Tempered Glass Inc. will open a 32,500-square-foot plant in Elkhart, creating
35 jobs by 2013.
Allison Transmission Inc. said Monday that it has begun renovating a vacant manufacturing space to work on hybrid systems
for commercial vehicles.
Cummins Inc., the Columbus-based maker of diesel truck engines and generators, expects to boost India sales about 40 percent
this year as economic growth spurs road traffic and demand for electricity.
The refrigerator plant's production line is shutting down Friday, meaning the loss of some 600 jobs. About 450 other workers
were laid
off in March when Whirlpool ended its second shift.
Ohio’s governor has asked state environmental regulators to come up with a way to save 214 jobs at a northwest Ohio plant
that is considering a move to Indiana.
The hiring follows Toyota’s announcement this month that it would move some of its Highlander SUV production from Japan to
the Princeton plant.
Southeastern Indiana company plans to add 25,000 square feet to plant and begin hiring additional employees by the end of
next year.
The new "focused factory" in Plainfield will produce lift fans for the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. The fan allows
one version of the aircraft to make helicopter-like landings.
Hillenbrand Inc.’s Batesville unit, the largest U.S. maker of coffins,wants the trade commission to prevent Ataudes Aguilares
from selling its products in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Bill Harding and his two partners in LensTech Optical, Greg Kyle and Greg Dallas, are striving to keep up with as many of
the changes in the eyeglass manufacturing business as possible. It’s a tall order for a lab with fewer than 30 employees.
Third annual report
from Ball State University highlights concerns over whether Indiana has enough qualified workers to meet demands of the increasingly
technical sectors.
The automaker says the investment will help retain 1,200 jobs, pave way for production of new eight-speed transmissions.
Engineers at Rolls-Royce Corp.’s Indianapolis manufacturing facility will work for the next year to design, develop
and test an upgrade for a digital engine control the company is making for the U.S. Army’s OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter.
A cargo trailer maker may close its manufacturing facility in Middlebury, potentially costing 150 workers their jobs.
Indianapolis-based machine tool maker lost $1.5 million in its second fiscal quarter, which was much greater than the loss
it reported in the same period last year.
The parent of locally based lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel is putting together hundreds of millions of dollars in financing
to fund a business plan that could bring revenue to nearly $1 billion within five years.
The parent company of lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel has landed a $65 million investment from its largest shareholder.
