Alternative energy firm eyeing New Castle plant
Plans by Washington, D.C.-based D'Arcinoff Group to manufacture wind turbines in an idled plant in New Castle could create
1,800 jobs in the next two years.
Plans by Washington, D.C.-based D'Arcinoff Group to manufacture wind turbines in an idled plant in New Castle could create
1,800 jobs in the next two years.
Diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. has agreed to pay a $2.1 million penalty and recall 405 heavy-duty engines for alleged Clean
Air Act violations.
Rolls-Royce Corp.’s Indianapolis manufacturing facility has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract by the U.S. Army to
develop a digital engine control for one of its helicopters.
Accuride Corp. says its Gunite Corp. factory in Elkhart will be closed by May 1. Its production will be moved to factories
in Rockford, Ill., and Brillon, Wis.
City will be among first to conduct demonstration of several plug-in electric vehicles prior to their market
launch next year.
Indianapolis-based Calumet Specialty Products reported a profit of $8.2 million in the fourth quarter, a 56-percent decrease
from the same period a year ago.
A startup firm that makes fuel-efficient recreational vehicles plans to locate its manufacturing operation in Marion, state
officials announced Tuesday night, creating as many as 300 jobs by 2013.
Multimedia products maker World Media Group Inc. will invest more than $2 million to expand its manufacturing operations on
the east side of Indianapolis, increasing its workforce by 20 percent.
The Colts’ Super Bowl loss saddened employees at a local plant that makes NFL gear, but the Saints’
win will give the bottom line a bigger boost.
The jobs can’t come soon enough for Connersville, where unemployment is at 13.8 percent.
Columbus-based diesel engine maker Cummins Inc. posted its most profitable fourth quarter in company history, thanks to a
rush on engines that won’t have to conform to new emission standards.
CEO Mark Comerford’s $1.46 million in total compensation in fiscal 2009 was nearly double Francis Petro’s pay the previous
year—even though the company’s revenue dropped 31 percent in the same period.
Zipp Speed Weaponry said it will create 105 jobs by 2013 and invest $12.4 million in a new manufacturing plant in Indianapolis
to make its high-end bicycle components.
Indianapolis-based machine toolmaker’s CEO takes 63-percent compensation cut.
Express Scripts Inc. on the west side of Indianapolis and Zipp Speed Weaponry in Speedway are scheduled Wednesday afternoon
to announce the
creation of hundreds of new jobs.
Converting the U.S. trucking industry to natural gas will benefit manufacturers including Columbus-based Cummins Inc., T. Boone Pickens says.
Lithium battery maker EnerDel will need more business than its existing relationships with Think and Volvo to justify the $237 million investment
it announced Thursday.
Lithium battery-maker will get incentives worth $53.1 million for expansion into Hancock County.
Some observers see a parallel to the state’s seeking Japanese investment following recession in the early 1980s.
Battery maker EnerDel could land $3 million in federal disaster-recovery money that would help bring 200 more jobs to its
facilities on the north side of Indianapolis and in Noblesville.