ChaCha broadens business strategy
Mobile-phone-answers service ChaCha Search has dialed up its largest expansion yet—entering the United Kingdom and contracting with New York City’s “311” municipal information service.
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Abound Solar undeterred by rivals’ bankruptcies
Abound officials are quick to reassure that the company is on track with its original business plan, which calls for adding a huge amount of manufacturing capacity in Tipton in 2012 or 2013 and hiring 900 to 1,200 people.
Medical manufacturer plans Fishers expansion
Tridien Medical, a Coral Springs, Fla.-based manufacturer of therapeutic support surfaces, plans to expand its plant in Fishers, adding up to 40 new jobs by 2013, including 25 in the next year.
General Assembly considers going paperless with iPads
Indiana state lawmakers may trade in the reams of paper they use each session for sleeker iPads.
Early buyer of Web domains venturing into software
Chad Folkening’s latest venture, domain-management software called Domain Power, turns blank sites into a miniature business in a few minutes.
Refrigerant company fights EPA over rules
Jim Tieken, a former refrigeration repairman, invented an alternative to the coolant Freon when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned it in the mid-1990s. But his company might be unable to continue making that alternative, Hot Shot, because of cap-and-trade burdens, according to a letter Tieken sent the EPA in May.
Columbus software firm plans new HQ, 200-job expansion
LHP Software says the new $5 million headquarters will accommodate growth in its business of developing software for use in phones, hospital beds, medical devices and other electronics.
IEDC, Conexus form aerospace, defense council
The Indiana Aerospace and Defense Council brings together industry leaders to begin creating a plan to grow the sector. IEDC and Conexus say Hoosier defense contractors have created 1,800 jobs in the past two years.
Air tool manufacturer plans Indiana expansion
Sullair Corp., which makes air compressors and other air tools, says it will expand its headquarters in northern Indiana and expects to add up to 113 jobs in the next few years.
Harrison College taps social media to help online students
The for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
TechPoint’s Innovation Summit adds speaker
SocialMediaExaminer.com founder Michael Stelzner will give the opening address at the Nov. 8 event.
Sustainability, more new jobs key to GM site
Why not look at the entire neighborhood instead of just this old site?
First step: Tear stamping plant down
Tear it down and clean it up was the message delivered by a former redevelopment director from South Bend as she spoke to representatives from cities who were about to lose their GM plants.
GM site ripe for manufacturing or a judicial center
The Urban Land Institute panel’s plan for the General Motors plant site ignores some realities in favor of presenting a relatively predictable New Urbanism redevelopment plan.
Experts say options abound for former GM stamping plant
The 2-million-square-foot GM Indianapolis Metal Center, closed this year, sprawls over more than 100 acres on the west bank of the White River and enjoys some of the best views of the downtown skyline.
llinois manufacturer plans move to northwest Indiana
Illinois manufacturer Modern Forge says it will open a factory in northwestern Indiana, where it expects to hire as many as 240 workers in the next few years.
City to seek more parking for Rolls-Royce’s move
The Capital Improvement Board will be charged with helping Rolls-Royce Corp. find up to an additional 500 parking spaces to accommodate the company’s move to a downtown office campus formerly occupied by Eli Lilly and Co.
Honda returning to full production despite sales declines
Honda Motor Co.’s reputation for world-class manufacturing may belie a slipping emphasis on design just as the automaker’s U.S. factories—including its expanding Civic plant in Indiana—are preparing to return to full production.
Packaging manufacturer plans 90-person Greencastle plant
The company will put the plant in an existing 250,000-square-foot industrial building.
Defense contractor adding 60 jobs in Bloomington
Next Wave Systems LLC will add the jobs by 2014 as part of a $330,000 expansion at its Bloomington facility.