A company that makes wind-turbine blades says it will start its first U.S. facility at a former refrigerator plant in Evansville that Whirlpool Corp. closed last year. The business said it could employ up to 400 workers in the area by 2014.
ExactTarget Inc., which canceled plans for an initial public offering during the 2009 financial crisis, has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG to handle a new attempt, said sources familiar with the matter.
The New York-based parent of EnerDel, which has almost 400 employees in the Indianapolis area, told investors Friday that it had received written notice of its failure to comply with NASDAQ's listing requirements.
Engine-maker Cummins Inc. said Thursday that it will sell its light-duty filtration operations to Industrial Opportunity Partners LLC, a private equity firm run by one of its executives.
Progress Rail Services, which said last October that it would create up to 650 jobs in Muncie by 2012, now expects to employ just 250 people at the plant by the end of next year, according to a magazine.
Computerized machine tool maker Hurco Cos. Inc. on Friday announced its third consecutive quarterly profit, helped in part by its best sales performance ever in Asia.
Howe-based Cruiser RV LLC will begin hiring this month as part of an $850,000 expansion to add a new production line in nearby LaGrange.
Annual program put on in conjunction with Ice Miller law firm will offer more workshops on business fundamentals.
Crossroads Industrial Services Chief Operating Officer Curtiss Quirin has a certain sense of urgency as he looks to buy a business to add revenue to the not-for-profit contract manufacturer, because Crossroads provides jobs for people with disabilities, and generates a surplus that feeds the revenue-starved parent organization, Easter Seals Crossroads.
Yearbook-and-class-ring maker Herff Jones on Aug. 1 bought Memphis-based Varsity Brands, the top supplier of cheerleader uniforms, as well as the force behind cheerleading’s evolution into a stand-alone sport. Varsity will bring Herff about $250 million in annual revenue through its uniform sales, training camps and competitions.
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.
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.
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.
Indiana state lawmakers may trade in the reams of paper they use each session for sleeker iPads.
Chad Folkening’s latest venture, domain-management software called Domain Power, turns blank sites into a miniature business in a few minutes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The for-profit school formerly known as the Indiana Business College has overhauled its online interface.
