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Partnership aims to help Midwest manufacturers
The Obama administration is creating a $4.5 million partnership between the private sector and government to help Midwest manufacturers access high-tech computing to speed up design cycles for future products.
Indiana-made electric cars recalled for 3rd time
Think North America has filed documents with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recalling 23 of its City electric cars produced late last year.
Plastics firm plans expansion, 54 new jobs
Fortville-based Genesis Plastics Welding plans to invest over $3.3 million to expand its existing production facility east of Indianapolis, adding as many as 54 new employees by 2014.
Manufacturing growing at fastest pace in 7 years
U.S. manufacturers expanded at the fastest pace in nearly 7 years last month, as factories continue to boost economic growth.
Interactive Intelligence buys German firm
Indianapolis-based Interactive Intelligence Inc. has acquired Agori Communications in an all-cash transaction, announced Tuesday morning.
IPO could help ease Allison Transmission’s debt
Allison Transmission Inc.'s enormous debt load is probably one factor driving the company to consider a public offering, an investment analyst said Monday morning.
Report: Allison may raise up to $1B in IPO
The Indianapolis company, the world's largest maker of commercial transmissions, may go public in the third quarter, Reuters reported.
ChaCha sues Taiwanese company for trademark infringement
Carmel-based ChaCha Search Inc., operator of an online question-and-answer site, sued Taiwanese company HTC Corp. for trademark infringement over the planned introduction of a smartphone called the ChaCha.
Hulman board overhaul may signal strategy shift, even IPO
The Feb. 17 announcement that Terre Haute-based Hulman & Co. was expanding its board of directors from four to eight members could simply mean the company is looking for guidance from a broadened brain trust, or it could be a signal the company is at a significant crossroads.
City seeks replacement for GM plant
Indianapolis will spend $115,000 on a study to explore redevelopment opportunities for the 102-acre GM Stamping Plant property west of downtown that will close this summer.
TechPoint adds two categories to Mira Awards
The group plans to honor young professionals and clean technology/energy innovation endeavors.
Casket maker plans $16.5M investment, 300 jobs
Indianapolis-based Genesis Casket Co., launched just last year, expects to produce 30,000 caskets in its first full year of operation. The company plans to fill the first 150 jobs by the time the plant opens this summer.
Countertop maker to close Shelbyville plant
Iowa-based VT Industries will close its countertop manufacturing plant in Shelbyville and move the work to a new facility in Maryland, the company said Friday.
China company bringing 150 jobs to Lafayette
Nanshan America Co. will invest $98.5 million to construct a manufacturing facility and office building, with work slated to begin in the spring. The company will start hiring in the fall.
Fourth-quarter earnings improve at Calumet
Calumet had profit of $9.5 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $8.2 million in the same quarter of 2009.
UPDATE: House votes to kill pricey jet fighter engine
The decision on military budget cuts could have a big impact on the Indianapolis operations of Rolls-Royce Corp., the city’s second-largest manufacturer behind Eli Lilly and Co.
GM to pay more than $400 million in worker bonuses
Less than two years after entering bankruptcy, General Motors will extend millions of dollars in bonuses to most of its 48,000 hourly workers as a reward for the company's rapid turnaround after it was rescued by the government. Workers in Kokomo could get $3,000.
Budget shrinks 21st Century tech fund
Even as some of its investments bear fruit in grand fashion, the state’s principal fund for investing in high-tech companies may get even less in the next budget than it did two years ago when its funding was cut in half.
Diabetes boom sparks Roche expansion
Roche Diagnostics Corp. is expanding one of its Indianapolis manufacturing plants to keep up with growing sales of its leading brand of blood glucose monitors.