Female engineers appeal discrimination ruling
Two female engineers who pursued a gender-discrimination case against Rolls-Royce Corp. for the past four years intend to appeal a judge's decision in the company's favor.
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Rushville broadband firm sued by companies it acquired
Omnicity Corp. is named in three lawsuits brought by owners of companies the firm bought who say they’ve not been paid the entire purchase price. All told, they claim they’re owed more than $1.2 million.
ALTOM: Can new technology make a toilet cleaner?
In a previous issue of IBJ, another columnist wrote that technology can raise the productivity of toilet cleaners. It wasn’t a central part of his argument, but as you might imagine, it caught my eye. I couldn’t resist looking into bathroom technology.
Canadian company plans to create 175 jobs in Miami County
Conforce International Inc., a manufacturer of composite flooring systems for the transportation industry, plans to invest more than $13.8 million to purchase and equip a plant in Peru, which would be the company’s first location in the United States.
State getting $25M to clean up old GM sites
Indiana will benefit from a $25.2 million environmental trust established to clean up and redevelop eight former General Motors plants throughout the state, officials said Wednesday.
Purdue Tech Center expands by 12,000 square feet
A $2.2 million addition to the Purdue Technology Center is expected to help attract high-tech jobs to northwest Indiana.
Thinner margins squeeze Steel Dynamics profit
The Fort Wayne-based steelmaker reported profit of $19 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with $69 million, or 30 cents per share, in the same period last year.
GE to pump $161 million into Bloomington plant
General Electric announced Monday morning that it plans to invest $161 million at its Bloomington refrigerator plant, creating up to 200 jobs by 2014. The plant, which was once slated for closure, now has more than 500 employees.
Entrepreneurs give sales pitches high-tech twist
The site allows users to create and save sales proposals online. Those sending the proposals then can track who is viewing the documents, which parts they’re examining and for how long.
Prosolia Inc. restructures top management
The company, which develops mass spectrometry devices used in the life sciences and industrial chemistry, has a new CEO, among other changes.
Audio recording history on display in dealer’s HQ
Van Ausdall & Farrar got its start when innovator Thomas Edison selected it as an Ediphone distributor. Since then, the company has been proud of its association with the American icon, and now Van Ausdall has its own in-house Voice Museum to pay homage to its history.
ChaCha lands $20 million venture investment
The funding comes from new investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Rho Ventures. Since its inception in December 2005, ChaCha has raised more than $50 million, including $7 million earlier this year from a venture capital fund.
Interactive Intelligence stock up on quarterly projections
Shares of Interactive Intelligence Inc. surged Tuesday after the communications software maker reported preliminary third-quarter results and projected that revenue will grow 20 percent this year.
Reebok’s loss of NFL contract could hurt local plant
Competitor Nike Inc. will become the official apparel maker for the National Football League in 2012. The loss of the contract could mean layoffs at the Reebok plant on Indianapolis’ east side that makes NFL apparel and employs about 1,000.
Electric car maker to start work at former RV plant
Think North America plans to start production work on electric cars at a Middlebury-area factory before the end of this year.
Creating smart-phone apps becomes big business for IUPUI students
Used to be a college student would work in the dining hall to make ends meet. For IUPUI students Gagan Dhillon, 18, and Sarb “S.J.” Singh, 21, the future is now.
Closing of Berne plant putting 250 out of work
Michigan-based Camryn Industries plans to close the facility in Berne on Oct. 15 after the sale of the plant to Visionary Technologies Inc., also based in Michigan.
GE plans $68M investment related to Indiana plant
Investment and union agreement will help retain more than 500 jobs and ensure the plant’s long-term future.
Stanley moving production to new Greenfield plant
Connecticut-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc. plans to combine two of its manufacturing operations at a new facility in Greenfield, transferring about 100 workers from Shelbyville and adding as many as 80 jobs in the next two years.
Furniture distributor plans Gas City operations
New Jersey-based Munire Furniture says it will locate its U.S. manufacturing headquarters in Gas City, with plans to create as many as 100 jobs by the end of the year and as many as 350 by 2013.