Miniature-car maker signs distribution deal with Target
Locally based GreenLight Collectibles recently signed a deal to have the retailer sell its 1:64-scale replica cars.
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Canadian chip maker locating U.S. HQ in Fort Wayne
Saratoga Potato Chips plans to create 175 jobs in the northeastern Indiana city by 2013 and will begin hiring later this year.
Harlan Bakeries planning $9.7M expansion
Harlan Bakeries plans to expand its Georgetown Road production facility by 65,000 square feet to make a new line of products—creating
43 jobs in the process.
Is alternative energy sustainable in Indiana?
An economic development observer questions what will happen after the feds turn off the tap.
Indiana officials excited about solar company’s plan
Tipton County officials had been working for months to attract Abound Solar to the 800,000-square-foot factory along U.S.
31, where it might employ as many as 850 workers.
Solar panel maker must prove low production cost
The company says it will hire 900 to 1,200 people in Indiana, but first, it must focus on successfully scaling up its existing
facility in Colorado.
Solar firm investing $500M in unused Getrag plant; 850 jobs planned
A Colorado-based Abound Solar will get federal help taking over the empty Getrag plant on U.S. 31 near Kokomo,
creating as many as
850 jobs in the next three years and establishing what it says will be the largest such facility in the United States.
ALTOM: Is Pac-Man robbing your workers of productivity?
When Google users stumbled on a surprise gift from the giant search company, it was inevitable that in business offices
everywhere, the long-forgotten sounds of Pac-Man would come to life again.
Delta Faucet adaps to new normal in homebuilding
The company's total employment is 1,345, down 43 percent from 2007.
Vera Bradley files for $175M IPO
The 28-year-old company reported profit in its latest fiscal year of $43.2 million on $288.9 million in sales.
Richmond factory being closed by new owner
Engineered Plastic Components decision will cost 75 workers their jobs at the former Innatech plant.
Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty engines
Luxury Lexus sedans have potentially faulty engines, in the latest quality issue to confront the Japanese automaker after a string of massive recalls.
Local union boss on GM talks: ‘They’re forcing this upon us’
Negotiations for wage cuts meant to grease the sale of a General Motors stamping plant slated for closure will proceed over
public protest of 650 local union
workers.
Alcoa cutting 65 jobs at Lafayette plant
United Steelworkers local president Jerry Misner says the layoffs at the Lafayette plant are effective Monday.
UPDATE: Stamping plant suitor gets time to negotiate
There’s more time for Illinois-based JD Norman Industries to hammer out a deal to buy a General Motors stamping plant
in Indianapolis, potentially saving hundreds of local jobs.
Biofuels company Poet to reopen Cloverdale ethanol plant
Poet LLC plans to reopen the former Altra Biofuels plant in nine months, creating as many as 45 jobs.
Union leaders meeting with GM plant bidder
United Auto Workers official Maurice "Mo" Davison is making one last attempt
to put a deal together for a Chicago-area firm to buy the General Motors stamping plant southwest of downtown Indianapolis,
which is slated to close in 2011.
GM’s deal to sell Indianapolis factory in doubt
A state official says General Motors could scuttle plans to sell an Indianapolis stamping plant marked for closing unless
a local union agrees to consider pay cuts.
Raytheon lands $250 million Navy electronics contract
Workers at Raytheon Technical Services’ Indianapolis facility will spend four more years working on software to control electronics
on the Navy’s V-22 Osprey aircraft.
Glass company to open $3.7M plant in Elkhart
State officials say Pennsylvania-based Santelli Tempered Glass Inc. will open a 32,500-square-foot plant in Elkhart, creating
35 jobs by 2013.