Beverage firm to open Columbus plant
Tipton Mills, a New York specialty beverage company, announced today it will locate a plant in Columbus, Ind., creating
more than 40 jobs.
Tipton Mills, a New York specialty beverage company, announced today it will locate a plant in Columbus, Ind., creating
more than 40 jobs.
Aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney will close its plant on Kentucky Avenue within the next 18 months and gradually
let go all 100 of its employees.
Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. is considering Shelby County as the site for a massive new motorcycle plant.
Officials in Kokomo and Howard County are in a tough spot. The “new” Chrysler created after its bankruptcy
sale to Fiat contends it‘s no longer on the hook for $12.9 million it owes various local taxing bodies this year and
$12.3 million it will owe next year.
Industry groups in the life sciences, medical and information technology realms have helped lure companies to the region
and foster upstarts. Funding is almost always an issue, but it’s not the only barrier. Getting medical
devices to market often requires product design, development and marketing resources that aren’t
always apparent to upstarts.
West Lafayette furniture maker Chromcraft Revington Inc. narrowed its losses in the second quarter by shedding unprofitable
products, closing plants and reducing expenses, the company said yesterday.
Rushville-based Omnicity Corp. said this morning that it plans to create 100 jobs there within the next three years by investing
$2.5 million in wireless infrastructure and a new corporate headquarters.
Rushville-based Omnicity Corp. said this morning that it plans to create 100 jobs there within the next three years by investing
$2.5 million in wireless infrastructure and a new corporate headquarters.
Marsh Supermarkets quickly realized it could not honor the flood of redemptions of the $10 coupon it recently offered to its
Facebook friends.
For a city feverishly growing its technology and life sciences sectors, it seemed a bit anticlimactic last January when
Purdue University dedicated its new technology center with only one tenant. But the lone tenant in the $12.8
million complex, FlamencoNets, a high-tech telecommunications firm, is about to get some company.
One thing I love about my line of work is that the simplest things get fascinatingly complicated.
Federal stimulus funds and greenhouse-gas legislation have the potential to spark a green version of the Gold Rush. Many Indiana
firms are retooling to sell products or services that are or might soon be in demand.
Sales Diesel, a Carmel company that provided salespeople for technology companies, appears to be out of business. The firm’s Web site was taken down last week and calls to its 11590 N. Meridian St. offices were not returned.
Wireless device distributor Brightpoint Inc. said yesterday that profit and revenue fell in the second quarter because it
sold fewer of the devices, and at lower prices.
In the eyes of Scott Law, Congress is heading in exactly the wrong direction on health care reform.
But the
CEO of Zotec Partners predicts a big bump in sales for his physician-billing management company if current reform proposals
become law.
Quest Information Systems does the kind of contracting where any screw-ups—even those not necessarily of its own
doing—can bring an unflattering public spotlight. The Indianapolis custom software developer works for politicians
and bureaucrats, a group many businesses seek to avoid.
Evansville-based truck parts maker Accuride Corp., one of the state’s largest companies, warned
today in its quarterly financial report that the company might seek bankruptcy protection if lenders refuse to restructure
its debt.
Many young women who have participated in the Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship program have landed at high-flying local technology firms.
EnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, will receive $118.5 million in a matching grant
from the federal government.
EnerDel, an Indianapolis-based producer of automotive lithium-ion batteries, will receive $118.5 million in a matching grant
from the federal government.