U.S. auto sales headed for best month in 10 years
The increases showed that Americans are still buying cars and trucks in big numbers, despite predictions by some analysts and dealers that sales have peaked.
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IU biochemist helps craft brewers overcome costly challenge
Matthew Bochman has come up with a cure for “terminal acid shock,” which affects small and midsize commercial breweries making the popular Belgium-type beers known as sours.
Meth law opens door for fledgling drugmaker
A small manufacturer angling to pick up more business in Indiana makes cold and allergy medicine resistant to being abused by methamphetamine makers.
Local firms catch podcasting bug
Growing ranks of Indianapolis-area companies have launched podcasts in recent years, capitalizing on lower barriers to entry and swelling listenership.
FDA warns Gilchrist & Soames after toiletry recalls
The Plainfield-based company, which makes luxury toiletry items for the hotel industry, conducted voluntary recalls of more than 2 million products that were potentially contaminated with harmful bacteria in 2015.
Sun King taps White River State Park chief as new president
The Indianapolis-based brewery said Robert Whitt will replace co-founder Omar Robinson, who turned 78 this month and will retire in April.
IEDC: Mexico move to save Carrier’s parent firm $65M per year
That’s less than 1 percent of United Technologies Corp.’s annual revenue in the heating and air conditioning section of its business, according to the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Local software firm Lesson.ly lands $5 million in VC
Lesson.ly, which sells cloud-based employee-training software, brought on a new investor thanks in part to former ExactTarget CEO Scott Dorsey.
Parking-tech company lands Bluelock co-founder as CEO
Indianapolis-based Parker Technology LLC has named Brian Wolff as its new CEO following a business-model overhaul for the 6-year-old firm.
Alcoa’s aluminum smelter closes in Warrick County
Alcoa has marked the final day of aluminum manufacturing at its Warrick County plant in Indiana. The location had been operating since 1960.
Visit Indy goes all-digital with advertising
Visit Indy decided in the third quarter of 2014 to go all-digital with its seven-figure leisure advertising campaign, and it hasn’t looked back.
U.S. durable goods orders down 2.8 percent in February
Economists saw the big decline in durable goods orders as evidence that the manufacturing sector remains under pressure.
Tube manufacturer moving HQ to Carmel
Precision Products Group Inc. is set to move its corporate office this month into a 3,402-square-foot space at 10201 N. Illinois St., state economic development officials announced Wednesday.
Honda to add CR-V line in $52M Indiana plant expansion
Honda Manufacturing of Indiana LLC said the expansion of its Greensburg plant is expected to lead to 100 new jobs by the end of next year.
Allos moves to Launch Fishers to get closer to startups
Allos, which invests in early-stage companies mostly in the tech sector, has ditched its traditional suburban office for room in the popular Hamilton County co-working space.
New Wal-Mart milk plant to employ 200 in Indiana
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to build a multimillion-dollar milk-processing plant on 80 acres of farmland south of Fort Wayne International Airport, state officials announced Friday.
Coding clubs target girls, minorities while they’re children
A few not-for-profits and at least one university have rolled out coding programs they hope will alter some of the somber statistics on the lack of diverse populations in technology careers.
Fishers courts, wins technology businesses
Fishers has become a mecca for tech companies—but it didn’t happen overnight and it didn’t happen by accident.
Salesforce’s McCorkle: ‘We’re going to hire 50 percent more people’
Speaking in a cafe his company recently opened in downtown’s Gibson Building, Salesforce Marketing Cloud CEO Scott McCorkle re-affirmed hiring plans and left the door open for the Connections conference to return to Indy.
Noble Industries plans $6.1M expansion of Noblesville HQ
Noble Industries has purchased five acres to the south of its existing property for a 52,400-square-foot expansion of its 70,000-square-foot facility. The expansion will allow it to almost double employment.