Tricky transition: Pillows balance family, business as son preps to take over
Even before taking over, Eddie Pillow is making changes at the logistics and courier company his dad started in 1988.
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Labor Department steps up scrutiny of Amazon centers
The feds said last week that they were examining two worker deaths at warehouses operated by the world’s largest online retailer. Amazon has nearly 100 warehouses worldwide, including several in Indiana.
Amazon adds cities to Sunday delivery service
Amazon is expanding its Sunday package delivery service to 15 more cities across the country, including Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Dallas.
Distributor plans 60 hires for hub in Plainfield
A New York logistics and distribution company plans to add about 60 jobs in Plainfield.
Transportation planning agency set to vote on Illiana tollway
The fate of a proposed $1.3 billion expressway being pushed by the governors of Illinois and Indiana could be determined Thursday.
Fastenal sponsorship deal draws NASCAR contracts
Vending machines aren’t the only reason the Fastenal brand is resonating.
Fastenal vending machines serve up a revolution
Vending machines, warehouses bristling with technology slash costs.
FedEx seeks to build $34M distribution hub at Ameriplex
FedEx is looking to nearly double the size of its SmartPost distribution operations on the city's southwest side by building a bigger hub at the Ameriplex Indianapolis business park.
FedEx confirms plans for $40M Zionsville center
The company plans to open the 300,000-square-foot center in August 2014 with about 200 workers, although most will be transferring from an existing Indianapolis FedEx facility.
FedEx plans $25M distribution center in New Haven
The facility, set for completion in September 2014, is expected to create nearly 90 jobs in the northeast Indiana area.
Postal Service plans to eliminate Saturday delivery
The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to deliver packages six days a week under a plan aimed at saving about $2 billion annually, the financially struggling agency says.
U.S. Postal Service hiring 400 workers in Indiana
The U.S. Postal Service says it's hiring 400 new employees across Indiana, including in Indianapolis, but job-seekers have to apply online by Sunday night.
Substance at Indiana plant sends 32 to hospital
Health officials in central Indiana say a material resembling red crushed pepper that apparently sickened 32 workers at an Amazon distribution center in Plainfield was organic and not a threat to anyone's health.
Airport postal facility to keep on trucking
The Indianapolis Airport Authority board on Friday is expected to vote on a lease with Wilmington, Ohio-based LGSTX Distribution Services to continue operations at the hub through at least November 2014.
Operations start at Amazon’s new Indiana warehouse
Officials say Amazon.com Inc.'s new warehouse and distribution center in southern Indiana has started operations with more than 1,000 workers.
FedEx Ground eyeing Zionsville for distribution center
FedEx would bring a distribution complex to Zionsville under a tax increment financing deal hammered out with town redevelopment commission members on Wednesday.
UPS plans $10 million upgrade on northwest side
United Parcel Service Inc. is planning a $10 million modernization project for a regional transportation hub in Indianapolis and is seeking tax incentives to help make it happen. The project would help the company retain 750 local jobs.
Airport wants more nonstop flights
Its focus will include trying to attract flights from Indianapolis International to San Francisco, San Diego and Seattle.
Despite high jobless rate, trucking firms fight driver shortage
Trucking companies, including Indianapolis-based Celadon Group Inc., are struggling to find qualified drivers even as the U.S. unemployment rate remains at the highest level in almost 30 years.
FedEx launches Indianapolis-Mexico route
Government OKs cargo flights to Guadalajara industrial hub.