Friends taking next step in theater company’s growth
Best friends Cynthia Collins and Judy Fitzgerald open the seventh season of their theater company in the brand new Studio Theatre in Carmel’s Center for the Performing Arts.
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Mount Comfort Airport takes on new moniker
1,805-acre facility on the east side now will be known as the Indianapolis Regional Airport.
Lafayette Life leaving in June; 159 jobs affected
All 159 employees of the insurance company will either relocate to Cincinnati or lose their jobs, according to a spokeswoman for Lafayette Life’s parent company. Lafayette Life was founded in 1905.
Hamilton, Boone counties among Indiana’s healthiest
A new report says Hamilton and Boone counties are among the healthiest in Indiana, while Marion ranks among the worst.
Franciscan Alliance plans 84 jobs at Greenwood billing center
The Mishawaka-based Franciscan Alliance plans to spend $8.4 million to open an administrative center in Greenwood, creating 84 jobs in the next four years.
Organic-food delivery service growing its operations
Indianapolis-based Green B.E.A.N. Delivery planted a seed here four years ago, and now the organic food-shipping service is cultivating its own 60-acre farm in Sheridan.
Whitestown interchange lands $8M travel plaza
A growing distribution hub anchored by Amazon.com and MedcoHealth Solutions along Interstate 65 in Boone County has inspired plans for an $8 million truck stop and travel plaza.
Indiana Subaru plant slowing output due to shortage
Subaru of America is slowing production at its Lafayette plant because of a temporary auto parts shortage caused by Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Former Irwin CEO takes helm of New York foundation
William I. Miller, the former CEO of Irwin Financial Corp., which went bankrupt in 2009, is joining The Wallace Foundation of New York as its president.
Remy International files plans for public offering
Pendleton-based manufacturer Remy International Inc., the former General Motors Co. unit that exited bankruptcy in 2007, has filed plans to raise up to $100 million through an initial public stock offering.
Sluggish demand for electric car forces layoffs at Ener1
Battery maker Ener1 has laid off about 3 percent of its 770 employees worldwide, partly because of lower-than-expected demand from the Think electric car being assembled in Elkhart. It had about 380 workers in central Indiana.
Deputy prosecutor suggested fake attack on Wisconsin gov.
Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper said one of his deputies resigned Thursday after admitting he sent an email to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suggesting the Republican fake an attack on himself to discredit the public employee unions protesting his plan to strip them of nearly all collective bargaining rights.
Cummins’ early start revs growth in China
Columbus-based engine maker Cummins Inc. has been building business in China for 30 years, long before many U.S. companies had even begun formulating a China strategy.Cummins now employs 8,000 people in China and racked up 2010 sales of $3.1 billion.
Hamilton County resource center aids entrepreneurs of all ages
Spun off from the Hamilton County Alliance as a separate not-for-profit in early 2010, the Entrepreneurship Advancement Center offers assistance to county residents who aspire to own a business.
Carmel arts center reaches out to young professionals
The Center for the Performing Arts is launching its own young professionals networking group called “The Scene.”
IT firm sets up shop in Carmel, plans to hire 100
Tech firm Intact Integrated Services has moved its North American headquarters to Carmel, where it plans to add as many as 100 jobs by 2015, state economic development officials announced Wednesday morning.
School district eyes events, students for revenue
Franklin Community Schools officials say they don't want to be in the same situation they were last year, when the state forced the district to eliminate $3 million from its budget.
Wabash National adding 200 jobs at Indiana plant
Trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. is adding 200 new jobs at its north-central Indiana plant to support a new contract to build bulk storage fluid tankers for another Indiana company.
Feinstein works Carmel’s Palladium into national program
PBS film crews will be at the Palladium May 12 for “Michael Feinstein: The Sinatra Project.
Research jobs could flow from Purdue quad
Purdue University officials and others connected with the life sciences in Indiana say the planned $164 million Life and Health Sciences Quadrangle at the West Lafayette campus will mean high-paying jobs, retention of highly skilled scientists, and researchers who might well have left the state for either coast.