Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics

Toyota's new three-row luxury vehicle is the first Lexus SUV assembled in the United States and the first Lexus produced by Toyota Indiana.... Read More

The delivery company is hiring both regular and seasonal part-time package handlers and material handlers. Workers would be based in facilities including the FedEx Express Indianapolis hub at Indianapolis International Airport and FedEx Ground facilities in Greenwood, Indianapolis and Zionsville.... Read More

Koester Metals Inc., a metal fabrication company in the Steuben County town of Fremont, is under new ownership. The company has been acquired by Iowa-based Distinctive Manufacturing Group, though financial terms are not being disclosed.... Read More

A team of partners began working together to address two workforce issues: the shortage of qualified workers in e-recycling and the percentage of unemployed disabled adults.... Read More

With 1.3 million square feet of space, Sony is looking to diversify its production and is searching for other companies to fill its open manufacturing, warehousing and distribution space.... Read More

After two rounds of voting, 16 remaining competitors from 15 Indiana cities are vying for the chamber's 'Coolest Thing' distinction.... Read More

Inside INdiana Business talked to St. Joseph County's director of economic development about how the county is preparing for a $3 billion electric vehicle battery plant.... Read More

All 55 employees of the Wakarusa facility are expected to be laid off in the plant closure.... Read More

The company is expected to layoff as many as 45 workers from its Muncie location by the end of the year.... Read More

Huizenga Group Automation announced last week that it has acquired the Fort Wayne-based companies Adaptek Systems and API Alliance.... Read More

Cummins Inc. has been churning out engines for more than 100 years, fueling the Columbus area economy and in the automotive industry—everything from pickups to heavy duty trucks to big earth-moving and mining machines to school buses and delivery trucks.... Read More

Ohio-based 20/20 Custom Molded Plastics LLC is making layoffs at its facility in Bluffton. In a notice to the state, the plastics manufacturer said the move will affect 93 workers. The company did not provide a reason for the layoffs. ... Read More

Rose-Hulman was one of 12 schools chosen to participate in the national contest which challenges students to design an electric vehicle battery.... Read More

A startup based in Knox County plans to build an $83 million processing facility designed to turn food waste into eco-friendly bioplastics and create nearly 250 jobs. The facility will ultimately span nearly 200,000-square-feet over four phases.... Read More

The Indiana Economic Development Corp. has awarded $20 million in Manufacturing Readiness Grants throughout the year, the organization announced Friday. The IEDC said the grants will support 161 projects in 50 counties.... Read More

Indiana-based Cummins Inc. has raised its annual revenue guidance based on strong third-quarter sales growth, but the manufacturer also says it is reducing its employee head count because of an expected slowdown ahead.... Read More

Autoworkers at the first Ford factory to go on strike have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a tentative contract agreement reached with the company. Members of Local 900 at the Michigan Assembly Plant west of Detroit voted 81% in favor of the deal.... Read More

Officials in Delaware County recently wrapped up a trip to northern Italy, and the visit proved fruitful. The county says three Italian companies have signed Memorandums of Understanding to either establish or grow their operations in the county.... Read More

Residents in the greater Lafayette area have formed a grassroots organization in opposition to a state-sponsored project that would pump as much as 100 million gallons of water per day from aquifers connected to the Wabash River to an advanced manufacturing park in Boone County.... Read More

A medical device manufacturer in Kosciusko County will soon be under new ownership. Private equity firm American Securities announced Tuesday it has reached an agreement to sell Pierceton-based Paragon Medical to Ametek in a deal valued at $1.9 billion. ... Read More