Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics

Toyota Motor North America on Friday announced Tim Hollander has been promoted to president of Toyota Indiana. Hollander succeeds Leah Curry, who is retiring after 26 years with the automaker.... Read More

Greenfield-based Progressive Logistics is opening a 300,000-square-foot deep frozen storage facility in the Mount Comfort Logistics Center. The building will provide frozen food storage for the company's PL Cold division and could employ up to 100 people.... Read More

Warsaw-based Precision Medical Technologies is rebranding to better reflect what it says is its adaptability of services and products. The contract manufacturer of orthopedic implants and devices said Thursday the effort includes a new logo and name branding.... Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $25 million Business and Industry loan guarantee that will support the construction of a $115 million biomanufacturing facility in Richmond. Construction on the plant began in June.... Read More

General Motors is losing money on every electric vehicle it sells, but the company says it's on track to generate mid single-digit pretax profit margins in 2025 as it produces more higher margin EVs, works out kinks in battery manufacturing, and...... Read More

The School of Engineering Technology at Purdue Polytechnic Institute will dedicate four smart manufacturing facilities on the West Lafayette campus Thursday. Purdue says the facilities create the most expansive learning ecosystem of its kind in the country.... Read More

Less than two weeks after ratifying new contracts with Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories.... Read More

New Jersey-based United States Cold Storage is planning to expand operations in Boone County. The company has received approval from the Lebanon City Council to invest $38.4 million to add 60,000 square feet to the facility and create 30 jobs.... Read More

Hard Truth Distilling Company and Hoosier Racing Tire will meet in the final round of the Coolest Things Made in Indiana contest.... Read More

Joyce/Dayton Corp., a manufacturer of lifting equipment and actuators headquartered in Kettering, Ohio, is growing its operations in Jay County. The company announced Tuesday it plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Portland and create nearly 40 jobs.... Read More

Entering contract talks with Detroit's three automakers, Shawn Fain set lofty expectations for what he could gain for his union members — and delivered on many of them. Now, Fain has set his latest ambitious goal.... Read More

Warsaw-based not-for-profit OrthoWorx and Warsaw Community Schools are teaming up for an initiative to give high school students the opportunity to prepare for careers in the orthopedic manufacturing industry.... Read More

The United Auto Workers union overwhelmingly ratified new contracts with Ford and Stellantis, that will raise pay across the industry, force automakers to absorb higher costs and help reshape the auto business as it shifts away from gasoline-fueled vehicles.... Read More

United Auto Workers union members have voted to approve a new contract with General Motors, making the company the first Detroit automaker to get a ratified deal that could end a contentious labor dispute and a series of crippling strikes.... Read More

A pair of environmental groups is preparing to file a lawsuit against Alcoa over alleged violations of the Clear Water Act at the company's Warrick Operations in Newburgh. The Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project have sent a notice of intent to sue.... Read More

Voting on a tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union that ended a six-week strike against the company appears too close to call after the latest tallies at several GM factories were announced Wednesday.... Read More

Fishers-based Ardagh Glass Packaging will continue to produce the majority of Bloomington-based Oliver Winery's bottles. The glass production business and the state's largest winery agreed to renew their supply agreement recently. ... Read More

St. Joseph County leaders say another big company is eying the New Carlisle area with an investment similar in size to the $3 billion GM electric vehicle battery plant announced earlier this year.... Read More

South Bend-based Holladay Properties plans to build an 800,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in St. Joseph County that it says Elkhart-based Lippert will use to expand its presence, according to documents filed with the St. Joseph County Council.... Read More

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