Airxcel, a manufacturer of products for the recreational vehicle industry headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, has launched a new business based out of Elkhart. The company says InVision will produce a variety of high-end kitchen and other RV appliances.... Read More
The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against big Detroit automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis. The union says that 6,800 members walked out Monday morning and shut down the plant.... Read More
No picket lines have formed at Indiana auto plants, but one of the key sticking points that prompted the United Auto Workers targeted strike across the country looms large in the Hoosier state.... Read More
New Albany-based Midwest Metal Works is growing its southern Indiana operations. The steel fabricator and manufacturer plans to invest nearly $1.4 million to add new machinery and boost training to increase production, adding 12 jobs in the process.... Read More
Michigan-based NYX LLC is making temporary layoffs at its manufacturing facility in New Albany. The automotive interior components manufacturer told the Indiana Department of Workforce Development the move will affect 100 employees.... Read More
Through the signing of a memorandum of understanding Thursday, Columbus-based Cummins Inc. says it will collaborate with a number of companies produce and test zero-carbon concrete mixer trucks using hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines.... Read More
Kokomo-based floral hardgoods company Syndicate Sales has added three companies to its portfolio. While financial terms were not disclosed, the company said the acquisitions will enable it to expand product offerings and provide more manufacturing services.... Read More
Kokomo-based Green Cubes Technology this week is marking a decade of its flagship lithium-ion battery platform that has helped the company achieve significant growth since its expansion in the city just two years ago.... Read More
Canada-based Exo-s is planning to temporarily lay off 56 employees at its facility in the LaGrange County community of Howe. A spokesperson tells IIB the move is the result of a reduction in sales due to the ongoing United Auto Workers Strike.... Read More
Pennsylvania-based Radial Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to fill about 600 entry-level positions in time for the holiday shipping season. The company will have multiple hiring fairs this week to bring on new workers.... Read More
Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Tuesday it's cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The aerospace company was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated demand for air travel.... Read More
South Carolina-based packaging company Sonoco Products Co. is shuttering one of its Indiana locations. In a notice to the state, the company said it will close the Sonoco-TEQ facility in the Steuben County town of Fremont, affecting 63 employees.... Read More
International Paper Co. is planning to make additional investments in its Crawfordsville operations. The company is seeking incentives from the city to add new, state-of-the-art equipment it says will accommodate additional production.... Read More
In an effort to curb its carbon output, Cleveland-Cliffs is building a multimillion-dollar pipeline to send hydrogen to an East Chicago blast furnace, according to our Partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana.... Read More
When Cummins Inc. started investing in hydrogen power four years ago, the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer did so with optimism—but without certainty—that those investments would someday pay off. That fog has started to lift. ... Read More
Purdue University Northwest's team will use the federal grant to study hydrogen-based alternatives to carbon emissions in furnaces used by steelworkers.... Read More
Stellantis on Friday announced it has laid off another 700 workers in Kokomo as a result of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike. The employees come from the automaker's Kokomo Transmission and Kokomo Casting plants.... Read More
Evansville-based Atlas World Group is marking a milestone this year. The transportation, moving, and storage services company recently celebrated its 75th year in business, and leaders say the company is poised for a steady future.... Read More
In a surprise move Wednesday night, 8,700 United Auto Worker union members left their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant in Louisville. And Thursday morning, union President Shawn Fain hinted at further action against Stellantis.... Read More
"Excited is probably an understatement" is what Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore said when asked about Wednesday's announcement that Stellantis is investing $3.2 billion in a second electric vehicle battery plant in the city that will create 1,400 additional jobs.... Read More
