Vanair Manufacturing Inc. has announced plans to expand in LaPorte County. The company said it will invest $8.3 million to add a 100,000-square-foot building near its headquarters on the south side of Michigan City and create 75 jobs.... Read More
St. Louis-based Bunge North America broke ground Thursday on a more than $500 million soybean processing facility in Morristown. The new facility, which will employ about 70 workers, will produce soy protein concentrates for use in plant-based foods.... Read More
Columbia City-based 80/20 LLC is adding to its portfolio. The manufacturer and its parent, MPE Partners, have acquired Les Industries Flexpipe Inc., a maker and distributor of steel modular framing structures and material handling systems in Farnham, Quebec.... Read More
Laid off workers in Southern Indiana have an opportunity to get back on their feet this month with two open houses in Evansville and Boonville to discover resources.... Read More
Tennessee-based Transport Enterprise Leasing is marking the opening of its new fleet maintenance and reconditioning facility in Greenfield. The commercial truck and trailer leasing said the facility employs 30 people with the potential for future growth.... Read More
Acorn Distributors has opened its new Brownsburg headquarters. The company broke ground on its new 125,000-square-foot facility in May 2022, after announcing earlier that year it would move operations from its former facility in Indianapolis.... Read More
The U.S. Air Force conducted its first test flight of the new T-7A Red Hawk advanced jet trainer last week in St. Louis. The aircraft, once in production phase, will include a fully installed aft section that will be produced at Saab's new facility at Purdue.... Read More
The defense and aerospace sectors represent a multi-billion-dollar industry in Indiana, but Congressman Jim Banks believes the state could see significantly more business. Banks hosted the Northeast Indiana Defense Summit last week in Fort Wayne.... Read More
Connecticut-based Pitney Bowes is planning to eliminate the parcel delivery and returns operation at its Greenwood fulfillment center. The company said the move is being made due to "changing business needs" and will result in the layoffs of 311 workers.... Read More
Columbus-based Cummins has acquired the remaining 19% interest in Hydrogenics Corp., a fuel cell systems provider in Canada. The deal comes nearly four years after Cummins completed its $290 million purchase the majority of the company's outstanding shares.... Read More
The mayor of Crawfordsville says recent manufacturing investments are a testament to the city's efforts to take control of its own economic development destiny. "What it really reflects is not just the business climate in our community, but the workforce."... Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Perry County Port Authority more than $11.5 million to upgrade more than 14 miles of aging railroad track. The authority said the effort will enhance safety and efficiency along the railroad.... Read More
Subaru of America Inc. plans to open a parts distribution facility at a proposed 1.1-million-square-foot warehouse in Zionsville, just across the border from Whitestown. About 130 employees would work at the facility, according to town documents.... Read More
New York-based Liberation Labs broke ground Thursday morning on its first commercial-scale biomanufacturing facility in Richmond. When complete, the company said the $115 million facility will bring 45 jobs to Wayne County.... Read More
Elizabeth Topp currently serves as a professor in the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue.... Read More
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management told our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana a severe storm caused a partial power outage at the refinery, which led to the refinery gas flares being flooded with excess gases. ... Read More
When the $20 million project is complete, the company plans to relocate its team in Indy to the expanded facility, which will house all of its propeller finishing operations and employ about 200 people.... Read More
An "unplanned flaring of gases" was the cause of a pungent odor that was released Sunday at the BP Whiting refinery. Officials told our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana that operations have been stabilized at the refinery.... Read More
A West Lafayette-based startup that manufactures solid rocket motors and rocket fuel is under new ownership. Purdue University said Monday that Adranos Inc. has been acquired by Anduril Industries, a defense products company headquartered in California.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Faztek Industrial Solutions, which designs, fabricates, and installs custom industrial equipment, said it will break ground Tuesday on a new $9 million headquarters and production facility. The project will nearly double Faztek's workforce.... Read More
