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
Phoenix, Arizona-based bakery brand Café Valley plans to invest more than $5 million to add new high-speed production equipment at its Marion bakery facility. The expansion, which will support the company's new mini cupcake product line, will create 83 jobs.... Read More
Kokomo-based Haynes International Inc. said all of its manufacturing operations are back up and running after a cybersecurity incident earlier this month. The company said there is no evidence that any customer or employee information was accessed during the breach.... Read More
EnerDel Inc., an Anderson-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer that has had financial ups and downs for two decades, laid off nearly all of its workers on Monday, according to former employees of the company and posts on social media.... Read More
An American push to establish “green shipping corridors” is key to reducing carbon emissions from the shipping industry, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday while touring the port of Yokohama near Tokyo.... Read More
North Carolina-based Ingersoll Rand has announced a planned $300 million acquisition of the Roots business of Chart Industries in Atlanta. Ingersoll Rand said will assume ownership of the Roots manufacturing facility in Connersville and retain 300 workers.... Read More
Louisville, Kentucky-based CRS Reprocessing Services this week announced plans to invest $8 million to relocate its corporate headquarters and operations facility to Jeffersonville.... Read More
The 2.2 million-square-foot, three-story facility encompassing 204 acres at 5259 W. 500 N. in McCordsville quietly began fulfilling orders in late March. Walmart on Thursday will host a ceremonial grand opening for the center, which will eventually employ up to 1,000 people by the end of 2025.... Read More
Fort Wayne-based Ambassador Supply said Wednesday it has acquired Straight Line Metal Buildings, a manufacturer of pre-engineered metal buildings headquartered in Brookshire, Texas. Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed.... Read More
Fargo, North Dakota-based Anchor Ingredients broke ground Tuesday on a $40 million transload and ingredient processing facility at the Midwest Industrial Park in Richmond. The company said it will add about 30 jobs and has plans for future growth at the site.... Read More
North Carolina-based Nucor Corp. announced Wednesday it will invest $115 million to build a utility structures manufacturing facility in Crawfordsville and create up to 200 jobs by the end of 2027. The plant will be built adjacent to Nucor's sheet steel mill.... Read More
Texas-based Heidelberg Materials North America celebrated the opening of an over $600 million cement plant Tuesday in Mitchell, which will serve as a Midwest powerhouse dealing with the shortage head-on. It will produce 2.4 million tons of cement annually, tripling its previous output and making it the second largest facility in North America. ... Read More
New Hampshire-based Proterial Cable America Inc. is providing more information on its decision to lay off 109 employees in New Albany. The manufacturer told IIB on Tuesday it is ending production in Indiana and expanding its manufacturing operations in Mexico.... Read More
Netherlands-based NewCold, an advanced cold storage logistics company, is planning a $150 million expansion of its 380,000-square-foot facility at Lebanon Business Park.... Read More
A more than $3 billion electric vehicle battery cell plant is coming to St. Joseph County. General Motors and South Korea-based Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they have selected New Carlisle to build the plant and will create 1,700 manufacturing jobs.... Read More
The assistant plant director for General Motors' Fort Wayne Assembly facility says the automaker's planned $632 million investment "speaks volumes to the future and the confidence that company has in us."... Read More
General Motors has announced plans to invest $632 million in its Fort Wayne Assembly plant. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. said the investment will support the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine full-size light-duty trucks.... Read More
Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch will join executives from General Motors on Monday for an announcement regarding the automaker's Fort Wayne Assembly operations. The plant produces the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks.... Read More
