Self-Sanitizing Changing Table Debuts in Indiana

An Indiana native is a co-founder of Pluie, a startup manufacturing what is described as the world's first self-sanitizing diaper changing table. Pluie uses UVC light to sanitize the changing surface after each use. The company has been installing the tables at locations throughout Indiana, including Conner Prairie in Fishers, the first museum in the country to use the product.... Read More

This Week on Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick 2/18/22

Top Story Mario Rodriguez, Executive Director, Indianapolis Airport Authority Indianapolis International Airport appears on the road to recovery. New numbers show Indy outpacing peer airports in the race to recovery from the pandemic. Airport Authority Executive Director Mario Rodriguez joins us to break down the numbers. Inside INnovation Brad Chambers, Indiana Secretary of CommerceDon Wettrick, […]... Read More

Profit Grows for KAR Global

Carmel-based KAR Global (NYSE: KAR) is reporting full-year net income of $66.5 million in 2021, up from $500,000 the previous year. The company says the results were driven in part by strong growth in its digital dealer-to-dealer businesses.... Read More

Groundbreaking Set for Woodburn, Grabill Projects

A multi-community groundbreaking event will be held Thursday in the city of Woodburn and the town of Grabill to celebrate the start of construction of downtown streetscape improvements. The projects are receiving funding as a result of the region’s 2018 Stellar Communities designation.... Read More

Indiana Senate Rolls Back Bill Limiting Worker Vaccine Rules

An Indiana Senate panel on Wednesday endorsed rolling back a proposal that aimed to severely limit workplace COVID-19 vaccine requirements, setting up potentially weeks of negotiations with House members on how far the Republican-led Legislature will go toward inserting itself on the issue.... Read More

Fort Wayne to Pay Red River $2M Amid Collection Issues

Fort Wayne plans to pay Texas-based Red River Waste Solutions $1.9 million to continue serving as the city's trash collection through June 30. The Journal Gazette reports the payment is part of a transition plan for the city to find a new rash and recycling collection provider.... Read More

Zotec Foundation Awards $100K to Indy Nonprofit

Carmel-based Zotec Foundation has donated $100,000 to Indianapolis-based nonprofit Indy Women in Tech for education, training, and career development in information technology fields. The nonprofit says it will use the funding to support youth events such as “Pathways to Tech” and “Ignite Your SuperPower.”... Read More

Old National, First Midwest Complete Merger

Evansville-based Old National Bancorp (Nasdaq: ONB) and Chicago-based First Midwest Bancorp Inc. have completed their previously-announced $6.5 billion merger. Old National says the combination creates the sixth largest commercial bank headquartered in the Midwest, with more than $46 billion in assets.... Read More

Allos Launches Fourth Investment Fund

Indianapolis-based Allos Ventures has announced the first closing of its latest fund, Allos IV. The venture capital firm says the fund will continue its focus on investments in early-stage B2B software companies. Managing Director Don Aquilano says being able to launch a fourth fund is "validation that there's a true need and a value for equity capital in the Midwest and certainly here in Indiana."... Read More

Incentives Approved for Whiteland Spec Building

The Whiteland Town Council has approved a tax abatement for a 450,000-square-foot speculative warehouse building. Our partners at the Daily Journal report Cincinnati-based Uptown Commercial Partners plans to invest nearly $29 million to build the facility on a 40-acre site.... Read More

Another Possible Avian Flu Case Reported in Dubois County

A second turkey farm in Dubois County could possibly be dealing with another case of avian influenza. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says the farm is in close proximity to the initial farm that was diagnosed with a confirmed case of a highly pathogenic strain of the flu earlier this month.... Read More

Goldsmith: Time to Reimagine Circle Centre

Former two-term Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith says the lifecycle of Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indianapolis has surpassed what city leaders, including himself, foresaw when it opened in September 1995.... Read More

Hallador Acquires Sullivan County Coal Plant

Terre Haute-based Hallador Power Co. LLC has announced plans to acquire the Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County from Bloomington-based Hoosier Energy. The deal includes a power purchase agreement in which Hoosier Energy will purchase energy produced at the coal-fired plant.... Read More

Catchings Named ‘Citizen of the Year’

The International Center has selected former Indiana Fever star and philanthropist Tamika Catchings as recipient of the 2022 International Citizen of the Year Award. Catchings will be the 35th recipient of the award, which honors individuals whose work has achieved global impact.... Read More