Bosma E-commerce Site Targets PPE
Bosma Enterprises launches e-commerce site for its medical gloves... Read More
Bosma Enterprises launches e-commerce site for its medical gloves... Read More
The Purdue University Board of Trustees has approved $20 million for a new phenotyping greenhouse facility. Additionally, the board approved new metrics to measure President Mitch Daniels' performance for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.... Read More
Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZBH) is reporting full-year net income of $402 million last year, compared to a loss of $137 million in 2020. The medical device manufacturer says it also plans to close the previously-announced spinoff of its ZimVie company on March 1.... Read More
The global semiconductor shortage is forcing Ford's (NYSE: F) Chicago Assembly Plant to be idled this week. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report thousands of auto workers, including many from northwest Indiana, will be temporarily out of work, beginning today.... Read More
A Goshen-based manufacturer of modern stairs and railing has detailed plans for an inflation protection plan for employees. Viewrail says it will review inflation rates each quarter and increase wages to match inflation.... Read More
Crawfordsville-based agricultural cooperative Ceres Solutions is planning to invest in United Prairie LLC, an agricultural supply business in Illinois. In the proposed purchase, Ceres Solutions would become a 20% owner of the company.... Read More
The completion of restoration work on the exterior of a century-old southwestern Indiana theater where comic Red Skelton got his start has been delayed by supply chain issues.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Bosma Enterprises, which provides employment and training for people who are blind or visually impaired, has launched an e-commerce site to sell its surgical gloves... Read More
A long-vacant building just outside the confines of Indiana University was once a beacon of pride for Bloomington's Black community. Today, the B.G. Pollard Lodge is a potential target for new development and was placed on the 2021 10 Most Endangered List from Indiana Landmarks. Residents such as former lodge member Gene Devane hope the building can be remembered for what it did for the local Black community.... Read More
A 30-year veteran of human and animal health is the guest this week on the Ag+Bio+Science podcast presented by AgriNovus Indiana.... Read More
Parkview DeKalb Hospital is looking to expand its footprint. The hospital says it has acquired nearly 77 acres outside of Auburn for $7 million for the construction of a new healthcare facility.... Read More
Indianapolis-based nonprofit 16 Tech Community Corp. is awarding a total of $300,000 in grants to 11 community development projects. The grants are part of the third cycle of funding from the 16 Tech Community Investment Fund, which focuses on workforce training, education, and beautification efforts in the Near West, Near Northwest and surrounding neighborhoods.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) has sold its ownership stake in Circle Centre Mall in downtown Indianapolis. The remaining ownership group, Circle Centre Development Co., is now seeking potential redevelopment ideas for the mall.... Read More
Evansville-based Berry Global Group Inc. (NYSE: BERY) is reporting fiscal first quarter net income of $121 million, down from $130 million during the same period last year. Chief Executive Officer Tom Salmon says despite the drop, an underlying demand for the company's products remains resilient.... Read More
The latest Site Selectors Guild Survey shows the impact of a global talent shortage for both companies and communities. More than 40% of those surveyed believe skills shortages are now the new normal. Larry Gigerich, executive managing director of Fishers-based site selection firm Ginovus, says talent is the most important issue affecting economic development projects, particularly during the pandemic as more people leave the workforce.... Read More
The U.S. Labor Department says 467,000 new jobs were created in January, surpassing most economic forecasts. ... Read More
Indiana University is expanding a health program to include new locations in Ghana and Mexico. IU says the partnership, now known as the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, will launch two new sites based on the success of the program over the past three decades in Kenya.... Read More
Four Purdue University researchers have been awarded a total of $143,000 in grants from the Trask Innovative Fund. Two of the projects are aimed at improving corn, the other focuses on an affordable, cancer screening technique.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Woven has closed on an $8 million Series A round of funding. The company, which has developed an interview platform for software companies to hire engineers, says it will use the funding to expand the platform and add an undisclosed number of jobs.... Read More
A Zionsville-based startup is reporting a more than 500% customer increase in 2021. 120Water, which has developed a software platform for lead reduction and drinking water compliance programs, says the growth is due to the looming deadlines for compliance with the new Lead and Copper Rule Revisions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.... Read More