CEO: Ports of Indiana Numbers Reflect Recovery

he chief executive officer of the Ports of Indiana says the positive year-end report for the state's three ports is representative of Indiana's recovering economy. The port authority this week announced more than 11 million tons of cargo were handled at the port in 2021.... Read More

Hammond Distillery Details Expansion

Hammond-based 18th Street Distillery says it is expanding in the city's downtown. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the distillery is taking over a former Pabst Blue Ribbon warehouse in order to grow its production capacity.... Read More

Indy Tech Startup Secures Additional Seed Funding

Indianapolis-based ConverSight.ai says it has closed on a $4 million Series Seed round of funding. The startup, which has developed an artificial intelligence and adaptive analytics platform, says it will use the funding to further enhance its platform and expand its sales and marketing teams.... Read More

Ports of Indiana Marks Increasing Shipment Totals

The Ports of Indiana says the state's three ports handled more than 11.2 million tons of cargo in 2021, which is a nearly 34% increase from the previous year. Additionally, the ports in Burns Harbor and Jeffersonville set new records for their highest annual shipment totals.... Read More

Indy Distillery Adding New Location

Indianapolis-based 1205 Distillery has announced plans for its third central Indiana location. The distillery says it will open a new tasting room and production site in downtown Lebanon.... Read More

Center Grove to Cut Ribbon on Emergency Ops Center

Center Grove Community School Corp. in Greenwood will Thursday cut the ribbon on the new Center Grove Emergency Operations Center. The district says the center facilitates collaboration to increase public safety for its schools and the surrounding community.... Read More

Sun King to Get Bigger Space in Mishawaka

Last month, Indianapolis-based Sun King Brewing Co. announced plans to open a new tap room at The Mill at Ironworks Plaza in Mishawaka. Flaherty & Collins Properties, which operates the mixed-use project, says Sun King will now have a larger footprint on the property.... Read More

Horizon Bank Profit Jumps, President to Retire

Michigan City-based Horizon Bancorp Inc. (Nasdaq: HNBC) is reporting full-year net income of $87.1 million in 2021, up from $68.5 million the previous year. The parent of Horizon Bank also announced Wednesday that President Jim Neff plans to retire at the end of March.... Read More

The Mill Plans Growth for ‘Bloomington Remote’

A coworking space in Bloomington is preparing for the second cohort of its remote worker attraction program. The Mill says Bloomington Remote, which launched last June, has brought people from all over North America to the Monroe County city and there are no plans to slow down. ... Read More

Fishers Construction Firm Acquired

Fishers-based Project CSI is one of two companies to be acquired by Marmon Retail Solutions in Chicago. Financial terms of the deal, which also includes Big Red Rooster Flow in Illinois, were not disclosed.... Read More