Michigan-based NYX LLC is making temporary layoffs at its manufacturing facility in New Albany. The automotive interior components manufacturer told the Indiana Department of Workforce Development the move will affect 100 employees.... Read More
Through the signing of a memorandum of understanding Thursday, Columbus-based Cummins Inc. says it will collaborate with a number of companies produce and test zero-carbon concrete mixer trucks using hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engines.... Read More
Kokomo-based floral hardgoods company Syndicate Sales has added three companies to its portfolio. While financial terms were not disclosed, the company said the acquisitions will enable it to expand product offerings and provide more manufacturing services.... Read More
Kokomo-based Green Cubes Technology this week is marking a decade of its flagship lithium-ion battery platform that has helped the company achieve significant growth since its expansion in the city just two years ago.... Read More
Canada-based Exo-s is planning to temporarily lay off 56 employees at its facility in the LaGrange County community of Howe. A spokesperson tells IIB the move is the result of a reduction in sales due to the ongoing United Auto Workers Strike.... Read More
Pennsylvania-based Radial Inc. announced Tuesday that it plans to fill about 600 entry-level positions in time for the holiday shipping season. The company will have multiple hiring fairs this week to bring on new workers.... Read More
Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Tuesday it's cutting up to 2,500 jobs globally as part of a corporate overhaul that its new CEO is carrying out. The aerospace company was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic that decimated demand for air travel.... Read More
South Carolina-based packaging company Sonoco Products Co. is shuttering one of its Indiana locations. In a notice to the state, the company said it will close the Sonoco-TEQ facility in the Steuben County town of Fremont, affecting 63 employees.... Read More
International Paper Co. is planning to make additional investments in its Crawfordsville operations. The company is seeking incentives from the city to add new, state-of-the-art equipment it says will accommodate additional production.... Read More
In an effort to curb its carbon output, Cleveland-Cliffs is building a multimillion-dollar pipeline to send hydrogen to an East Chicago blast furnace, according to our Partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana.... Read More
When Cummins Inc. started investing in hydrogen power four years ago, the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer did so with optimism—but without certainty—that those investments would someday pay off. That fog has started to lift. ... Read More
Purdue University Northwest's team will use the federal grant to study hydrogen-based alternatives to carbon emissions in furnaces used by steelworkers.... Read More
Stellantis on Friday announced it has laid off another 700 workers in Kokomo as a result of the ongoing United Auto Workers strike. The employees come from the automaker's Kokomo Transmission and Kokomo Casting plants.... Read More
Evansville-based Atlas World Group is marking a milestone this year. The transportation, moving, and storage services company recently celebrated its 75th year in business, and leaders say the company is poised for a steady future.... Read More
In a surprise move Wednesday night, 8,700 United Auto Worker union members left their jobs at Ford’s Kentucky truck plant in Louisville. And Thursday morning, union President Shawn Fain hinted at further action against Stellantis.... Read More
"Excited is probably an understatement" is what Kokomo Mayor Tyler Moore said when asked about Wednesday's announcement that Stellantis is investing $3.2 billion in a second electric vehicle battery plant in the city that will create 1,400 additional jobs.... Read More
Bristol-based steel manufacturing startup Brinco Manufacturing Inc. is temporarily laying off 101 employees. In a notice to the state, the company said the move is due to a recent reduction in demand for its products from an unnamed customer.... Read More
Detroit's three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes. The companies say the strikes have nevertheless forced them to impose those layoffs.... Read More
The Lebanon City Council on Tuesday night unanimously voted to approve the voluntary annexation of nearly 640 acres of land in Boone County for the LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District, a planned technology and advanced manufacturing hub of 9,000 acres or more.... Read More
Before construction on the first one is completed, global automaker Stellantis is planning to build a second electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Kokomo. The company plans to invest $3.2 billion to build the facility and create 1,400 new jobs.... Read More
