>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS." I'M GERRY DICK. MAJOR NEWS THIS WEEK AS INDIANA
LANDS MORE THAN 1,000 JOBS, INCLUDING NORTH AMERICA'S LARGEST PLANT-BASED PROTEIN OPERATION IN SHELBY COUNTY,
PLUS, PACERS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD HAVE REACHED A NEW AGREEMENT THAT KEEPS THE
PACERS AND INDIANA FEVER IN INDIANA FOR THE LONG TERM, ALSO ALLOWING FOR POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES TO BANKERS
LIFE FIELDHOUSE. MORE ON THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. WE BEGIN WITH THE THREE MAJOR JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS.
CANADA-BASED GREENLEAF FOODS IS INVESTING MORE THAN $310 MILLION INTO A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PRODUCTION FACILITY IN
SHELBYVILLE WITH PLANS TO CREATE UP TO 460 JOBS. IN CARMEL, TWO COMPANIES ARE EXPANDING.
ZOTEC PARTNERS, A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANY PLANS TO TRIPLE ITS FOOTPRINT WITH A NEW HEADQUARTERS AND
UP TO 300 NEW JOBS. AND GLOBAL I.T. CONSULTING AND STAFFING FIRM, BC-FORWARD, WILL ESTABLISH A NEW DIGITAL TRAINING
CENTER IN CARMEL WITH OVER 300 JOBS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. JOINING US WITH A LOOK AT HOW THE DEALS CAME TOGETHER AND THE
IMPACT, I'M PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY INDIANA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, JIM SCHELLINGER. SECRETARY SCHELLINGER AS ALWAYS,
GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW. >> THANK YOU. >> A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, SO FIRST OF ALL BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SOME
OF THESE BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS, GENERAL THEMES, BIG WEEK IN TERMS OF JOBS, LOTS OF JOBS. INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE IN SOME
OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND ALSO SOME DIVERSITY. SO NOT JUST MANUFACTURING BUT A DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF SECTORS.
>> YOU BET. GREEN LEAF IS FROM CANADA, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT, BUT WE ALSO -- JUST THIS WEEK, WE'VE
GOTTEN JOBS IN THE AGRIBUSINESS IN THE MANUFACTURING SERVICES, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AREA, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, WHICH
WE'RE GROWING OVER TWO TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND WE ALSO LANDED JOBS IN LOGISTICS THIS WEEK.
SO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR FOCAL POINT AREAS IS REALLY ROBUST. >> WAS TOUCHED ON, ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT GREENLEAF IN
TERMS OF SIZE, THE BIGGEST DEAL THIS WEEK. 400-PLUS MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT, 400 JOBS, 460 JOBS.
I SHOULD SAY THE INVESTMENT OVER $300 MILLION. TALK ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S AN AGRIBUSINESS
INVESTMENT. >> THIS IS PHASE ONE OF A MULTIPHASE PROJECT. SO WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE FOLKS
ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO. WE MET WITH THEM THREE OR FOUR TIMES, THE LAST ONE BEING UP IN CANADA, AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH
ABOUT THE MAYOR AND BRIAN ASHLEY DOWN IN SHELBYVILLE, HOW THEY CAME TOGETHER TO RECRUIT THIS GROUP WITH THE STATE, AND THE
BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT THIS, GERRY, I TELL EVERYBODY I'VE GOT THE BEST JOB IN INDIANA, I GET TO TELL OUR STORY, AND ALL THESE
SUCCESSES WE'RE HAVING, THESE ARE NOT JUST ACCIDENTS. THIS HAS ALL BEEN PRE-MED P,
IT WAS PLANNED. THERE WAS A STRATEGY PUT IN PLACE YEARS AGO, OVER A DECADE AGO AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS
OF THOSE STRATEGIES TODAY. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT CARMEL, A CORPORATE CENTER THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
ZOTEC PARTNERS, HEALTH T., REMEMBER WHEN THE COMPANY LAUNCHED, HAD THEM ON THE SHOW MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS A SMALL
LITTLE COMPANY, GROWING INTO SOMETHING MUCH MORE. >> THEY'RE GOING TO HIRE 300 PEOPLE, INVEST UP TO $41 MILLION
IN THEIR COMPANY, $47 MILLION TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY NEXT TO THEIR EXISTING HEADQUARTERS. THEY'RE MANUFACTURER PROVIDERS.
SO THE GOVERNOR WAS EXCITED TO BE UP THERE FOR THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT ALONG WITH FORMER NOTRE DAME COACH ALLELUIA
. >> BC FORWARD ANNOUNCING A BIG EXPANSION AGAIN IN CARMEL, POE TINGSLY 300 JOBS THERE AS WELL.
>> THIS IS A GLOBAL I.T. COMPANY IN CONSULTING AND IN STAFFING AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DO TO ASSIST AS A CONSULTANT, 300 NEW
JOBS, AGAIN A MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT. THE I.T. GROWTH THAT WE HAVE HERE, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
WE'RE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND STAY AND WE'RE VERY AFFORDABLE IS WHAT'S HELPING US LAND A LOT OF THE
I.T. COMPANIES. >> DID YOU LOOK AT FOCUS AREAS GOING FORWARD, 2019, SEEMINGLY OFF TO A GOOD START.
AS YOU LOOK AT KEY AREAS, I KNOW DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE IS ONE THAT YOU AND OTHERS AT THE STATE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
>> AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE IS SOMETHING THAT INDIANA HAS ASSETS SECOND TO NONE. IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT
ASSETS WE HAVE FROM A DEFENSE STANDPOINT YOU AND LOOK AT OUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS LIKE ROLLS ROYCE, ALCOA, B.A. SYSTEMS,
WE'VE GOT A LOT OUT THERE, AND WITH OUR GUARD AND THE ASSETS WE HAVE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON
TRYING TO INCREASE THAT MARKET IN INDIANA. >> VERY QUICKLY, ROUTES AMERICA, BIG CONFERENCE COMING TO
INDIANAPOLIS, BIG COUP TO GET THAT EARLY NEXT YEAR. THAT COULD LEAD TO BIG THINGS. TALK ABOUT MORE NONSTOP
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS. >> OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COMING IN, 300 INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, 80 DIFFERENT AIRLINES
REPRESENTED, ALL THE ROUTE PLANNERS AND 50 TOURISM AUTHORITIES, THEY'RE ALL COMING IN TO THE NUMBER ONE AIRPORT,
THEN THEY'RE GOING TO TRAVEL DOWN TO THE NUMBER ONE CONVENTION CENTER IN AMERICA AND SEE OUR GREAT FIRST CLASS CITY
HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS. THAT CAN DO NOTHING BUT GOOD FOR US, WITH THE ROUTE PLANNERS. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDE
WHERE TO GO ON NONSTOP DIRECT FLIGHTS, INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIONALLY. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT. THAT WILL BE FEBRUARY 3RD THROUGH THE 5TH, 2020. >> JIM SCHELLINGER, INDIANA
SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU.