Central Indiana update: the region's top business stories.TOP CENTRAL INDIANA news covers every' sector, from manufacturing and distribution to retail and technology, reports The Indy Partnership, a not-for-profit economic-development organization serving central Indiana. Tech developments. In technology, news, Suros Surgical Systems Inc. has built a new headquarters in Northwest Technology Park just north of Indianapolis, where it's using $12 million in new venture capital to triple production capacity The company makes a breast biopsy Breast Biopsy Definition A breast biopsy is removal of breast tissue for examination by a pathologist. This can be accomplished surgically, or by withdrawing tissue through a needle. system for minimally invasive procedures. It expects to employ 300 by 2007, says Kristie Fessell, executive director of the Boone County Boone County is the name of eight counties in the United States, all named after explorer Daniel Boone:
BioCrossroads--a network of public, private and university institutions dedicated to life-sciences business growth--created its first spin-off, the Indiana Center for Applied Protein Sciences, spending $5.9 million and hiring 22. INCAPS provides validation, protein analysis, instrumentation and technical support for researchers in industry and academia. Fishers welcomed CallTech Communications to the former Schwab facility The call-center operation employs more than 300. Manufacturing news. Printing and graphics firm Pratt Corp. invested $6.5 million to refurbish the former Maytag building at 30th Street and Shadeland Avenue, giving it expanded space. It also boosted employment from about 175 to more than 300. Aero Industries Inc. invested $6.6 million in a new corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant where it makes tarp systems and other truck accessories. Employment has increased from 75 to about 110. Knauf Insulation, Shelbyville's largest employer with a workforce of 850, is building a new $150 million plant adjacent to its current site for its production of light-density residential insulation. It's slated to open by early 2008. "Keeping them here for this expansion was a great victory," says Dan Theobald, executive director of Shelby County Shelby County is the name of nine counties in the United States of America, all named for Isaac Shelby of Kentucky:
Indiana Automotive Fasteners in Greenfield is doubling its size, adding nearly 400,000 square feet of space in a $19 expansion project. Currently employing 265, the growth could mean another 300 jobs, says Dennis Maloy, executive director of the Hancock Economic Development Council. Greenfield is also the new corporate headquarters for Modernfold, a 35-employee company making moveable wall systems. In Lebanon, Aurora Truck Parts and Accessories has moved from Lafayette to the Lebanon Business Park, investing $8 million in its new distribution and light-assembly facility. The company employs 75 and makes truck parts. Auto-parts maker TOA TOA Trials of Atlantis (game) TOA Time Of Arrival TOA Top of the Atmosphere TOA Transfer Of Authority TOA Table of Authorities (legal documents) TOA Terms Of Agreement TOA Transfer of Assets USA in Mooresville has completed a $10 million addition and boosted employment to 330. Distribution central. Logistics remains a top industry, with about 18 million square feet built. "It's a sector that continues to grow," says Harold Gutzwiller, executive director of the Hendricks County Economic Development Partnership. The latest is an 812,000-square-foot facility in Air Tech Business Park in Plainfield, being developed and constructed by Browning Investments. Currently in the design phase, Browning is also planning a new 1,100-acre industrial site called Centralogistics Park, north of the Air Tech site in Hendricks County. Distribution facilities headline the Franklin and Greenwood news, reports Chris Kinnett, executive director of the Johnson County Johnson County is the name of several counties in the United States:
Interstate Warehouse spent $24.5 million on a frozen-food logistics facility in Franklin Tech Park, where it employs 85. And Aisin built a $5.5 million auto parts Auto parts are components of automobiles. They mainly are, in alphabetic order (only car specific articles or articles with car section):
UNFI UNFI United Natural Foods Inc , natural food product distributor, is now occupying a 270,000-square-foot site in Greenwood, employing 250. In Mount Comfort, S. Abraham & Sons is spending about $6 million to open a 225,000-square-foot dry/cold/ frozen food logistics center in the Mount Comfort Commercial Park. It will employ 125. Stonepath Logistics will employ about 50 when it opens in Whitestown's Eagle Creek Eagle Creek may refer to: A number of locations in Saskatchewan, Canada:
Retail deals. Two Indianapolis-based companies are expanding. Simon Property Group Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), also known as SIMON, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the largest developer of shopping malls in the United States. Simon Property Group, Inc. , the nation's biggest mall developer that employs about 850 in Indianapolis, is spending $55 million to build a new downtown headquarters across from the Indiana Statehouse The Indiana Statehouse (or State House)[2] is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Indiana. Housing the Indiana General Assembly, the Governor of Indiana, the state courts and other state officials, it is located in the state capital of Indianapolis at . And Hat World invested $1.8 million on its new corporate headquarters and facility where it makes branded athletic headware. Hat World has increased employment by about 100 and now has a workforce of more than 300. Carmel's new Clay Terrace lifestyle center features 450,000 square feet of retail space and 70,000 square feet of office space. "It's the first lifestyle center in the Indianapolis market," says Jeff Burt, president of Hamilton County Hamilton County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, named for Alexander Hamilton, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (except as indicated below):
Fun times. A 770-acre recreation development planned for Waverly could signal a new tourism industry in Morgan Count. Besides creating outdoor recreation activities, developers hope to build a 300,000-square-foot, $20 million indoor water park. A second building would house duckpin bowling Duckpin bowling is a form of bowling that is popular along the eastern coast of the United States, from Virginia through the south coast of New England, and in Quebec. History The origin of the sport is a subject of some debate. , wall climbing, shuffleboard shuffleboard, sport in which players use cue sticks to push disks onto a scoring diagram at either end of a concrete or terrazzo court. The court is 52 ft (15.85 m) long and 6 ft (1.83 m) wide. The bases of the triangular scoring diagrams are parallel to and 8 ft (2. and miniature golf. |
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