Creative Liquid Coatings Inc. has announced that it will hire 65 new workers at its facility in Kendallville, Indiana. The company is hiring the workers before it starts a new contract with Chrysler this year. Creative Liquid Coatings is buying robots and other equipment for the new production line. Manager Stephen Geist hopes to hire [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Edy’s Ice cream will hire 120 workers for its Fort Wayne, Indiana facility. The Fort Wayne facility makes Nestle drumsticks and other products. The new jobs are a part of a company consolidation and will increase the plant’s workforce to 600 employees. Last year the company was in the final phase of a $29.5 million [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 7, 2009
State budget cuts are costing 40 police inspectors in Indiana their jobs at the end of this month. Half of the 83 motor vehicle inspectors, who work for the police department, will be out of work next year. The inspectors are responsible for the safety of trucks and school buses, along with other [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has announced plans to lay off around 100 workers from a plant in Indiana. According to company spokesman Jim Dugan, 106 production employees at the Large Engine Center in Lafayette, will be laid off starting in November. He stated that the layoffs were decided upon [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 1, 2009
Peabody Energy is closing down a surface coal mine in Indiana, which will affect 80 jobs. The mine has depleted its resources, the company says. The 80 employees of the mine may be able to find other jobs with the company which has 4 other coal mines in Indiana, including an underground mine [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 17, 2009
Keystone RV will hire 200 new employees for a plant the firm is acquiring in Goshen, Indiana. Demand for recreational vehicles has risen, and the company expects to start production in late Fall. The building was owned by rival RV manufacturer Dutchmen Manufacturing, which shut the plant and laid off 100 in February. Keystone RV laid off [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Pratt & Whitney will shutter its aircraft engine plant in Indianapolis, Indiana, putting 100 workers on the street. The layoffs will occur over the next year and a half. Those targeted will get severance packages and outplacement assistance. East Hartford, Connecticut’s Pratt & Whitney manufactures aircraft engines used in both civil and military aircraft. It also manufactures [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Princeton, New Jersey’s Covance is getting tax-incentives from Indiana’s Hancock County, to create 315 jobs at its Greenfield Laboratories. The jobs will pay an average annual salary of $60,000, plus benefits. The lab currently employs 300 people. Covance, formerly Corning Incorporated, is a contract research organization providing drug development and animal testing services. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Carbon Motors will create 1,300 jobs in Connersville, Indiana. Indiana was able to lure the new plant to Indiana, beating out five other states. Atlanta, Georgia’s Carbon Motors Corporation manufactures the E7, the first purpose-built police car ever made. The E7 will only be available to law enforcement agencies.. Share This Story:
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 28, 2009
A General Electric plant in Bloomington, Indiana will not close down as feared. But some of the plant’s 680 employees will lose their jobs. Federal tax credits will keep the facility open, to manufacture energy-efficient refrigerators. The plant will stay open at least into 2010. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 2249, which represents the employees, is [...]
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