MILFORD — For two months, meetings of the Milford Redevelopment Commission were dominated by plans for a new business known only as “Project Marine,” which planned to bring 75 new jobs to the area by 2023. At the commission’s Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, meeting, Project Marine’s identity was unveiled. Williamsburg Marine, a startup marine industry …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Spur Interactiv, an innovative digital marketing and ad-tech agency co-founded by Wawasee High School graduates Alex Smith (2003) and Reed Smith (2006), was selected by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to receive a $50,000 training grant and up to $350,000 in Economic Development for a Growing Economy tax credits. The company, currently located …read more.

[weaver_youtube sbX_vmIyNdA rel=0]   WINONA LAKE — Jim Schellinger, president of Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and Ted McKinney, director of Indiana State Department of Agriculture and director of agribusiness development for the IEDC, were guest speakers at the second Barns and Business Breakfast, hosted by Kosciusko County Community Foundation and Kosciusko County Farm Bureau. “Indiana …read more.

By STEPHANIE OVERBEY Associate Director, Kosciusko County Community Foundation KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — The Kosciusko County Community Foundation and Kosciusko County Farm Bureau are hosting its Second Annual Barn & Business Breakfast from 6:30-8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center located on the Grace College campus. The event is designed for business, …read more.

KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — Online registration is now open for this year’s annual membership and awards dinner for the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce. This year’s event will be held at the Ronald and Barbara Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center at Grace College on Jan. 28. Jim Schellinger, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, is the guest …read more.

Micropulse, Inc., a Columbia City-based medical device manufacturer for the orthopedic and cardiovascular industries has joined with Lou Matrisciano to establish Restoration Medical Polymers, LLC. Restoration Medical Polymers [RMP] will be located in Micropulse’s Orthovation Center. Brian Emerick, the President and Owner of Micropulse believes, “RMP’s formation and growth in northeast Indiana will add yet …read more.

Winnebago Towables in Middlebury announced plans May 5 to expand operations, creating up to 150 new jobs by 2019. A subsidiary of Winnebago Industries, Forest City, Iowa, the company invested approximately $5.4 million in April to purchase four new facilities. It plans to grow production as well as invest up to $250,000 in equipment over …read more.

Eric Doden, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, will be at the University of Notre Dame on Tuesday afternoon to meet with private business, philanthropic, academic and elected officials from the Regional Cities of Northern Indiana group to discuss how working together as a region is going to change Northern Indiana’s economy and boost …read more.

Two companies today announced plans to expand their operations, creating 40 new jobs in northern Indiana. “By building a business climate like Indiana’s, we’re witnessing homegrown companies like Mishawaka Sheet Metal growing here and national companies like Hickman, Williams & Company choosing to locate here,” said Eric Doden, president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. …read more.

Indiana will participate in a public-private partnership to expand research, development and job creation in composite material technology, with the U.S. Department of Energy’s selection today of a multistate group for a $70 million federal investment to support automotive, defense, aerospace, motorsports, advanced materials and energy-related sectors. “Composite materials are revolutionizing the manufacturing sector, especially …read more.

Governor Mike Pence and executives from 16 companies announced today new investments across Indiana expected to create a combined 2,153 new jobs over the next few years. “Indiana’s strong economy, fiscal responsibility and pro-growth policies make days like this possible,” said Pence. “Today’s announcement includes some of the nation’s fastest growing companies, and they have …read more.

At the Kosciusko County Council’s Nov. 14 meeting, Warsaw-based manufacturing and design company Alpha Manufacturing requested a tax abatement for an expansion of its operation. “We’re going to be tripling the number of employees from this tax abatement,” said Richard Helm of Rockhill Pinnich, representing the company. He reported the new jobs would be created …read more.

BREMEN – Southwire Company, a wire and cable manufacturer, announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 105 new jobs by 2016. The Georgia-based company, which purchased Illinois-based Coleman Cable in February, will invest $2.1 million to purchase and equip a new 48,000 square-foot facility in Bremen. The facility, which will be …read more.

WABASH – Midwest Eye Consultants, P.C. announced plans today to open a lens coating laboratory in Wabash, creating up to 31 new jobs by 2018. The homegrown-Hoosier company will invest $2.39 million to lease, renovate and equip Lens Source Optical Lab, a 14,000 square-foot lens manufacturing operation in Wabash. The laboratory, which will be fully …read more.

At the July meeting of the Kosciusko County Redevelopment Commission, Dave Behr, the regional director of Indiana Economic Development Corporation, shared with the commission the tools that the state has for courting business, and Kosciusko County’s economic standing in Indiana. Behr’s primary objective is attracting new businesses, primarily manufacturing and distribution companies, to his region, …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS – Nominations and applications for the sixth annual Indiana Companies to Watch awards program, highlighting some of the state’s most impressive second-stage growth companies, opens today. Presented by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, its Indiana Small Business Development Center and the Edward Lowe Foundation, Indiana Companies to Watch recognizes privately held Indiana businesses that …read more.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced today that in 2012 it secured job commitments from 256 companies from across the country and around the world that project to create more than 27,600 new jobs, an increase from 19,080 in 2011 and more than any other year on record. “A better state economy starts with a …read more.

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation, together with Tenneco Inc., a global vehicle parts supplier, today announced the company’s plans to expand its operations here, creating up to 105 jobs by 2013. The Lake Forest, Ill.-headquartered company, which has 87 manufacturing facilities in 24 countries, will invest $18.5 million to lease and equip a 50,000 square-foot …read more.

Iconacy Orthopedic Implants LLC, an orthopedic developer and manufacturer, is expanding operations in Warsaw and creating up to 50 new jobs by 2015. The company will hold a ribbon cutting and open house on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at its new location, 4130 Corridor Dr. Time and additional details have not yet been released. Iconacy, which …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 2, 2012) – At the midway point in the year, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced that it has worked with 145 companies that have made decisions to expand or establish new business operations in Indiana for a total of nearly 13,300 projected new jobs. At year-end last year, the IEDC reported a …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — In its mid-year report, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation reports activity for the first half of 2012 has increased, compared to the same period last year. The report attributed the boost to automative-related manufacturing companies, which have committed to more than $890 million in capital investment in the first six months of …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS — Twenty-five companies from 13 counties have been named to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation’s fifth annual “Companies to Watch” list. Multiple companies from northern Indiana — Goshen, Elkhart, South Bend and Fort Wane — made the list. The employers anticipate having combined revenues of more than $282 million and plan to create more …read more.