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LEBANON, Ind. (May 13, 2013) - CNH Parts & Service, the product support division of agricultural and construction equipment maker CNH Global N.V. (NYSE: CNH), announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 100 new jobs by 2014.

Columbia City currently has two positions available with the City.

Engineering News-Record’s(ENR) Midwest edition selected Washington, Indiana’s constructed wetlands project as its top project for Civil Engineering/Infrastructure as part of its “2012 Best Projects” awards. The awards honor projects built in the past year across Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Like many Indiana cities and towns, Washington’s combined sewer system overflowed into local waterways during heavy rains. The city needed to fix the problem, but the traditional approaches of separating sewer and stormwater pipes or adding wastewater treatment capacity were very expensive. One study estimated the cost at $53 million. The City and Indiana-based Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates (BLA) developed an alternative that pumps the combined sewer overflows (CSOs), a mixture of rain runoff and raw sewage, to a 5-million-gallon storage tank where it is held until it can be treated by the wastewater plant. When the tank is full, additional runoff is routed to a 27-acre constructed wetland for treatment. There plants and gravel filter pollutants before the water passes through a UV-disinfection system and into Hawkins Creek. This project cost $23.8 million, as well as saving the City over a $1.6 million in annual operations and maintenance.

Kimball Hospitality, Inc., a brand unit of Kimball International (NASDAQ: KBALB), announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 20 new jobs by 2013.

The company, which produces custom furnishings for the global hospitality industry, will invest $932,000 to install advanced manufacturing machinery at its 196,000 square-foot facility in Jasper. The expansion will increase capacity for the company's case goods furniture product line which includes program and catalog offerings for hospitality guestrooms.

Kimball Hospitality is the latest company to announce its decision to invest in southwest Indiana. Earlier this month, Jasper Engines announced plans to expand its Jasper headquarters, creating up to 40 new jobs.

Scottsburg, Ind. -- The Indianapolis-based Buchanan Group announced today that it is in the final stages of purchasing the former Coca Cola plant in Scottsburg and will renovate it for use by their newest division, Fewell Monument. The action modifies a decision to build on another site about a mile away, where a groundbreaking had taken place last March.

Buchanan Group bought Fewell Monument in October of 2011 and has integrated the company into its consortium of funeral homes, cemeteries and casket distributors across the country. Fewell had 23 employees when it was purchased, currently has 29, and is on track to double the original number of employees by 2015.

JASPER – Jasper Engine Exchange, Inc. (Jasper Engines), an engine and transmission remanufacturer, announced plans today to expand its headquarters here, creating up to 40 new jobs by 2016.

The homegrown-Hoosier company, which remanufactures drivetrain components, will invest $550,000 to update and equip its current 367,000 square-foot facility at 815 Wernsing Road in Jasper. The expansion will accommodate Jasper Engines growing alternative fuels division, remanufactured diesel engine related product line and support the increased production of gas engines for the Canadian Postal Service.

As part of Elanco's recent record growth, the company is pleased to announce it will
expand its Greenfield, Ind. headquarters. Construction on the project has begun, and is
expected to continue over the next 10 to 12 months. The additions will include a 64,000
square-foot building consisting primarily of office space, and another 28,000 square-foot
addition primarily for conference and dining facilities.

Elanco, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, is focused on improving animal health and
productivity and food safety, while helping veterinarians help pets live longer, healthier
lives.

JASPER, Ind. (Sept. 19, 2012) - Meyer Distributing, Inc., an automotive specialty products marketing and distribution provider, announced plans today to expand its headquarters here, creating up to 109 new jobs by the end of 2016.

JASPER  – Meyer Distributing, Inc., an automotive specialty products marketing and distribution provider, announced plans today to expand its headquarters here, creating up to 109 new jobs by the end of 2016.

The homegrown Hoosier company plans to invest $23.37 million to centralize and expand its operations and warehouse space in Jasper to support its national distribution network. As part of the project, Meyer Distributing will grow its presence to six buildings bringing its total footprint in Jasper to more than 500,000 square feet. Construction on a connecting corridor and renovations on the additional buildings are expected to be completed over the next few years.

ANDERSON — An Anderson steel cutting company plans to invest $7 million to expand its facility and operations, and hire 10 more people. The expansion will happen here as long as the city provides it with a pair of 10-year tax abatements that would save it more than $1 million.
 

ANDERSON, Ind. (July 24, 2012) – Governor Mitch Daniels joined executives from Greenville Technology, Inc. (GTI), one of Honda’s largest suppliers of plastics components in North America, today to announce the company’s plans to locate its first Indiana facility here, creating up to 325 new jobs by 2016.

WASHINGTON — The city started its road towards annexing the I-69/U.S. 50 interchange Monday as the City Council introduced an ordinance to incorporate the property in the city.

New Jersey-based Covance Inc. is seeking tax abatement for a $150 million expansion in Greenfield that could bring hundreds of jobs. The biotechnology company expects the move to create 450 jobs in the area over the next four years. Earlier this month, Elanco announced plans to add around 200 jobs in the central Indiana community.

MARISSA, IL – Unit 1 of the Prairie State Generating Company’s (PSGC) 1600-megawatt power plant went live today, coming under the control of PSGC, a significant milestone in the process of completing the largest coal-fueled power plant to be built in the United States since 1982. The power produced by PSGC will now be scheduled and sold on the power markets by the PSGC Owners for the benefit of municipal and electric cooperative retail customers throughout the eight states in PSGC’s footprint. Unit 2 is expected to move into commercial operations in late 2012.

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Centerville, IN (March 5, 2012) – Golden Engineering, Incorporated will receive a $15,000 economic development income tax (EDIT) grant from the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Wayne County.  The company will use the grant to add 6,400 square feet to their existing facility and upgrade infrastructure. They will also purchase new manufacturing equipment and provide training for staff.  Tim Rogers, President/CEO of the EDC of Wayne County, says Golden Engineering is a great project for Wayne County. “We are pleased to be able to assist Golden Engineering with their expansion needs. This is a great example of a growing small business that uses cutting edge technology to produce products that are sold all over the world.”

Visit with IMPA communities highlights dedication to keep electric rates affordable in Indiana

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (Jan. 5, 2012) - Buchanan Group Services, LLC, owners and operators of Flanner and Buchanan Funeral Centers, announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 24 new jobs by 2015.

At year’s end, the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) can officially call its commercial and industrial energy efficiency program a success. Launched in March of 2011, the IMPA Energy Efficiency Program caught the attention commercial and industrial business customers in IMPA’s member communities who were interested in reducing their energy consumption.

ANDERSON, Ind. — An Anderson manufacturing company will be calling a former General Motors plant home.

Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) commissioners and guests traveled to the Prairie State Energy Campus, located in Illinois, in October to view the nearly complete power plant and Lively Grove Mine.IMPA’s partnership in the construction of the Prairie State Energy Campus will provide one more resource in IMPA’s generating portfolio that will help IMPA meet its goals for providing low cost, reliable and environmentally-responsible power to IMPA’s communities.

Ann Keil reports on electric bills increasing due to high air conditioning demands.

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Eight Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) member communities were awarded the opportunity to participate in a Community Energy Program (CEP) offered through the Indiana Office of Energy Development. The CEP will provide energy audits for the communities’ public facilities and will help create a personalized strategic energy plan for each individual community with both short and long-term energy efficiency goals.