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March 2013
Area Development Online ranked Indiana in the top spots for their Q1/Winter 2013 report, "The States Leading the U.S. Manufacturing Resurgence." Indiana's manufacturing industry ranked in the top ten in each category they studied.
They cite Indiana's low-tax policies, highly skilled work force, central location, and steadfast collaboration with state agencies as the key components for Indiana ranking so high on the list.
Read more about the areas Indiana excelled by visiting Area Development Online.
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Site Selection Magazine Ranks Top States for Business Ind. #6 in top state for business climate If the path being beaten to Texas’ front door is any indication, there’s a better way to do things in the Lone Star State. Giving businesses some certainty with which to risk investment capital and expand their enterprises has been central to the state’s economic success. Read Article |
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Morgan County Sock maker For Bare Feet finds new home in Martinsville A manufacturer of socks for professional sports teams and colleges announced plans Thursday to lease a vacant Martinsville factory to replace one burned in a Brown County fire. Read IndyStar Article |
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Nature: Golden Opportunity With little fanfare, this state of 6.2 million people has become a contender in the lifesciences sector and an emerging player in energy research. Indiana ranks fourth among top US regions for pharmaceutical research and development (R&D), production and manufacturing, according to a report by the non-profit Battelle Memorial Institute.
Indianapolis region company Dow AgroSciences is profiled, including recent news that they will expand and hire 400 more researchers here. |
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More than 2.5 million people learn about Indianapolis at 30,000 feet
This issue of GO (There's Nothing Stopping You) from AirTran Airways includes a 25-page feature section about the Indianapolis region. |
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Fishers, Indiana Named 'America's Best Affordable Suburb' America's Best Affordable Suburb: The town of Fishers, Ind., scores highest in terms of livability, safety, education, and economic performance Read More |
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Indianapolis International Airport Ranked First Among 64 Major Airports The Indianapolis International Airport ranked first in the latest JD Power and Associates survey of 64 major national airports. IND ranked 13th in the previous study – done over two years ago. Read More |
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It's Ours: Front Page of the Indianapolis Star the day after learning that Indianapolis would be home for the 2012 Super Bowl Indianapolis landed the 2012 Super Bowl with a unique gambit: plans to transform a Near-Eastside neighborhood in a project meant to create a lasting legacy. Read More |
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Cathy Langham, Allison Melangton, Roseanne Hunter and Dianna Boyce help score Super Bowl XLVI for Indianapolis Cathy Langham surveys the faces of the 120 National Football League owners, coaches and presidents as Central Indiana Corporate Partnership President Mark Miles and Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Eugene White present the city’s 2012 Super Bowl bid. Read More |
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Changing the Game One year ago, Indianapolis Region magazine reported that our 10-county region was “raising the game” and racing ahead of its competition with more than $3 billion in new community construction projects coming on-line by the time Indianapolis hosts the Super Bowl in 2012. Read More |
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Business Climate Innovative entrepreneurs are transforming the Indianapolis region’s long-established industries into foundations of growth for the 21st Century. Read More |
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Quality of Life Successful companies depend on creative, innovative employees. Attracting these workers takes more than a nice paycheck because they are looking for much more. Read More |
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Making the Move Three transplants to Indianapolis — an international CEO, a medical researcher and a young executive — discuss how they’ve come to appreciate the region, the opportunities it affords and its people. Read More |
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Indy's Winning Formula Matt Carter, executive director, MusicCrossroads, contends that the Indianapolis region is well on its way to being just as internationally recognized for its musical and cultural assets as for its sports. Read More |
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Clean-Tech Energy When the Obama administration announced $2.4 billion in federal stimulus grants aimed at accelerating the U.S. advanced battery and electric vehicle component industries in 2009, $416 million went to Hoosier companies and universities focused on getting more advanced hybrid and plug-in vehicles on our highways. Read More |
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Life Sciences The major players in the Indianapolis region’s well established and growing life sciences industry — EliLilly and Co., Dow AgroSciences, Cook Group and Roche Diagnostics, to name a few — are household names. Read More |
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Advanced Manufacturing The Indianapolis region is home to major defense contractors like Rolls-Royce and Raytheon, but other, less well known companies in the region are also supplying cutting-edge technology to the military. Two of them are Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems (XADS) and Wolf Technical Services. Read More |
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Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Because Indianapolis is the most centrally located major city in the country – 75 percent of all businesses in the United States are within a one and a half day truck drive, and more interstate highways intersect in Indianapolis than any other region – the area has always been a major player in logistics. Read More |
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Boone County Just 25 minutes from downtown Indianapolis, in the northwest corridor along Interstate 65, Boone County has spent the last several years creating the infrastructure and opportunities that are paying off in an unprecedented boom today. Read More |
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Hamilton County Ham ilton County is a top-10 county in the United States for quality of life, according to Forbes.com. It was also named the best place to raise a family in the Unites States. Read More |
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Hancock County Already the home of major players in the life sciences, Hancock County extended its credentials in 21st-century manufacturing this year with the addition of clean-tech battery maker EnerDel. Read More |
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Hendricks County Two words come to mind when you think of Hendricks County: fast and friendly. Fast because with its strategic location at the nexus of major interstate highways, air transport facilities and rail yards, you can send almost anything almost anywhere in the world—fast. Read More |
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Johnson County Just below Indianap olis on I-65, Johnson County offers easy access for employees commuting from Columbus and Indianapolis; for visiting clients in Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Louisville; and for shipping to customers throughout the United States. Read More |
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Monroe County Monroe County is beautiful, and it’s bustling. The beauty—rolling hills, a national forest, lakes and a thriving arts scene—complements a hotbed of innovation in the life sciences, information technology and even publishing. Read More |
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Morgan County A solid economic base and ready transportation access are just some of the reasons business is cooking in Morgan County. Read More |
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Shelby County Knauf Insulation North America, Shelby County’s largest employer, demonstrated its leadership in green technologies with its new engineering headquarters in Shelbyville. Read More |
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