Franciscan Alliance, a multi-state health care system, announced today that it will consolidate its physician billing operations to a new facility in Greenwood, adding up to 84 new jobs by 2015.
The Mishawaka-based Catholic health care system plans to invest $8.3 million to purchase, remodel, and equip a 96,505 square-foot office building located at 1040 Sierra Drive that will house all physician billing operations for the organization’s 13 hospitals in Indiana and Illinois.
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Wind turbine parts arrive in Burns Harbor
Dems return to Statehouse on Monday
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation, together with the South Central Indiana regional economic development group, Radius, will participate in Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center’s (NSWC Crane) Advance Planning Briefings for Industry 2011 this week to recruit more business for Indiana’s defense industry.
The event, which is expected to bring more than 450 defense industry leaders from across the country, will provide the private sector and academic institutions with information on future NSWC Crane technology efforts and ways to do business with NSWC Crane. NSWC Crane directly employs nearly 3,000 people in southern Indiana and pumps $2 million a day into the state’s economy.
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Indiana is trying to attract more air cargo traffic.
State Sen. Tom Wyss, R-Fort Wayne, introduced a bill in the Indiana General Assembly that would have provided a 50 percent tax credit to companies investing in transportation or logistics operations.
The bill was stripped of most of its funding in the Senate because of budget concerns, but Wyss said he hopes some month will be restored in the House after Democrats end a month-long boycott.
Bart Giesler, executive director of the Aviation Association of Indiana, said Indiana is an ideal spot for a freight hub.
“Chicago is just a bottleneck, whether it’s at the airport or all the congestion on the roads,” Giesler said. “We think if you land in Indiana you can bypass all that and lower the distribution costs.”
A Colfax meat processor is on track to open a new facility June 1 to replace one destroyed in a December fire.
Sabre Manufacturing in Knox has signed a five year deal to build 2,500 environmental waste containers for Wabash national in Lafayette.
Shortages of auto parts from earthquake-stricken Japan could lead to layoffs at some Indiana factories.
Farmers in Northwest Indiana are cautiously optimistic about the upcoming season.
A developer is asking New Albany for $12 million in TIF financing on a $42 million project.
Indiana’s preliminary seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent, to 8.8 percent in February. This marks the first time since December 2008 the state’s unemployment rate has been less than 9 percent.
Indiana’s rate is now just below the national average of 8.9 percent and below that of all neighboring states. Private sector employment in Indiana declined in February (-1,600).
“The number of Hoosiers claiming state unemployment insurance benefits is less than half the number it was two years ago,” said Mark W. Everson, Commissioner of the Department of Workforce Development. “Moreover, new claims for unemployment insurance are now at a level not seen since 2006.”
With gratitude, Saint Mary’s College President Carol Ann Mooney, announced Saturday that Saint Mary’s received the largest single private gift in the College’s 167-year history.
Philanthropists MaryAnn and Clayton Mathile, parents of Saint Mary’s alumna Jennifer Mathile Prikkel ’95, donated $9 million to Saint Mary’s for the renovation of Science Hall, which houses the Departments of Biology and Chemistry/Physics. In addition, Prikkel, a member of Saint Mary’s College Board of Trustees, has donated $1 million to the project for a combined gift of $10 million.
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Workforce Health, LLC, an affiliate of Indiana University Health La Porte Hospital, announces the opening of its new clinic to offer occupational health and wellness services to Porter County businesses.
The full-service occupational health clinic is conveniently located in Valparaiso at Eastport Centre, just off of Highway 49 between highways 2 and 30. The clinic offers treatment of work-related injuries with case management, drug and alcohol testing, work-related physicals, ergonomics/injury prevention, employee wellness and much more.
“We are excited to continue building strong relationships with the Valparaiso business community and will now be able to offer our high-quality services through Workforce Health, both in the clinic and at the work-site,” said Daryle Keller, a representative for Workforce Health.
The suite housing the clinic, located at 1251 Eastport Centre Dr., recently completed a remodeling project to meet the occupational health needs of the business community. Facility updates include: three exam rooms, on-site digital X-ray room, physical therapy area and several testing rooms. Workforce Health’s drug testing services also include the eScreen system, which provides immediate test results reported online to the designated employer representative.
In addition to the Valparaiso location, Workforce Health offers other convenient clinic locations in La Porte and Michigan City.
Construction has begun on a new build-to-suit at AmeriPlex Indianapolis for Ohio-based Brechbuler Scales, Inc. Holladay Construction Group has been hired to build the project, a new 12,000 square foot building designed by Holladay Properties.
Brechbuhler Scales, a scale service provider and distributor of light and heavy capacity scales, purchased land at AmeriPlex to open a new scale service branch location, the third such operation in Indiana. The branch will offer scale sales, full scale testing and service, manned and unmanned scale systems and scale rentals. The company hired Holladay Construction Group as the Construction Manager and Holladay Properties is acting at the architect for the project.
“It’s an exciting project to be working on. I think that we (Holladay Properties) and Holladay Construction Group have worked well together, integrating the design/build component and the turn key development of the project,” Mike Long, Project Designer for Holladay Properties, said. “This is also a new venue for us with the pre-engineered product that allows these smaller BTS projects at AmeriPlex to fit into tight budgets.”
The facility will be constructed using a pre-engineered system by Robertson Building Systems, a leading provider of steel building systems and steel building components. Pre-engineered building systems are an economical and environmentally conscious building choice; a standard Holladay strives for in all of its developments and a quality that attracted Brechbuler Scales. The pre-engineered system offers energy efficiency and low maintenance costs as well.
According to Brechbuler Scales, the new branch will offer over 30 other manufacturer scale options from balances, force measurement, light capacity to heavy capacity scales and include a full line of scale testing, calibration and certification services. The new facility is expected to open when construction is completed in September of 2011.
Lutheran Basketball returns to Northwest Indiana today, March 25th through the 27th. This year’s tournament will draw boys and girls from across the nation to participate at Valparaiso University.
More than 64 teams are expected.
Lutheran Basketball means big business to the South Shore, as this tournament uses 2,400 hotel rooms during their stay and will create an estimated economic impact of $600,000 to the local economy.
To learn more about the tournament, visit www.lbaa.org.
After a strategic three-month nationwide search, the Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association (ICVA) has chosen Leonard Hoops as its new president & CEO. Hoops most recently served as executive vice president & chief customer officer for the San Francisco Travel Association, the city’s official convention and tourism organization.
“With $3 billion in new tourism-related developments now online, Indianapolis has arrived as a first-tier destination, truly competing in the national arena. Leonard’s proven sales results, extensive marketing expertise, and strong convention industry knowledge make him the ideal person to take Indianapolis to the next level and capitalize on the city’s new investments,” said Michael Browning, chairman of the board of the ICVA.
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