HAMMOND – Purdue University Calumet and the City of Hammond will partner in the development of an outdoor sports complex to serve the university’s athletics program and city activities. The complex will be at Dowling Park in the Hessville neighborhood, about a mile from the PUC campus. When fully developed, it will have […]
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NORTH LIBERTY – Hydro Aluminum has completed a $1.3 million investment in new equipment that will allow the company to expand into new markets and add employees. The aluminum extrusion company will now expand into the heavy transportation market. The new equipment increases Hydro’s cooling and quenching facilities to it can producer heavier
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HAMMOND – “Visioning Northwest Indiana: Challenges to Sustainable Economic Development,” will be the topic of Purdue University Calumet’s second faculty lecture to be presented by Amlan Mitra at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 31, in Room 107 of the Gyte Science Building. The community is invited to attend. With Northwest Indiana traditionally having
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SOUTH BEND – Schafer Gear Works Inc. of South Bend has announced a joint venture with Somaschini S.p.A. of Italy to produce gears for engines and heavy duty trucks in North America. The new manufacturing plant will be located in South Bend and operate under the name of South Bend Gear LLC.
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WANATAH – The fourth LaPorte County Rural Summit, “Think Regionally, but Act Locally,” will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (CST) Tuesday, March 15, at the Wanatah American Legion Hall, 203 S. Washington St. The morning session will focus on “What’s Happening in Northwest Indiana” and “Our Future to 2040.” In the
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MERRILLVILLE – The fourth annual Build Indiana Summit will be from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (CST) Friday, March 18, at the Radisson Star Plaza. Sponsors are NIPSCO, the Northwest Indiana Forum and Porter County Alliance. The summit is designed to provide a clearer picture of the benefits of doing business in Northwest
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MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. – MCTD, Inc., a Michigan City designer and manufacturer of custom machinery, tooling and fixtures has acquired Quality Industrial Services of LaPorte, according to a joint announcement from MCTD President Timothy J. Johnson and Richard Weller, owner of QIS. Details of the acquisition were not revealed, but Johnson and Weller
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PORTAGE – The Portage Economic Development Corp. has announced the hiring of Bert Cook as executive director. He is a native Portage, graduated from Portage High School and is a graduate of Purdue University North Central with a degree in business management. For the past five years Cook worked for the Greater LaPorte Economic Development
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WEST LAFAYETTE – Bioscience Vaccines Inc. and the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have signed a contract to test the company’s Matrix Immune Modulator with a biodefense vaccine. Bioscience Vaccines is based in the Purdue Research Park. As part of their physical training and preparation, soldiers go through a
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MUNSTER – Jill Hasiak, vice president of cash management at Citizens Financial Bank, has been elected chairperson of Munster’s Plan Commission for 2011. “Munster is the headquarters of Citizens Financial Bank and we feel a special relationship to the residents and businesses in Munster and Lake County,” said Dale Clapp, executive vice president
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