HOBART – Luke Oil has announced it is expanding its network of convenience stores in Northwest Indiana. The company plans to open locations in Hobart, Crown Point, Highland, East Chicago and Lafayette. The new stores will add 40 jobs. Luke Oil currently has 10 locations and also is a fuel distributor for GoLo outlets in […]
VALPARAISO – Porter Regional Hospital, which opened Aug. 25, 2012, recently won two construction project awards. Porter’s contractor, Robins & Morton, won the Associated Builders and Contractors Award of Excellence. This award honors all members of the construction team, the owner, designer and contractor and is judged by an out-of-state panel of professionals on quality
MERRILLVILLE – The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indiana has named Raymond E. Kasmark of IBEW Local 697 Innovator of the Month for February. The society is part of the Gerald I Lampkin Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center at Ivy Tech Community College in Gary. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 697 building became the
ELKHART – Elkhart General Hospital has announced a $74 million expansion that will add 150,000 square feet to the hospital. The project will include updated surgery suites and new recovery room. The expansion will increase the size of operating suites for 700 square feet to accommodate new technology for arthroscopy and endoscopy. Currently, the hospital
MUNSTER – Community Hospital is expanding outpatient services to Schererville. Scheduled to open in June, the 11,400-square-foot Community Hospital Outpatient Center at the corner of U.S. 30 and Harvest Drive will offer family medicine, immediate care, laboratory and outpatient diagnostic services for patients of all ages. Specialists in family practice and internal medicine will provide
HOBART – SRS Distribution of Texas has acquired Hobart Roofing and Supply which has offices in Hobart and Valparaiso. Hobart Roofing and Supply, which has 28 employees, distributes roofing, siding and windows. The company was founded in 1949 and is owned by Jack Ronneau and Rod Ruess, who will remain with SRS.
GARY – Ozinga Indiana Ready Mix Concrete has received a $140,384 grant to convert six of its diesel trucks to run on compressed natural gas. Ozinga is one of five companies in Indiana sharing in a federal energy efficiency grant of more than half a million dollars. As part of the grant, Ozinga will work
GARY – Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson hosted a groundbreaking with representatives from TravelCenters of America (TravelCenters), operator of TA and Petro Stopping Centers at the new Petro Stopping Centers, 3001 Grant Street. “This partnership is another example of why developing the Department of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation was a good decision,” said Freeman-Wilson. “We’ve been
CHICAGO – Natalie T. Pedraza of Munster has been named director of compliance for James McHugh Construction Co. Most recently she was with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority where she was director of procurement and business diversity. She is a graduate of DePaul University.
HAMMOND – A Finnish company, Huhtamaki Inc., will invest $8.5 million in its Hammond operation to beef up production for its recycled paper products. When the project is completed, it will add a dozen jobs by 2014. Huhtamaki provides consumer and specialty packaging products to clients around the world. Its Hammond plant has 115 employees
