Elwood Staffing Services, headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, is poised to be a Top 10 U.S. commercial staffing services company in 2013 covering most of the United States. Its revenue today tops $750 million and is projected to top $1 billion by 2015. The family-owned enterprise remains rooted in Columbus while its rise to national [...]
Photo by Andrew Laker | TheRepublic.com Founded in Columbus in 2001 by local entrepreneurs Ryan Hou (CEO of LHP, Inc.) and David Glass (CEO of LHP Software), LHP Software is today a diversified software engineering service company specializing in highly engineered solutions, specifically embedded software, engineering tools, telematics and emerging technologies. From its humble beginnings just [...]
In October of 2012, Sunright America (SRA) celebrated both its 10th anniversary and, to the delight of the local community, the grand opening of its expanded manufacturing operations. “Local leaders have been extremely supportive of our local growth, and our decision to build near I-65 in the Woodside Industrial Park in Columbus, Indiana has served [...]
Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) is the No. 1 selling lift truck in North America for the last decade. On April 12, 2012, TMHU announced that it would relocate its headquarters from Irvine, CA, to its satellite location in Columbus, IN, where it previously employed 53 persons in offices connected to Toyota Industrial Equipment [...]
Today, Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is a multinational Fortune 500 company that operates and serves customers around the globe. At the same time, Cummins retains strong ties to its Columbus, Ind., home, where the company’s headquarters remain. Cummins’ roots are planted in soil nourished by innovation, persistence and a commitment to community. Founded in Columbus, Ind., [...]
Columbus, IN (Feb. 17, 2016) — Mayor Jim Lienhoop has announced plans to make available $150,000 each year for three years to enhance economic development services provided by the Greater Columbus Economic Development Corporation, also known as the Columbus Economic Development Board (EDB). Previously, the City contributed $14,000 per year to the local non-profit economic [...]
COLUMBUS, INDIANA (Nov. 3, 2015) – Company officials from Japan-based Daiei Giken Kogyo Co., Ltd., announced today plans to locate the company’s first and only U.S. production site in Columbus, Indiana. The company is establishing Daiei, Inc., as a wholly-owned subsidiary and will initially invest $3 million in new equipment and expects to create up [...]
COLUMBUS, INDIANA (Aug. 23,2015) – Toyota is reinvesting in its Columbus footprint once again, building a new national headquarters for its Material Handling division and adding amenities for the company’s expanding workforce And when the dust settles from this round of $16 million worth of new construction and remodeling in September 2016, additional Toyota investment [...]
COLUMBUS, INDIANA (May 20, 2015) – Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies (FECT), a global manufacturer of automotive emissions control systems with North American headquarters based in Columbus, Indiana, announced plans today to expand its operations here with a new production facility. The plan will create up to 131 new jobs. “Indiana’s robust manufacturing sector is one [...]
Wall Street, Indiana manufacturers, and Hoosier consumers all want to know when the Fed will raise interest rates, and a person who has a say in that decision will deliver remarks in Columbus, Indiana, during his keynote presentation at the Columbus Economic Development Board Annual Meeting, Monday, May 4, at 12:00 p.m. Charles L. Evans [...]
