News - 2011

Local elected officials will join civic and business leaders today at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to endorse a dramatic expansion of mass transit in the region, and together will call on the Indiana General Assembly to give local communities the flexibility they need to fund the plan and to authorize a referendum in November 2012 to give voters the final say on the plan... [more]

Conexus Indiana today announced its intention to launch a high school-level curriculum focused on advanced manufacturing and logistics, two industries that collectively employ one of every four Hoosier workers. This innovative program will give Indiana students a head-start on careers in these increasingly high-tech fields...[more]

At the eighth annual Indiana Life Sciences Summit today, BioCrossroads recognized the late William A. Cook, the founder of Bloomington-based Cook Group and one of the world’s great entrepreneurial success stories, with the August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year award. Cook Group President Kem Hawkins accepted the award as a tribute to his friend and colleague...[more]

Auto racing is about the thrill of competition, about who can coax the best performance out of finely-tuned race machines. A proposed new racing series aims to complement internal combustion engine racing traditions with the advanced technologies quickly emerging in electric vehicles (EVs). With emerging battery technology, EVs can outperform traditional cars in torque, speed and handling - on the track or on the highway...[more] 

BioCrossroads today announced the receipt of a two-year $2.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.   The grant will fund a range of charitable, educational and scientific activities through 2013 as BioCrossroads continues to build upon Indiana’s signature strengths in the life sciences.... [more]

Economic output from Indiana’s defense contractors more than doubled over the past decade; in the last two years alone, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) estimates that Hoosier defense and aerospace companies have created 1,800 new jobs....[more]

More than one of every ten cars produced in the United States are assembled in Indiana, putting the ‘Crossroads of America’ on the map as an automaking powerhouse.   But a new industry-led initiative sponsored by the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) and Conexus Indiana has even higher ambitions – making the Hoosier State the recognized leader in automotive innovation, engineering and manufacturing...[more]

Energy Systems Network (ESN), the industry-driven initiative focused on clean technologies and energy innovation, has elected four new members to its Board of Directors: John Bear, President & CEO of Midwest ISO (MISO); Eizo Kobayashi, Chairman of the Board at ITOCHU Corporation; Norio Sasaki, President & CEO of Toshiba Corporation; and Reuben Munger, Chairman & CEO of Bright Automotive have all joined the ESN Board...[more]

A rapidly growing life sciences industry has a $44 billion total impact on Indiana’s economy, according to a comprehensive new report released today by BioCrossroads. The report, Indiana’s Life Sciences Industry: 2002-2010—Tracking Progress and Charting the Course for Continued Success, authored by Walter H. Plosila, Ph.D., and based on data gathered by the Indiana Business Resource Center at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, illustrates a decade of substantial growth and measurable progress across a wide range of nationally significant indicators....[more] 

Conexus Indiana and the Ball State Center for Business and Economic Research today released the 2011 Indiana Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card, an annual "grading" of the strengths, challenges and opportunities impacting the two industries that collectively employ nearly one of every four Hoosiers....[more]

TechPoint's 2011 Innovation Summit will feature a keynote address by Facebook Spokeswoman and Director of Market Development Randi Zuckerberg - who is also Founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister....[more]

Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), the regional CEO alliance, announced today that Ron Gifford is serving as its Executive Vice President for Public Policy effective March 1, 2011. In that capacity, Gifford will also act as executive director of the Central Indiana Transit Task Force...[more]

In March 2010, the Conexus Indiana manufacturing and logistics initiative launched Indiana Supplier INsight, a web-based network that links Indiana firms with potential suppliers within the state – streamlining supply chains and helping Hoosiers do business with Hoosiers...[more]