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170 JOBS COMING TO LIGONIER: A Noble County auto parts manufacturer plans to rev up its operation by adding a production line and hiring more than 170 workers within three years (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette). Millennium Industries Corp. announced Wednesday it will invest more than $9.2 million to upgrade .jpg)
equipment and expand its Ligonier plant. Gov. Mitch Daniels, who visited the plant for the announcement, praised Millennium Industries’ move to produce direct injection fuel systems that improve fuel economy. The company’s new production line will manufacture these fuel systems. “The 170 new jobs Millennium plans to add in the coming years is great news, but it’s the technology these new associates will manufacture that has the most far-reaching impact,” he said in a statement. The jobs will be created by 2011, plant manager Jason Eytcheson said.
ENER-DEL TO EXPAND IN INDY, NOBLESVILLE: High-tech battery researcher EnerDel plans to hire 277 more workers by 2012 for two car battery production lines it will open in Indianapolis and Noblesville. The 100-employee company, founded in Indianapolis in 2004, recently landed a $70 million contract to supply lithium-ion batteries for Think, a Norwegian electric car sold in Europe. A written summary of EnerDel’s plans obtained by The Indianapolis Star calls for expanding to Noblesville in a 60-employee plant and also adding about 217 production jobs over four years at the company’s research facility on Indianapolis’ Northeastside. Gov. Mitch Daniels, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear are to appear at the event scheduled in the Northeastside plant. “I think it’s a big deal for Noblesville,” Ditslear said. “First of all, it will bring 60 new jobs, and pretty good quality jobs.
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