TS Tech wants to expand; Council agrees to further process
TS Tech made its way to New Castle in 2007. Back then, they promised 300 jobs; today, TS Tech employs 463 people. At Thursday’s county council meeting, there was talk about possibly expanding the local factory. The plan for TS Tech is to add an additional 167,000 sq. ft. which […]
READ MORETOMZ Corporation coming to Knightstown; Opening ceremony Aug. 13
TOMZ Corporation is a Connecticut-based manufacturer of implantable medical devices. The family business started in 1988 and is now expanding to Knightstown. TOMZ is opening their second facility this summer at the former Paddock building on SR 109. Vice President of Business Development Martin Crous, Ph.D., has been in the […]
READ MOREHenry County Breaks Ground For New Spec Building
Officials in Henry County recently broke ground on a new speculative (shell) building project in New Castle, Indiana. The new construction will become New Castle-Henry County Industrial Park’s third spec building. The newest spec building is currently available to interested buyers. The building sits on 15 (+/-) acres and will […]
READ MOREHenry County awarded second EPA brownfield grant
Henry County has been selected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a recipient of the Brownfield Assessment Grant. This is the second time the county has received this grant in the past five years after first receiving it in 2015. “Henry County is pleased to partner with the […]
READ MOREArea SBDC Offers Business Growth Tools
Helping businesses start, grow, and flourish… that’s the mission of the East Central Indiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Business advisors provide confidential, no-cost consultation services to businesses in the East Central Indiana region. These services are covered by tax funding through the Small Business Association (SBA) and local funding […]
READ MOREEncouraging words from ‘Canada’
Henry County is on the right track for future economic development. The train may not be moving as fast as some would like, but it’s headed in the right direction. Encouraging words for the New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corp. came not from local officials, but a highly respected expert […]
READ MOREEDC ‘team’ accomplished much in 2018
As he looked into the audience, Corey Murphy said he saw more than just a group of people. “A group is a bunch of people in an elevator. A team is a bunch of people in an elevator but the elevator is broken. A team works together,” Murphy said. “Whatever role you […]
READ MOREEDC Annual Meeting Features Eric Canada
The New Castle-Henry County Economic Development Corporation is hosting its annual dinner meeting on Thursday, April 11, at First Baptist Church, 709 S. Memorial Drive in New Castle. The event will begin with social time at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 6:30 p.m. […]
READ MORELeading A Growing Business: Meet Aaron Stigall
Aaron Stigall started mowing lawns in Spiceland, Indiana, when he was just 11 years old. He steadily added more lawns to his list and eventually expanded into Delaware and Madison Counties. His lawn mowing business provided income to cover his four years of education at Ball State University. In 2008, […]
READ MOREHall of Fame Gives Economy Big Bounce
A headline in the Tuesday, March 10, 1987, Courier was like a shot heard around the Hoosier basketball world. Written by then Managing Editor Bill Brooks, the headline proclaimed “Our Shot at the Hall of Fame: NOTHIN’ BUT NET!!!” […]
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