Indiana

Subaru to invest $400 million to build Impreza at Indiana plant

6:50 am U.S. ET | May 8, 2013
Subaru, gunning for a fifth year of record sales in the United States, said it will invest $400 million to expand capacity at its Indiana assembly plant by a third and add output of its Impreza compact.... Read More »

 

Subaru to expand Indiana plant capacity, add Impreza production

3:24 pm U.S. ET | May 7, 2013
Subaru, the only automaker to boost sales in the United States each of the past five years, plans to expand production capacity at its Indiana factory by about 30 percent and add output of the Impreza compact car by 2016. The plant would supply four- and five-door variants of the Impreza for North America, according to a source familiar with the automaker's plans. Subaru is expected to announce the plans Wednesday.... Read More »

 

Subaru to unveil U.S. capacity expansion to increase inventories

11:31 am U.S. ET | April 18, 2013
Subaru parent company Fuji Heavy Industries intends to end a shortage of its vehicles at U.S. dealerships soon by expanding capacity in the country, its largest market.... Read More »

 

MARK RECHTIN

The story behind low Acura ILX production numbers

2:18 pm U.S. ET | April 16, 2013
Those with keen eyesight will have noticed an aberration in the production numbers listed by the Automotive News Data Center. The Honda plant in Indiana built just 91 units of the nearly new Acura ILX entry-luxury sedan in March. This came after a couple of previous slower months.... Read More »

 

Subaru to expand Indiana capacity, introduce new model

11:40 am U.S. ET | Jan. 15, 2013
Subaru will expand production capacity at its existing assembly plant in Indiana, rather than build a new factory, and will start making a new model there in 2016, the company said.... Read More »

 

Subaru to hike U.S. production capacity by 30 percent, report says

1:43 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 2, 2013
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru brand will increase production capacity at a U.S. plant by about 30 percent by fiscal 2016, the Nikkei business daily said. The company will invest about 20 billion yen ($230 million) in Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc, its only overseas vehicle assembly plant, the Japanese newspaper reported.... Read More »

 

Chrysler wins tax break for possible Indiana transmission plant

10:44 am U.S. ET | Dec. 19, 2012
Chrysler is one step closer to a new transmission plant in Indiana after a local council approved a tax abatement late Tuesday. The Tipton County Council approved a 10-year tax abatement worth $2.5 million, according to the Kokomo Tribune, a local newspaper. Chrysler wants to invest $162 million in the plant, which would produce nine-speed front-wheel-drive automatic transmissions and create 850 jobs.... Read More »

 

Chrysler would invest $162 million in transmission plant, create 850 jobs

3:00 pm U.S. ET | Dec. 17, 2012
Chrysler Group wants to invest nearly $162 million in an Indiana plant finished in 2008 but never occupied because of a failed joint venture and Chrysler's bankruptcy. The plant would produce nine-speed front-wheel-drive automatic transmissions and create 850 jobs, according to documents submitted to Tipton County, Ind.... Read More »

 

Chrysler may revive plans to build transmissions at Ind. plant

9:58 am U.S. ET | Dec. 10, 2012
Chrysler Group is again pursuing a newly built but never-used factory in Tipton, Ind., where it once planned to build transmission components for its nearby factories. The company has requested tax incentives from state and local officials for the vacant factory, according to reports in the local newspaper, the Kokomo Tribune. Details of the abatement were not released.... Read More »

 

Subaru mulls expansion of Indiana assembly plant

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 5, 2012
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Subaru unit is studying expanding its Indiana assembly plant as the Toyota affiliate seeks to boost U.S. output to curb currency losses and meet growing demand for its models. A decision whether the plant will add assembly of Impreza cars or Forester crossovers could be made within several months.... Read More »

 

Frank Shaver, second-generation Pontiac dealer in Indiana, dies

2:30 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 10, 2012
Frank Shaver, a second-generation Pontiac dealer in Indiana, died July 30. He was 99.... Read More »

 

Honda to build Civic Hybrid in Indiana, will boost plant capacity by 25%

1:36 pm U.S. ET | July 18, 2012
Honda plans to boost capacity 25 percent, or 50,000 units, at its plant in Greensburg, Ind., and launch production of the Civic Hybrid there early next year. The $40 million investment will create 300 new jobs by the end of the year, the company said today in a statement.... Read More »

 

Johnson Controls to close Indiana parts plant

12:01 am U.S. ET | July 10, 2012
Johnson Controls Inc. will close a plant in Kendallville, Ind., that produces plastic injection-molded parts, the Kendallville News-Sun reports. The plant, which employs 170 workers, will close Aug. 31. The plant previously was owned by Plastech Engineered Products Inc., which filed for bankruptcy in 2008.... Read More »

 

GM's orphaned plants seek new life that create jobs

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 23, 2012
Bruce Rasher runs the third-largest portfolio of industrial property in the U.S, but with holdings made up of unwanted plants that GM shed during its 2009 bankruptcy, he will need a great deal of patience to sell them all. The redevelopment director of the Racer Trust and his team are charged with selling 89 former GM buildings in 14 states, using $770 million in federal funding for environmental cleanup and upkeep.... Read More »