March 23, 2023
Blue Buffalo Announces $200 Million Expansion at Richmond Facility
Governor Eric J. Holcomb joined local officials to announce Blue Buffalo’s expansion of its Richmond facility, creating 50-60 new jobs by the end of 2024. Blue Buffalo, the nation’s leading natural pet food company, will…
February 14, 2023
Vision Corner Receives East Central Indiana’s First READI Dollars
The East Central Indiana Regional Partnership in collaboration with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) has been diligently working with local leaders to implement quality-of-place projects across the eight-county area. For the last several months,…
January 24, 2023
Liberation Labs Selects Richmond for First Biomanufacturing Facility
Liberation Labs, a large-scale precision fermentation manufacturer providing an alternative source of protein, has chosen the city of Richmond for the site of its first commercial-scale biomanufacturing facility. The new facility will have a fermentation…
November 9, 2022
Henry County Ag & Energy Cooperative Breaks Ground on New Building
Indiana-based agriculture and energy cooperative Co-Alliance recently broke ground on a loadout building in Mount Summit. The $1.5 million investment will provide faster, more efficient, and environmentally friendly product distribution to farmers within a 25-mile…
August 25, 2022
Local Companies Expand with Assistance from EDIT Funds
Two Wayne County companies – Vandor Group and Dot Transportation – recently announced expansions with help from an Economic Development Income Tax (EDIT) grant from the EDC of Wayne County. Vandor is investing in its…
June 9, 2022
CANPACK Celebrates Topping Off Ceremony
CANPACK, a global packaging manufacturer, celebrated the completion of steel framing for its new 862,000-square-foot plant during a Topping Off ceremony with Governor Eric Holcomb and local community officials. The company will invest $380 million and create…
March 8, 2022
Indoor Vertical Farm Expanding to Muncie
A Minnesota company that bills itself as the world’s largest indoor vertical aeroponic farm is setting up shop in Delaware County. Living Greens Farm says it will invest nearly $70 million to establish a 200,000-square-foot…
November 17, 2021
Diamond Pet Foods Bringing 170 New Jobs to Rushville
Diamond Pet Foods, a leading manufacturer of quality pet foods, announced today that it plans to build a new manufacturing facility and has selected the city of Rushville, Indiana, as its preferred location. The plant…
October 6, 2021
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Invests $17.5 Million and Plans to Create 64 Jobs at Richmond Plant
Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a large-scale producer of nutrition for companion animals and a division of Colgate-Palmolive, is investing $17.5 million to expand production capacity at their location at 2325 Union Pike in Richmond. The company…