“Get the Facts” on
Job Creation in Indiana
Over 100,000 more Hoosiers are working than when
Governor Daniels took office in 2005 and Indiana’s
unemployment rate is at its lowest point in six
years.
Fulfilling a campaign promise, Governor Daniels
established the Indiana Economic Development Corporation,
a new public-private business attraction organization,
to aggressively bring businesses and good-paying
jobs to Indiana.
Since its inception, the Indiana Economic Development
Corporation has completed 436 competitive projects
with businesses that have committed to create 52,605
new jobs and invest more than $13.76 billion in
their Indiana operations with an average annual
salary of more than $42,000, or about $7000 more
per year than the average Hoosier salary.
Nearly two-thirds of all projects completed involve
expansions of existing Indiana businesses.
In 2006, Indiana was the only state to attract
three new auto manufacturing facilities, as Honda,
Toyota and Cummins announced major new plants.
Honda was the first company to locate on a certified “shovel-ready
site”, a Daniels administration practice
of certifying locations as ready for development
where state agencies work to fast-track permits – cutting
the time off of the permitting process by one-third.
Governor Daniels’ legislation authorizing
regional venture capital funds has attracted $170
million to Indiana-based life sciences and agriculture
funds in the forefront of research on breast cancer,
pediatric breathing, heart conditions, and food
and agricultural products.
Under Governor Daniels’ Buy Indiana Plan
state government is spending nearly $1 billion
more with companies employing thousands of Hoosiers. Currently,
84 cents of every tax dollar is spent with Indiana
companies – up from 62 cents prior to 2005.
- WellPoint will create about
1,200 jobs in Indiana with a new pharmacy specialty
operation and expanded Medicaid services operations.
- Honda selected Greensburg
for its North American automotive assembly plant
creating 2,000 new jobs.
- GETRAG is building a new
transmission plant in Tipton that will produce
700,000 transmissions annually and employ approximately
1,400.
- Toyota will build its Camry
model in Lafayette creating 1,000 new jobs and
making Indiana the only state in the country
with two Toyota assembly plants.
- Really Cool Foods, one
of the nation’s leading natural and organic
prepared foods company, will locate its national
production and distribution center in Cambridge
City creating 1,000 new jobs and investing
$100 million.
- American Commercial Lines will
expand its corporate headquarters and Jeffboat
division in Jeffersonville creating 1,100 new
jobs.
- American General Financial Services announced
plans to invest $35 million in downtown Evansville
that will create 150 new jobs.
- Nestle will build a new facility
in Anderson creating more than 300 new jobs.
- Rolls-Royce chose Indianapolis
for a new major expansion creating 600 new jobs.
- Sysco will build a new distribution
facility in Hamlet creating 550 new jobs.
- DOT Foods announced plans
to build a distribution hub in Cambridge City
creating 250 new jobs.
- IBM and its partners will
create 1,000 new customer-service jobs in Indiana.\
- Shoe Carnival is growing
in Evansville creating 280 new jobs.
- Sallie Mae, the nation’s
leading student loan provider, plans to add
700 jobs in Indiana by opening a new operation
in Muncie.
- AT&T announced it would
create 1,000 new jobs at its new call centers
in Evansville and Daleville.
- Advance Auto Parts, Inc., a
leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts,
batteries, accessories and maintenance items, announced
plans to operate a new distribution facility
in Remington, resulting in the creation of more
than 600 new jobs.
- Beckman Coulter, Inc.,
a leading manufacturer of biomedical testing
instrument systems, reagents and laboratory
supplies, announced it would move its Palo
Alto, California operations to the Central
Indiana area by the end of 2008, creating approximately
212 new life science-related jobs.
- Zimmer Holdings, Inc., a global
leader in orthopaedics, announced its plan to
expand its manufacturing and distribution facilities
here, creating more than 140 new jobs.
- ATTC Manufacturing Inc., Toyota’s
North American supplier of brake drums, rotors
and differential cases, announced it would
expand its manufacturing facility here, creating
90 new jobs.
- Toyota Boshoku Corporation will
locate a new seat frame production and assembly
facility here, creating more than 200 new jobs.
- Arcadia HealthCare will relocate
its national headquarters to Indianapolis, creating
more than 400 new jobs.
- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc.
will create 500 jobs in Anderson
- David Powers Motorsports,
one of the National Hot Rod Association’s
leading top-fuel drag racing teams, will locate
its new team headquarters, garage and testing
facility in Brownsburg, creating 42 new jobs.
- Sunrise Medical HHG, Inc.,
a global manufacturer of wheelchairs, crutches,
walkers and other patient-care products, will
consolidate its North American operations in
Plainfield, creating 70 new jobs.
- Veolia Water plans to move
its North American operations to Indianapolis,
creating approximately 100 new high-paying jobs.
- CFM Corporation plans to
consolidate its North American fireplace manufacturing
operations In Huntington creating more than 210
new jobs.
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