Stories tagged with "cummins"

Center for women exceeds expectations by indystar

Three months after opening its doors and taking its first crisis calls, the Beacon of Hope Center for Women has exceeded all of its founder’s expectations. In its first week,... – Nov 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM in West Marion County

Cummins beats predictions by indystar

Engine maker’s cuts pushed quarterly profit 50 higher than expected% Columbus-based Cummins, the largest maker of heavy-duty diesel truck engines in North America, reported... – Oct 31, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Business

Cummins 3Q profit falls 58% by Tom Spalding

Engine maker Cummins today said third-quarter profits fell 58 percent, as sales couldn’t match a record-setting performance during the same period a year ago. The Columbus... – Oct 30, 2009 at 8:41 AM in Business

Consumer-driven health plans are the latest trend in coverage by Dana Hunsinger

Call it car-inspired health insurance. The latest trends among employers are consumer-directed health plans, which in some respects put workers in the driver’s seat. They are... – Oct 18, 2009 at 12:52 AM in Business

Cummins to temporarily recall 270 workers by Tom Spalding

Columbus-based diesel engine maker Cummins said today that it is offering to recall about 270 production employees who had been laid off or transferred to other Cummins facilities... – Oct 07, 2009 at 3:18 PM in Business

Woman run over by her car and killed near her mailbox by indystar

Terre Haute — Terre Haute police say a woman was fatally run over by her own car while she was going to her mailbox. Assistant Police Chief Shawn Keen said it appeared the... – Oct 02, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Communities

More details on Irwin takeover due today by indystar

First Financial Bank said it would release additional details today about its takeover of a longtime Columbus financial institution that became the first Indiana bank to fail in... – Sep 21, 2009 at 11:24 AM in Business

FDIC shuts down Irwin Union Bank by Jeff Swiatek

138-year-old Columbus-based institution seized, sold to Ohio bank Irwin Union Bank and Trust Co. became the first Indiana bank to fail in the current recession as state and federal... – Sep 19, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Business

Daniels: 2 Chinese firms may scout Ind. for sites by Ted Evanoff

Officials representing Chinese automaker Geely Group and auto-parts maker Wanxiang Group might visit Indiana and examine sites for production or distribution sometime in the... – Sep 11, 2009 at 11:18 AM in Business

In a search for jobs, Indiana turns to China by Ted Evanoff

Five years after little Marion lost its big television glass plant to China, leaders in the city northeast of Indianapolis joined a state delegation that flew to Shanghai on... – Sep 06, 2009 at 12:57 AM in Business

The human effect of globalization by indystar

A large American flag dominates a wall at Pratt&Whitney’s International Aerospace Tubes plant on Kentucky Avenue. Beneath the flag, a hundred Hoosiers use sophisticated... – Aug 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM in John Ketzenberger

Cummins to idle 400 in shift of Iowa work to Mexico by Tom Spalding

A division of Columbus-based Cummins will shed 400 jobs at a plant in Iowa, moving that work to an established and more modern facility in Mexico. The diesel engine maker may also... – Aug 25, 2009 at 12:07 PM in Business

Cummins cuts plant shutdown by indystar

Columbus — Cummins says its shutdown of a Central Indiana plant where it builds Dodge Ram engines will be trimmed to three weeks instead of a planned two-month halt. Cummins... – Aug 20, 2009 at 12:00 AM in Business

Cummins profit falls 81%, sees no recovery in '09 by Tom Spalding

10 AM UPDATE: Share price up as company beats forecast Shares of Cummins were up about 6 percent in early trading, as the company’s lower profits were tempered by the fact... – Jul 30, 2009 at 11:14 AM in Business

Gay rights workplace group forms Indiana affiliate by indystar

INDIANAPOLIS — Out&Equal Workplace Advocates, a national organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers, announced Indiana is its newest... – Jul 15, 2009 at 1:00 AM in Business

Gay rights workplace group forms Ind. affiliate by Tom Spalding

Out&Equal Workplace Advocates, a national organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers, today announced Indiana is its newest regional... – Jul 14, 2009 at 10:25 AM in Business

Cummins recalls 400 workers -- temporarily by Tom Spalding

Plant to make Dodge Ram engines a few weeks, then be idled again About 400 Cummins workers returned to work Monday — for the time being — as a Walesboro plant resumes... – Jul 14, 2009 at 2:03 AM in Business

Cummins recalling 400 workers in Columbus by indystar

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Cummins Inc. is recalling 400 laid-off workers as it resumes production at a Columbus factory, but nearly 300 people lost their jobs when an auto parts company... – Jul 04, 2009 at 12:56 PM in Business

Cummins upbeat on Chrysler business by Ted Evanoff

Bankruptcy request will just delay diesel order, company thinks Chrysler’s bankruptcy has forced Cummins to slow the ramp-up of a $250 million diesel assembly line in... – Jun 18, 2009 at 11:28 PM in Business

Chrysler renegotiates Cummins contract by Ted Evanoff

Cummins has slowed the retooling of the main engine plant in Columbus as bankrupt Chrysler renegotiates a diesel supply contract, Cummins spokesman Mark Land said today. Cummins... – Jun 18, 2009 at 7:03 PM in Business