December 2011
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Farbest Foods Announces New Processing Plant in...
Farbest Foods, Inc., will soon break ground for a new turkey processing plant in the U.S. Highway 41 Industrial Park in Vincennes, IN. Projected completion date is 2014.
Once up and running, the new processing plant will initially employ some 300 people with the potential of employing as many as 700, Farbest Foods reports. In addition, the company is planning the construction of a new feed mill...
Farbest Bringing Hundreds of New Jobs to Knox...
Governor Mitch Daniels announced that Farbest Foods, Inc., one of the nation’s largest turkey companies, will locate a new plant in Knox County, creating up to 600 new jobs over the next few years.
The Huntingburg-based company will invest $69.2 million to build a 220,000 square-foot processing plant on 100 acres of land in the U.S. Highway 41 Industrial Park in Vincennes. The new facility...
Farbest makes presentation to Knox County Council... →
SCHOTT Gemtron shutting down glass-fabrication...
SCHOTT Gemtron is closing the glass fabrication segment of its plant beginning this month.
Human resources manager Dean Monroe indicated up to 90 jobs may be eliminated.
“We don’t know for sure how many jobs it will be,” he said Monday afternoon. “It could be anywhere from 60 to 90. I know that’s a wide range, but we just don’t know for sure yet.”
Currently, the glass product manufacturing plant...
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KCDC Shows Appreciation to FIA
The Knox County Development Corporation recently showed its appreciation for the contributions of FIA (Futaba Indiana of America) to the community by assisting with further expansion. FIA began in 2001 with 76 employees and currently employs 780. Following is the text of a recent letter to Mr. Yasuyoshi Shirai, President of FIA:
“Dear President Shirai:
The Knox County Development...
USI program aimed at helping local businesses... →
