
Conexus Indiana was formed in 2007 as the advanced manufacturing and logistics (AML) initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP). Under CICP’s leadership, Conexus Indiana and its sister initiatives bring together Indiana’s top corporations, foundations and academic institutions to collaborate as a business ecosystem, dedicated to Indiana’s prosperity and growth. Throughout its history, Conexus Indiana refined its ability to convene, inform and activate industry, public sector and academic partners, taking AML in Indiana to new heights.
Today, with a consistent track record of success as the driving force in making Indiana a global leader in advanced manufacturing and logistics, Conexus Indiana embarks on its next transformation—one that fully embodies the organization’s vision, mission and core values—from 2025 to 2031.
Importance of AML to the Vitality of Indiana

Advanced manufacturing in Indiana—and its companion sector, logistics—is responsible for 37% of Indiana’s GDP and more than 25% of the workforce, making it Indiana’s largest industry by far. The facts and statistics all paint a similar picture: the prosperity of Hoosiers, their families and our state’s communities depend on the growth and success of the advanced manufacturing and logistics ecosystem.
Making and moving products—from automobiles to life-saving medicines, electronics to medical devices—is the socioeconomic backbone of Indiana, providing not just good wages and benefits, but a sense of identity to more
than 840,000 Hoosiers that ideate, create and deliver the products needed and used worldwide every day. However, Indiana’s leadership position in these industries is earned, not given. Strategic, long-term thinking has
benefited advanced manufacturing and logistics in Indiana, but the industry is faced with unprecedented disruptors, such as artificial intelligence, workforce shortages and alternative energy sources to name a few, as we look to 2031.
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