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Manufacturing education leader Robert Koch receives Andre B. Lacy Vanguard Award

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INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 30, 2020) Conexus Indiana today honored Robert Koch, chairman of Koch Enterprises Inc., fourth-generation business owner and community and education advocate, with the Andre B. Lacy Vanguard Award. […]

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Indiana Manufacturers Association and Conexus Indiana launch Manufacturing Month with virtual roundtable event

INDIANAPOLIS (September 28, 2020) The Indiana Manufacturers Association (IMA) and Conexus Indiana announced today the first-ever virtual roundtable event for Indiana industry leaders and educators. The September 29 event kicks […]

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Conexus Indiana Case Competition Applications are now open for 2020

Join students from Midwest colleges and universities for the annual Conexus Indiana Case Competition virtually on November 5-6. You’ll join a team to solve a real-world advanced manufacturing or logistics […]

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Meet the Hire Tech teacher going the extra mile for his students

When Glenn Goffinet first accepted his position teaching automotive classes at Tell City Jr.-Sr. High School, he thought he was just giving teaching a test drive for a year. This […]

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Get funding for projects to help beat import competition

The federal Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program continues to help Indiana manufacturers improve their competitiveness. TAAF helps smaller manufacturers that are losing sales to imports. For Indiana companies, […]

Industry 4.0

State awards 20 Manufacturing Readiness Grants to Indiana businesses

INDIANAPOLIS (August 19, 2020) – The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), in partnership with Conexus Indiana, announced awards totaling nearly $2 million to 20 Indiana businesses in Manufacturing Readiness Grants, […]

Industry 4.0

Report: Charting Indiana’s path from early adoption to widespread application of Industry 4.0 technologies

Conexus Indiana, in partnership with Indiana University Kelley School of Business Center for Excellence in Manufacturing, set out to measure Indiana’s manufacturing and logistics industries’ readiness and early adoption of […]

Industry 4.0

New Study: Indiana in early stages of advanced technology adoption; budgets and roadmaps needed for widespread adoption

INDIANAPOLIS – Conexus Indiana, in partnership with Indiana University Kelley School of Business Center for Excellence in Manufacturing, released a study today that shows Indiana advanced manufacturing and logistics companies […]

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Catapult Indiana launches latest cohort at the Greater Lafayette Career Academy

Catapult Indiana, Conexus’ innovative, industry-led advanced manufacturing training program that prepares participants for a career in advanced manufacturing, has launched a new youth-focused cohort with incoming seniors and high school […]

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Indiana businesses encouraged to apply for Manufacturing Readiness Grants

INDIANAPOLIS (June 30, 2020) – Applications for the Manufacturing Readiness Grant program, which Governor Eric J. Holcomb and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) first announced in May, are now open […]

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Conexus partner INDOT awarded $4.5 million for advanced technology research

The Federal Highway Administration is awarding $4.5 million to a partnership between the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Drive Ohio for a project to research partially automated driving technology […]