Ready for the Future
Industry 4.0 technology adoption is helping Indiana’s makers meet the challenges of a rapidly changing economy. Explore their stories.

Bethlehem Die Cutting has been creating packaging and industrial products for about 20 years, slicing and shaping non-ferrous materials into boxes, inserts, trays, pads, partitions and more. Acquired by Kyana […]
What do you do with a natatorium that’s no longer needed? If you’re Plainfield Community School Corporation, you use your imagination, turning it into a unique learning space that prepares […]
“Century-old start-up” Nix Industrial leverages MRGs to expand smart tech automation and grow market position
Seeing an industry primed for take-off, Pierce Aerospace leveraged Indiana’s innovation ecosystem and government funds to take flight in Remote ID biz
Novilytic, A Bioanalytical Chemistry Company, Accelerates Pharma Innovation and Boosts Indiana’s Life Sciences Edge
Manufacturing Readiness Grant enables enhanced, automated production line for mass-production of a portable tactile graphic device
Tactile Engineering staffers work at desks and electronics workstations, performing assembly and testing tasks. A robot arm moves a suction tube to position a tiny plastic dot in a tray with hundreds of holes. A rapidly spinning rod winds copper wire into a tight coil. Behind a green safety shield, a laser beam flashes over metal parts.
More than a century ago, William Grote saw a future not only in a particular line of products but also in groundbreaking production processes. Even as the company he launched […]