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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.

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Tactile Engineering

Tactile Engineering

County
Tippecanoe

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.

Internships help Hoosier students find careers, grasp advanced manufacturing – Grote Industries

Internships help Hoosier students find careers, grasp advanced manufacturing – Grote Industries

County
Jefferson

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 […]

Monon Pax

Monon Pax

Grant Amount
$22,500
County
Hamilton

Manufacturing Readiness Grant investment helps Indiana entrepreneur fill market gap with innovative co-packing solution

Summer camp introduces young people to advanced manufacturing – Major Tool and Machine

Summer camp introduces young people to advanced manufacturing – Major Tool and Machine

County
Marion

Seeing opportunity in the commercial jet-engine marketplace in the wake of World War II, Charles Davis launched Major Tool & Design with four employees. Today the company employs more than […]

Ivy Tech Community College

Ivy Tech Community College

County
Hancock

If there’s one thing that’s changing as quickly as technology in the advanced manufacturing sector, it’s the need for workers with the right set of digital skills who can operate and maintain the industry’s high-tech equipment. Ivy Tech is building innovative, collaborative training programs to address workforce skills gaps.

Industrial Pallet Corp.

Industrial Pallet Corp.

County
Tippecanoe

Industrial Pallet Corp accelerates incremental technology upgrades with help of $150,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant

ArcticRx by ChefsFridge Co.

ArcticRx by ChefsFridge Co.

County
Hamilton

ArcticRx by ChefsFridge Co. Leverages Indiana’s Advanced Manufacturing and Innovation Ecosystem to Move Rapidly from Prototype to Manufacturing Production

CosaWove Workwear

CosaWove Workwear

Grant Amount
$175,000
County
Ripley

Indiana entrepreneur accelerates manufacturing expansion and community impact with a Manufacturing Readiness Grant