Are You Ready for Industry 4.0?
We’re serious about making Indiana a global leader in manufacturing, and we believe Industry 4.0 is one of the quickest paths to getting there. We want to help your business meet the challenges of our rapidly evolving industry—helping you adopt the next generation of technology, fostering innovation through tech hubs, and finding the talent you need to innovate and grow.
The Right People for the Job
Indiana is home to more than 9,300 manufacturers, with roughly one in five Hoosiers working in the industry. Demand for top talent continues to grow. Together with our academic and industry partners, we’re building and nurturing a strong talent pipeline so businesses like yours have the right people to support you as you move to Industry 4.0 and into the future.
Adopting Smart Technology
The future of the AML industry is rapidly evolving—AI, robotics, and The Internet of Things are making AML more efficient, adaptive, and productive. Machines, workers, and systems are increasingly becoming more capable of accomplishing what we could only dream of just a few years ago.
We partner with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation to administer Manufacturing Readiness Grants. These grants have helped businesses like yours make capital investments in smart manufacturing so you can accelerate your transition to Industry 4.0.
Real-World Results
It’s one thing to say you’re helping an industry evolve—it’s another to prove it. We’ve worked with countless partners across a variety of specialties—manufacturers, sure, but also high schools and career centers—who have stories to tell about their successful use of talent development resources and programs or the adoption of Industry 4.0 technology. Check out some of them below.
Industry 4.0 Technology Adoption
Mursix Corporation
80-year-old Mursix Corporation accelerates into EV market with increased automation and a nothing’s-impossible mindset
BioBond
Ready funding, veteran leadership helps adhesives startup, BioBonds, speed to market with plant-based products
Riverside Manufacturing
Riverside Mfg. LLC earns $200,000 Manufacturing Readiness Grant to support $5.2m investment in next-gen technology, automation.
Innovative Designs
Innovative Designs’ two Manufacturing Readiness Grants introduce and expand automation at its Elkhart, Indiana plant
Jeco Plastics
Choosing to be great instead of giant, Jeco Plastic Products focuses on precision when others chase volume
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
NextGen Manufacturing
Getting workers off to a ‘Strong Start’ pays off for contract manufacturer, NextGen Manufacturing and its community
Bethlehem Die Cutting
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 […]
Plainfield Imagination Lab
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 […]
Internships help Hoosier students find careers, grasp advanced manufacturing – Grote Industries
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 […]
Summer camp introduces young people to advanced manufacturing – Major Tool and Machine
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 […]
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From talent development to leading-edge technology, helping businesses like yours is what fuels Indiana’s pursuit of global leadership in manufacturing and logistics. Let’s see what we can do together.