Hoosier Energy Powers Indiana Business Success
From automotive companies to the nation’s largest food redistributor, the Hoosier Energy service territory is home to many thriving Indiana companies. Visit our case studies below to learn more about business success in Indiana.
Honda Motor Company
When Honda decided to build a large, new assembly plant in Greenburg, Indiana, Hoosier Energy and the Decatur County REMC built 2.5 miles of new distribution lines, added 36 three-phase banks and placed 50 power transformers around the site, just to service the construction phase of the project. This $550 million capital investment went into production with a turnaround of only 31 months and will span 1,700 acres and will eventually employ 2,000 workers.
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TS Tech
A year after Honda’s announcement, TS Tech—one of the automotive company’s suppliers—announced that it would construct a new 200,000-square-foot production facility. This facility will create 300 Indiana jobs to make seats for the new Honda operation, a $32 million capital investment. Hoosier Energy and the Henry County REMC postponed regular schedules in order to hit the tight deadlines and provide the necessary services for this massive project.
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ATTC Manufacturing
An automotive company and supplier of brake drums, rotors and differential cases for Toyota’s North American market, ATTC has grown rapidly since its start up in the Perry County Industrial Park in 2000. After its most recent expansion—the fourth in eight years, all powered by Hoosier Energy and Southern Indiana Power—ATTC has created nearly 400 new jobs in Indiana.
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DOT Foods
With only 6 months between initial contact with DOT Foods and groundbreaking, Hoosier Energy and Whitewater Valley REMC moved fast to provide the necessary power to the new 200,000-square-foot multi-temperature facility. Located in Cambridge City, Indiana, the new $18 million facility created 250 Indiana jobs. Read More
reNovo
A central Indiana tech park received a new tenant who brings cutting-edge orthopedic care onto its premises when Major Hospital of Shelbyville unified all aspects of its orthopedic activities into a single, new facility in the prominent Intelliplex business park located along Interstate 74. Read More
General Shale
While bricks have been used for millenia as fundamental construction elements, only 40 years have passed since General Shale opened its production facility in Mooresville, and only two years have passed since new automation and robotic equipment was installed to add the capacity to produce an additional 90 million bricks annually. Read more
Cooper Tire
Indiana's largest LEED certified building is a $24 million distribution center served by Johnson County REMC on a site that was certified shovel-ready by the State of Indiana. Cooper Tire worked with a partnership of the rural electric utility and the local economic development officials to produce an efficient new investment that will bring 60 jobs to Franklin, Indiana. Read more
Boral Bricks
The nation's largest brick-baking kiln is 530 feet long, 33 feet wide, 2,000 degrees in termperature, and served by WIN Energy REMC in Terre Haute, Indiana. Boral Bricks, Inc., opened the facility in 2008 with new production capacity to create 120,000,000 bricks per year. Read more
Profab Custom Metal Works
Orleans, Indiana became home to a new metal fabrication business thanks to the diligence of Orange County REMC, and now 41 additional acres of land sit ready to be the next site for new investment and employment in the community. Profab Custom Metal Works relied on the REMC to do everything from acquiring the land to bringing the utilities to even hosting a job fair for potential new employees. Read more
Techtop LHP
A Chinese auto parts manufacturing firm chose Columbus, Indiana for the site of a partnership that will bring jobs, investment, and a further increase in the international customer base of Bartholomew County REMC. The power cooperative relies on radio-controlled switches and a loop transmission circuit for the best power supply available to the Woodside Northwest Industrial Park where Techtop LHC is located. The industrial park received Techtop as only its second occupant since development of the park began in 2007. Read more
SAIC
A Fortune 500 scientific and engineering firm chose the WestGate@Crane as the best site to house 160 employees in a new facility that is in the only multi-county tech park certified by the state of Indiana. SAIC became the seventh defense contractor to locate in the WestGate techpark, located adjacent to the Crane Naval Warfare Center, the Navy's third largest defense facility. Utilities District of Western Indiana, the REMC serving WestGate, has delivered reliable electric energy, aesthetics, and even broadband over powerlines to serve the tech park. Read more
Holiday World
A gem of entertainment nestled in southern Indiana presented no challenge to Southern Indiana Power REC when they realized that the unique nature of their electric load was putting them in conflict with the usual billing practices that other utilities impose on customers. For SIP though, it was a chance to see how creatively they could work to be a good partner for a customer. Read more
Orange County Economic Development Partnership
The Orange County REMC saw the opportunity for the local economic development organization to step back and evaluate its goals for future economic growth in its idyllic southern Indiana setting. Providing leadership and working with other members of the LEDO board, the cooperative brought forth the resources to carry out the strategic planning process. Read more
Cooperative Brings Solar Water Heating to Institutional Customer
An antiquated domestic water heating system was costing a rural school system high energy costs, until the Jackson County REMC stepped in to suggest an innovative solution to the problem. Read more