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The Indiana Rural School Clinic Network (IRSCN) expands rural telehealth program in north central Indiana
GAS CITY, Indiana – Elementary school students at the Northview Elementary School can now benefit from innovative high-tech telehealth as part of the Indiana Rural School Clinic Network’s expansion.
To celebrate this critical clinic opening, a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled to take place Monday, April 16 at 10 a.m. EDT at the school with state and local education and agency officials. The Northview Elementary School is located at 725 E N H Street in Gas City, Indiana.
WASHINGTON (March 20) – Governor Eric J. Holcomb joined Washington Mayor Joe Wellman, M&C Tech Indiana President Yasuhiro Ito, and other local economic development and community officials to formally note the opening of the first Japanese company in Washington and Daviess County. The company’s new 40,000 sq. ft. facility is located near the intersection of I-69 and U.S. 50/150.
“To take our state to the next level, we have to take Indiana to the world and bring the world to Indiana,” said Gov. Holcomb. “That’s exactly what’s happening here in Washington, and I am thrilled M&C Tech recognized everything our state and the Daviess County community has to offer—including a top-notch workforce and strategic infrastructure investment. We look forward to witnessing their continued success and the good jobs they will create.”
“We see today’s official opening as the dawn of a new relationship between the city of Washington, Daviess County and our new friends in Japan,” said Mayor Wellman. “We are pleased to have this new opportunity to build a mutually rewarding relationship.”
Representing a joint venture between Moriroku Chemicals and Chubu Kagaku of Japan, the company has invested $4.6 million in developing a manufacturing facility for the production of plastic automotive components, including extrusion molding and light assembly of sunroof and door parts. To date M&C Tech Indiana has hired 15 employees. It plans to eventually expand to 70 employees.
“We are pleased at the welcome we have received from the people of Indiana and Washington, and thank Gov. Holcomb and Mayor Wellman for their support,” said M&C Tech Indiana President Ito. “We look forward to growing our company in the years ahead.”
Mayor Wellman traveled to Japan in February 2016 to meet with executives of Japanese companies, which included a specific visit to Moriroku Chemicals’ Tokyo headquarters. There the Mayor invited executives to consider an expansion to the Washington area, citing the availability of I-69 as a supply chain and distribution advantage.
“The successful attraction and opening of M&C Tech Indiana in Washington represents strategic and collaborative work between many people in the region, especially including our elected officials like Mayor Wellman,” said Ron Arnold, executive director of the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation. “We look forward to M&C Tech Indiana being the first of major successes associated with our development of the Exit 62 area of I-69.”
About the City of Washington — Washington, the county seat of Daviess County, is a city of 12,000, located in southwestern Indiana along the new I-69 corridor midway between Indianapolis and Evansville. In addition to the new investment by M & C Tech at Exit 62 of I-69, private and public investment continues to expand. The City has streamlined its zoning processes, constructed a new 600,000-gallon water tower, improved its water and sewer infrastructure, and now provides electricity to several thousand acres around the interchange to enhance potential development. For more information, please visitwww.washingtonin.us
About the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation As a private/public partnership for county-wide economic development, the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) is working to build a foundation for a better tomorrow in the communities within Daviess County, Indiana. A founding organization of the WestGate @ Crane Technology Park, DCEDC’s mission is to develop a process which improves the standard of living for all citizens by creating, retaining and reinvesting wealth while protecting the environment. For more information, please visit www.dcedc.net.
CONTACT:
Abby Gras (IEDC) – 317.232.8845 or agras@iedc.in.gov
Jill Campbell (M&C Tech Indiana) – 812.674.2122 ext. 224 or jcampbell@mctechin.com
Michael Snyder (MEK Group) – cell 317-709-3560 or msnyder@themekgroup.com
WASHINGTON (Indiana) – Starting with a three-page opening gatefold in a special Indiana section appearing with the July 2017 Site Selection magazine, the Daviess County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) has started the execution of a strategic integrated outreach to decision makers. The integrated campaign will appear in both print and online.
“Since the late 1990s Daviess County has experienced some major growth in key sectors,” said Ron Arnold, DCEDC executive director. “When we learned that the Indiana Economic Development Corporation was planning a cooperative special section with Site Selection magazine, we felt it was time to tell our success story as a county.”
ODON, Indiana – Executives of the Virginia-based Alion Science and Technology company joined state and local officials at the WestGate at Crane Technology Park June 2 to mark progress of the all-new $4.3 million Alion facility in the park.
“Days like today are important not just locally but to the people of Indiana – technology growth, particularly like what Alion is demonstrating here today, is a critical focus of our administration as we take our economy to the Next Level.,” said Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch. She continued: “The future is bright. It is bright for NSWC Crane. It is bright for Hoosiers living here in the region. And it is bright for the state of Indiana.”
$750,000 three-year grant to create and fund Indiana Opioid Consortium with seven clinical and educational partners to address opioid epidemic at rural grassroots level
TERRE HAUTE, Indiana – A new Indiana Opioid Consortium is now gearing up to combat what its new director describes as a “a crisis that has exploded in Indiana and has severely impacted rural communities and residents.” Dr. Amnah Anwar, the program director of the new statewide consortium, said the crisis in the Hoosier state has reached “epidemic proportions.”
In addition to a renewed focus on prevention, the Consortium will focus on both incre
asing the availability of behavioral health services for individuals with Opioid-Use Disorder (OUD) in rural areas and helping ensure that professionals and community members associated with dedicated Opioid Treatment Facilities (physical and telehealth-based) have needed training and education tools.
Smithville constructs ‘a network that is built for the future’ in the WestGate@Crane Technology Park
ODON, Ind. – Purdue has tapped Smithville Fiber
to increase connectivity performance from its West Lafayette campus to the WestGate@CraneTechnology Park by upgrading existing fiber services at WestGate using Smithville’s advanced core network.
This new network architecture provides multiprotocol label switching to the customer edge supported by a 100-gigabit optical transport network. The Purdue Research Foundation manages WestGate Academy under the name Purdue@WestGate, and Smithville has been a partner providing high-speed internet connectivity to the Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette since 2009.
National Top 100 broadband company increases services in original fiber location
ELLETTSVILLE (Indiana) – Smithville, a nationally ranked Top 100 broadband company, began a $500,000 high-speed fiber expansion to 456 homes in the Ellettsville community in August. 
The project demonstrates Smithville’s commitment to advance fiber infrastructure in the greater Ellettsville area, where the company first launched its innovative fiber service in 2008. The expansion continues a year of Smithville-funded and -directed fiber projects in Monroe County, and the project is expected to create between 7-10 related jobs in Ellettsville.
INDIANAPOLIS – Mobile Drill International (MDI) has acquired U.S. Exploration Equipment (U.S. Ex) in a move that is expected to further strengthen Mobile Drill’s current market position and expand its growing capacity in the geotech drilling service industry. MDI has experienced solid growth over the past few years, expanding its market share both in the United States and abroad.
“U.S Ex provides MDI with an immediate sales increase to the tooling side of our business and furthers our company objective of providing unmatched value to the geotech drilling industry through our products and services,” said Tim Sabo, president.