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December 2 , 2008

Rural Health Innovation Collaborative (RHIC) Launched

Terre Haute, IN—Neighborhood revitalization and economic development will be two of the positive results of a long-range plan involving Terre Haute government, education and business partners who are launching the Rural Health Innovation Collaborative as an aggressive response to current and anticipated health care worker shortages in Vigo County and surrounding rural communities. 

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November 11, 2008

Pfizer Begins Marketing State-of-the-Art Pharmaceutical

Manufacturing Facility in Terre Haute

Terre Haute, IN—Pfizer announced that its 580,000-square-foot multi-purpose manufacturing, filling, and packaging site near Terre Haute in Vigo County is available for purchase for reuse of redevelopment.  Located on 1,000 acres, the facilities have undergone $300 million in upgrades since 1999. 

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October 27, 2008

Alorica Announces 150 Additional Job Creation in Terre Haute

Terre Haute, IN—Leading customer service management firm, Alorica Inc., today announced an increase in the target number of jobs for its inbound customer service center in Terre Haute, Indiana. 

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September 3, 2008

Kellogg Company Expects to Create 300 New Jobs in West Central Indiana

Seelyville, IN—Global cereal and snack maker Kellogg Company (NYSE:K) announced today its plans to boost its Midwest production operations following its acquisition of the assets of IndyBake Products LLC here and Brownie Products Co. in Gardner, Ill.

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July 17 , 2008

NEW Brings Jobs to Indiana Workers N.E.W. Customer Service

Companies Hiring Hundreds in Terre Haute for Work-at-Home Program to Support DIRECTV Customers

Terre Haute, IN—N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc (NEW), the leading provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, is pleased to announce the expansion of their Work-at-Home program into Terre Haute, Indiana.  The home-based jobs will be dedicated to delivering technical troubleshooting to DIRECTV customers creating approximately 480 work-at-home customer care representative jobs over the next three-years depending on applicant interest. DIRECTV is the nation's leading satellite TV service with more than 17 million customers.    

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May 18, 2008

Fast-Growing Technology Company Expands to Terre Haute

Terre Haute, IN—The Terre Haute Economic Development Corporation team and Alorica Inc. are pleased to announce plans for the opening of an in-bound customer service center in Terre Haute.  The center plans to hire more than 600 positions by the end of the year and anticipates that an expansion in 2009 is likely.    

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May 8, 2008

Maryland Biotechnology Company Acquires Terre Haute

Fermentation Facility for Production of Feed Enzymes

Terre Haute, IN—ChemGen Corp., a privately-held biotechnology company that specializes in the development of products through the use of microbial fermentation technology, announced today its acquisition of the former Alpharma fermentation facility in Terre Haute.  

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March 13, 2008
Boral Bricks Opens Largest Brick Manufacturing

Facility in U.S. in Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute, IN—Boral Bricks, the nation's largest brick manufacturer and distributor of masonry products, opened a state-of-the-art brick manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Ind., that will employ 50 full-time workers. Local and state officials, as well as Boral executives from as far away as Australia attended a ceremony at the plant this morning.

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February 8 , 2008
Packaging Company to Consolidate U.S.

Manufacturing Operations in Terre Haute

Terre Haute, IN—Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET), one of the nation's largest manufacturers of plastic film packaging products, announced today it is consolidating its U.S. manufacturing operations here, creating 60 new jobs.

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