Indiana Business Magazine articles from June 2005

Indiana Business Magazine archives from June 2005

Set phasers on "stun": Anderson company's space-age weaponry featured on Discovery Channel special "The Science of Star Wars.".(Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems)(Pete Bitar)(non-lethal directed-energy weapons)
June 1, 2005... PETE BITAR WAS 11 WHEN the first "Star Wars" movie came out, but he quickly become enamored with the technology George Lucas dreamed up for Luke Skywalker. Now a busy executive at age 39, Bitar still found time to visit the cineplex within the...

Tax coffers are filling in Indiana: in April, income-tax revenues were up by almost $100 million, a 19.2 percent rise.(INDIANA INDICATORS)
June 1, 2005... IS THERE SUCH A THING as good news about taxes? Perhaps not. Muscles tense and faces frown at the mere sound of that word. But you should know that there is a quiet tax increase occurring in the state of Indiana that few, if any, of its...

The shoe fits: Evansville-based Shoe Carnival sports new shoe styles, new store design and impressive same-store sales increases.(Shoe Carnival Inc)(Company Profile)(Cover Story)
June 1, 2005... SHOE CARNIVAL COMES quickly to mind when shopping for children's shoes and athletic footwear. But the most current, high fashion for feet? Yes, says Mark L. Lemond, CEO of the Evansville-based chain. Don't let his red clown nose fool you...

Indiana's largest public companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100: THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)(Illustration)
June 1, 2005... Indiana's Largest PUBLIC Companies Net Revenue Income EPS 2004 2004 2004 Name,...

Indiana's largest private companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100: THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)(Illustration)
June 1, 2005... Indiana's Largest PRIVATE Companies Rank Company Revenue Ranking Executive City Title 1 Do it Best Corp. $2.9 bil. Bob Taylor Fort...

Maximum wage: fifty highest-paid CEOs of public companies.(INDIANA BUSINESS 100: THE TOP PUBLIC & PRIVATE COMPANIES)
June 1, 2005... 1 J. RAYMOND ELLIOTT Chairman, president & CEO of Zimmer Holdings Headquarters: Warsaw Business: Orthopedic products 2004 company revenue: $3 bil. 2004 company net income: $541.8 mil. 2004 pay & bonus: $2,207,891 ...

Building excellence: Associated Builders and Contractors honors Indiana projects.(BUILDING INDIANA)
June 1, 2005... The Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. of Indiana (ABC) recognizes the best in merit shop construction in Indiana each year. The latest Awards in Excellence winners are: Judge's Special--Mechanical Industrial It took seven miles...

Top prizes: major economic-development headlines of the past year.
June 1, 2005... Subaru of Indiana Automotive The 2006 Subaru B9 Tribeca, an upscale "crossover utility vehicle," began rolling off the assembly line in April at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette. The seven-occupant XUV is the latest...

Indiana well-workplace guide.(Directory)
June 1, 2005... Regional listings of well-workplace services from health-care providers, wellness consultants and health/fitness centers Northwest Indiana HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS APT Plus Physical Therapy 217 N. Broad St. Griffith, 46319...

Bose McKinney & Evans: a half century of serving the legal needs of clients.(MILESTONES)
June 1, 2005... MORE THAN A HALF-century ago, a local attorney named Lewis C. Bose left a successful Indianapolis law firm to found what he called "a different kind of law firm." Bose, a World War II veteran, envisioned a law firm that stressed cooperation,...

Legal assets: the larger business-law firms in major Indiana cities.(LAW)(Directory)
June 1, 2005... Northwest Indiana Beckman Kelly & Smith Hammond--219/933-8206 www.bkslegal.com Managing Partner: Daniel W. Glavin Tracing its lineage to the C.B. Tinkham firm in 1898, Beckman Kelly & Smith's clients today range from...

Summer getaways: some short trips within Indiana.(TOURISM)
June 1, 2005... WITH GAS HOVERING around two bucks a gallon, some creative trip planning is in order this summer. Rediscovering the attractions nearer to home is one strategy, another is hopping on the state's tourism Web site (www.enjoyindiana.com) to...

Tourism milestones: state honors longtime attractions and organizations.(TOURISM)
June 1, 2005... EACH YEAR THE INDIANA Office of Tourism Milestone Awards recognize businesses, museums and organizations celebrating 75 years or more of operation. Each entity is selected for its one-of-a-kind contribution to quality of life in the Hoosier...

Why the fed matters to entrepreneurs: interest rate changes x variable rate debt = problems for entrepreneurs.(ADVICE / BUSINESS FINANCE)
June 1, 2005... ENTREPRENEURS TEND to be blase about what Alan Greenspan and his Federal Reserve Bank colleagues say about interest rates and inflation. It's just talk, after all, isn't it? Actually, it's not just talk, and no one should be indifferent to the...

Heating up in Southwest Indiana: getting I-69 done, retail development and the Freedom Festival.(Interstate 69 project)
June 1, 2005... AS WE PROCEED INTO the heat of summer, things are definitely heating up in southwest Indiana. The announcement that Crane's Naval Surface Warfare Center made the list of military bases to remain open will save most of the 4,000 jobs affiliated...

Southwest Indiana update: the region's top business stories.(REGIONAL REPORT: SOUTHWEST)
June 1, 2005... Crane stays. It's likely few were more joyful over the Base Realignment and Closure list released in May by the U.S. Department of Defense than residents of Martin, Daviess and Greene counties. Rather than close the Crane Naval Surface Warfare...

Evansville: cranes in the air over Indiana's third-largest city.(economic development)
June 1, 2005... "CRANES IN THE AIR and new buildings are two of the most important factors in attracting new businesses to Evansville," says Ken Robinson, executive director of Vision E, Evansville's regional economic-development corporation. "It promotes a...

Return on investment: Indiana tourism is a $6.7 billion business.(VIEWPOINT)
June 1, 2005... INDIANA IS NOT ONLY A great place to live; it's also a great place to visit. Visitors spend $6.7 billion while visiting Indiana. They eat in our restaurants; they sleep in our hotels; they shop in our stores and they pump gas at our stations....

Suros Surgical Systems Inc.: innovators of minimally invasive biopsy options.(ATEC[R] system)
June 1, 2005... SUROS SURGICAL SYSTEMS INC. is a medical device manufacturer of technologies for interventional platform systems in minimally invasive biopsy and tissue removal. Suros holds 18 patents and 24 patents are pending on its biopsy technology that...

Purdue Research Park: state's largest concentration of technology companies.
June 1, 2005... WHEN ASKED TO NAME which businesses, corporations and organizations were those that the state could ill afford to lose, Indiana business leaders ranked Purdue Research Park No. 7 on the "Indiana's 25 Keepers: Keeping Good Company" list (Indy...

2005 Indiana technology directory.(HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES/BIOTECHNOLOGY0--ADVANCED MANUFACTURING/MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT)(Directory)
June 1, 2005... HEALTH & LIFE SCIENCES/BIOTECHNOLOGY Acell Inc. 2700 Kent Ave. West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 800/826-2926 www.acell.com Jim DeFrancesco, Pres. Regenerative medicine company that develops, manufactures &...

2005 Indiana technology directory.(ADVANCED MANUFACTURING/MATERIALS & CHEMICALS--RESOURCES SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY/TRAVEL & ENTERTAINMENT)(Directory)
June 1, 2005... ADVANCED MANUFACTURING/ MATERIALS & CHEMICALS Adco Products 1175 Diamond Ave. Evansville, IN 47711 Phone: 812/464-2488 www.adcoglobal.com Tim Sneed Specialty chemicals for adhesives, sealants, tape Aire-Mate...