Good News Friday : Jobs

A number of announcements about business investment, development, relocation and expansion came out this week. Here is the good news for Indiana:

ethanol plant in Benton, 36 jobs (plus more ethanol!)

new Tell City Barge Plant, 200 jobs.

Oxford Automotive in Corydon, adding 125 jobs

expansion of L.H. Industries in Fort Wayne, 40 jobs by 2010

new Nestle plant in Anderson, 300 jobs.

Honda’s groundwork set to employ 4,000 (double prior estimate), 2,000 jobs.

Lagrange’s Atwood motor plant closing, -270 jobs.

For a grand total of +2,431 jobs this week.