BizTech
Jobs, employers, industry, and tech in Northwest Indiana.
PNW's Hammond Impact Lab lands $2M federal grant for a startup academy
A U.S. Commerce Department award will fund a 16-week entrepreneurship academy at Purdue University Northwest's Roberts Impact Lab in downtown Hammond. The first cohort is planned for spring 2027.
Burns Harbor grain terminal is back in business under Louis Dreyfus
The Lake Michigan export terminal in Portage reopened Sept. 30 after three idle years. It has 11 workers, 7.2 million bushels of storage and a new buyer for Region corn and soybeans.
Microsoft’s Granger datacenter clears another county vote with a second utility MOU
St. Joseph County’s Redevelopment Commission and Board of Commissioners approved a second memorandum of understanding with Microsoft on Oct. 6 for Mishawaka water and sewer to the roughly 900-acre Granger campus — not final project approval. Up to 300 full-time jobs are expected.
Indiana American Water substantially completes $24.5 million water main upgrade in Gary
The four-year project replaced mains more than 70 years old with larger 24- to 36-inch pipe, ductile iron transmission and PVC distribution, and removed more than 100 lead service lines.
Family Express to buy six Leo's Market & Eatery stores, add Leo's kolaches across its 90 stores
The Valparaiso chain will rebrand six Leo's stores after the deal closes this fall and add the Greenfield chain's kolaches to its roughly 90 stores.
TOYO cuts ribbon on expanded 2 GW solar factory in Texas
The Japanese manufacturer expanded its Humble plant as a Commerce under secretary credited Trump administration policies for the investment.