Former Navistar Foundry Reopens Creating Jobs

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This week, I gave remarks at the reopening of the former Navistar foundry on Indianapolis' Eastside. The foundry, which is one of the few foundries in the U.S. capable of making the cylinder blocks and heads needed by diesel engine manufacturers, was originally set to close in July of 2010. However, my staff and I were able to help facilitate discussions that led to an agreement between Navistar, the United Auto Workers, and other community leaders to create PurePower Technologies, which assumed operations at the foundry. I am happy to report that PurePower will recall 150 workers by June 2011, and it plans to hire another 100 by 2014!

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