Endress+Hauser's Greenwood HQ Is a Pricing Play, Not Just a Building

Endress+Hauser opened a $50.9 million, 106,000-square-foot headquarters in Greenwood, Johnson County, co-located with regional rep George E. Booth Co. With more than 83% of its U.S.-sold instruments made domestically, E+H is positioned to use "Buy American" arguments against import-dependent competitors on federal and regulated-utility contracts. Combined with a commitment to hold U.S. list prices flat, the move reads as a switching-cost play aimed at mid-market customers before competitors can respond. Operators with existing instrumentation service or calibration contracts should confirm those agreements allow clean benchmarking and renegotiation before that advantage compounds.

Two New Laws Reopen Indiana's Workforce Pipeline

HB 1098 removes workers' compensation liability uncertainty that has been a top employer objection to work-based learning programs, effective July 1. SEA 254 gives manufacturers direct authority on Ivy Tech advisory boards rather than advisory input alone. The IEDC reviews these programs on December 1 based on employer participation and placement data, facilities not represented in that data risk being structurally disadvantaged when funding is reallocated in 2027.