A distribution and wholesale marketing company in Indiana recently announced that it would be adding workers at a facility over the next few years.
In a statement, Wilson Industrial Sales reported that by 2015 it would bring on 15 new employees at high-paying positions after it finishes constructing a 10,000 square-foot facility in Jasper County. The leadership of the state's economic bureau said the move signaled that Indiana was an ideal place for businesses to set up shop.
"Companies like Wilson Industrial Sales know that location is everything," said Dan Hasler, secretary of commerce and chief executive officer of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. "With more than 80 percent of the nation's population within a day's drive, Indiana provides an unequivocal value to businesses that no other state can match."
There are signs that manufacturing and related industries are looking to increase hiring. Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Q1 2012 Manufacturing Barometer found that more firms were likely to hire in 2012. In a statement, PwC's global industrial manufacturing leader, Barry Misthal, said that many companies were in the process of adding staff after cutting back due to the recession.