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GOSHEN — Lippert Components employees in the hundreds were brought together under the unifying banner of sport Saturday for the company’s first soccer tournament at Goshen College. A first for Lippert, a supplier of components to the recreational vehicle, residential housing and numerous other industries, the tournament was the brainchild of Julio Cruz Reyes, a…

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Mark Melnick and Kyle Hannon of Ivy Tech will be presenting on a number of initiatives that can help our local economy when it comes to workforce training. Here is a brief look at the topics that will be covered: Attracting and keeping skilled workers is the biggest challenge facing employers in Elkhart County. Some…

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Thank you for your willingness to partner with the newly formed IT Sector Partnership (ITSP) for the South Bend – Elkhart Region. Our mission is to identify what the most important IT skills and technologies in our region are and then train people in those areas. For us to get the ball rolling we need to…

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Solar financing is heating up at 1st Source Bank. The South Bend-based organization has invested in 10 solar projects in six states in a little more than a year, including two in Indiana and one in Michigan. Commercial solar energy projects entered the company’s orbit a few years ago when the bank was considering areas…

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Through education and mentorship, women will be encouraged to pursue careers in today’s increasingly technological and innovative manufacturing industries. As a woman who runs a second-generation manufacturing and engineering company, I am a bit of an anomaly — a disruption to the normal pattern we tend to classify as “manufacturing.” One of my professional and…

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