Construction work is in full swing at Ignition Park in South Bend. Here are the latest photos showing park infrastructure and the construction of Data Realty, the park's first tenant.
Steve Hartz was frustrated that many job applicants were unqualified and lacked even basic skills for openings at his company, Value Tool and Engineering, Inc. in South Bend.
So he decided to do something about it.
When managers at the New Carbon Co. began looking for a new home about 10 years ago, they found an ideal building in South Bend.
It has been a little more than two years ago since Heraeus Kulzer, a leading provider of aesthetic veneers and other dental products, was nearing a decision about consolidating two of its plants.One was in Westchester County, north of New York City. The other was in South Bend at the former Bayer Dental Lab facilities, which Heraeus Kulzer purchased about 20 years ago.