State trade fact sheets - Indiana

Greenleaf Foods / Maple Leaf Foods grows in Indiana

Shelbyville, IN will soon be home to the largest plant-based protein production facility in North America! Greenleaf, the U.S. subsidiary of Ontario-based Maple Leaf Foods, is building a 230,000 square foot facility. The investment totals $310 million, employing 460 people. Once complete, the Greenleaf facility will be Shelbyville's largest industrial project, joining a proud tradition of agriculture and manufacturing in the area.

Space Solar Power

VanWyn, an entrepreneurial Hamilton, ON based company in aerospace logistics, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' Purdue School of Engineering and Technology are collaborating on finding a breakthrough in the next step for space-to-earth power beaming. Grad students are diving deep into the science and engineering of “wireless power transfer” to a high altitude aircraft capable of sharing communications and surveillance across hundreds of thousands of square miles. This innovative new craft offers benefits to peace officers, remote communities, and disaster relief operations, saving millions of dollars and providing around-the-clock service. The ultimate goal of this collaboration is “space solar power,” where orbiting satellites provide clean, baseload power to all of mankind with no pollution on Earth.

D-Day Commemorations

This year, Canada's contribution to the Allied Landing in Normandy was remembered at a D-Day 75^th anniversary commemoration ceremony in Evansville, IN, aboard a Landing Ship Tank (LST) museum boat. LST vessels were designed to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers. LST vessels were the backbone of the Allied landing in Normandy. 171 LSTs out of 1,051 were constructed in Evansville. The ceremony took place on the last fully functional WWII LST, which is permanently anchored in Evansville. In addition to Canada, diplomatic representatives from France, Great Britain, Greece and the Netherland also participated.