10/16/25 AM UPDATE: Georgia-based company expands to Hancock County; LaPorte plant closing; World Food Championships open in Indy

Inside INdiana Business Radio for Oct. 16, 2025. Georgia-based Sugar Foods Corp. will open a production and distribution facility next year at the Mount Comfort Logistics Center in Hancock County, bringing more than 100 jobs with average salaries of $63,000. Meanwhile, Germany-based Freudenberg Filtration Technologies plans to close its LaPorte facility, affecting 173 employees as it consolidates operations in a new Lebanon plant. Hundreds of chefs and home cooks are in Indianapolis for the World Food Championships at the State Fairgrounds, competing for $450,000 in prizes. Hammond will invest $22.5 million to renovate the Renaissance Towers apartment complex, and the Indiana Department of Education has launched a new professional pathway credential allowing high school students to earn 30 transferable college credits at six participating private universities. Crown Point has also opened a $1.8 million skate park at the city’s Sportsplex. Get the latest business news from throughout the state at InsideINdianaBusiness.com.