Applied Energy Service Corporation Applied Energy Service Corporation (AES) is the successor to Indianapolis Power and Light Company. Indianapolis Power and Light Predecessors, 1881-1891 The first company to introduce electric service to the city… Read More »Applied Energy Service Corporation
Art Galleries Mid-19th to Early 20th Century Galleries One of the city’s first professional art dealers was Herman Lieber, a printer by profession. In 1854, he opened a stationery and bookbinding store in the… Read More »Art Galleries
Ascend Indiana Established in 2016, Ascend Indiana serves as the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (Cicp). It is the brainchild of Jason Kloth, former deputy mayor… Read More »Ascend Indiana
Associated Employers of Indianapolis In 1904 local businessmen established the Employers Association of Indianapolis to combat labor strikes in the city. Membership grew steadily over the next decade. In 1914 the organization absorbed a… Read More »Associated Employers of Indianapolis
Barbasol In 1919 Frank Shields, an Indianapolis chemical engineer, began manufacturing a brushless shaving cream, naming it Barbasol after red-bearded medieval German emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Two years later Shields and partner… Read More »Barbasol
Bash Seed Company In 1906 Daniel F. Bash started Bash Seed Store at 141 North Delaware Street as an extension of his father’s Fort Wayne grain business, Bash and Eakin, which was established… Read More »Bash Seed Company
Beech Grove Railroad Shop The Amtrak railroad system uses the Beech Grove Railroad Shops to overhaul and rebuild locomotives and other railroad rolling stock. Once referred to as the “greatest locomotive hospital in the… Read More »Beech Grove Railroad Shop
Big Car Collaborative Big Car Collaborative, a nonprofit arts organization based on the near southside of Indianapolis, uses tools of culture and creativity to build community and connect people as a way to… Read More »Big Car Collaborative
Bindley Western Industries Founded in Indianapolis in 1968 by Terre Haute native William E. Bindley, the company was the fifth-largest supplier of pharmaceutical, health, and beauty products in the United States in the… Read More »Bindley Western Industries
BioCrossroads Established in 2003, BioCrossroads is a Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (Cicp) initiative that grows, advances, and invests in Indiana’s life sciences industry, which generates $77 billion in economic activity statewide.… Read More »BioCrossroads
