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ID	90408
Title of Article	Swift Foods factory marks 100 years in Elkhart
Notes	Elkhart Packing Co.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tom Lopez recognizes longtime employees
Date	Jul 01, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Swift Packing Co., Factories

ID	73731
Title of Article	Factory fire contained to paint booth
Notes	720 County Road 15
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	Aug 05, 2021
Page	A6
Subjects	Fires, Factories

ID	64085
Title of Article	County council moves toward tax abatement for New RV plant in northwest Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 15, 2018
Page	A1
Subjects	Recreational Vehicle Industry, Tax Abatements, Factories, Employment

ID	55126
Title of Article	Titan Sales and Consulting rides wave of RV growth
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Samantha Sixx
Date	October 21, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Recreational Vehicle Industry, Factories, Economy

ID	55121
Title of Article	County's 2nd vape-only store opens in Goshen
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lisa Halle demonstrates vaping
Date	October 19, 2014
Page	D1, D4
Subjects	Cigar Factories, Goshen

ID	55027
Title of Article	Tax breaks for Smoker Craft, Chassix could create 216 jobs
Notes	Smoker Craft
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Travis Conner
Date	September 30, 2014
Page	A3
Subjects	Employment, Factories, Chassix, Automobile Industry

ID	54982
Title of Article	Company thinks 'lean' to gain in a large way
Notes	Lean Manufacturing Philosophy
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Michelle Borkholder and Kenneth Yoder caulk door; Steve Brenneman
Date	September 21, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	ATC Trailers, Recreational Vehicle Industry, Factories

ID	54935
Title of Article	Dometic buying Atwood Mobile Products
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 10, 2014
Page	C1
Subjects	Dometic Corp., Atwood Mobile Products, Recreational Vehicle Industry, Factories

ID	54927
Title of Article	Exports reach record high in Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Milton Garcia lines up sheets of laminate
Date	September 7, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Champion Manufacturing, Factories, Exports, IN

ID	54899
Title of Article	Hiring event today at RV Hall
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 27, 2014
Page	C1
Subjects	Employment, Alliance Sheets, Factories

ID	46319
Title of Article	Two new factories helping people get back to work in Elkhart County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 23, 2010
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	ABC Bus, Blessing Music Co.

ID	45452
Title of Article	From rubber to rubble
Notes	demolition of factory
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 8, 2010
Page	A3
Subjects	Western Rubber, Goshen, Factories

ID	44435
Title of Article	Many darkened factories may remain forever so
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of real estate agent
Date	February 25, 2010
Page	Business & Industry section, p. 17
Subjects	Business & Industrial Climate, Development, Industrial, Real Estate, Economy

ID	40568
Title of Article	Could we become a major player in seafood factories?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	March 4, 2009
Page	A1
Subjects	First United Methodist Church, Middlebury, Development, Economic, Yoder, Mike, Elkhart County Commissioners

ID	2719
Title of Article	Factories to close; drops specialty roofing sector
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	October 25, 2002
Page	C1
Subjects	Fabric Services, Owens Corning Fabricating Solutions

ID	3138
Title of Article	CTS finishes cuts at factories
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 19, 2002
Page	C1
Subjects	CTS Corporation

ID	7891
Title of Article	Cigars kept a family working and people smoking an Elkhart brand
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	June 12, 1988
Page	E3
Subjects	Cigar Factories, Tobacco

ID	41891
Title of Article	Started in 1919
Notes	Woman's World
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Mrs. Adam Bossnack, Mrs. Larry Kieffer, Mrs. Roger Neal & Mrs. Robert Mayotte
Date	October 13, 1972
Page	12
Subjects	Factories, Women's Clubs

ID	40582
Title of Article	First paths through wilderness were streams that crisscrossed our land
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	drawing of a map of factories using hydralics
Date	September 13, 1958
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Transportation, Pioneer, Transportation, River

ID	14271
Title of Article	Council approves parking lots for 2 factories
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	July 8, 1958
Page	A1
Subjects	Parking, Zoning, Pierre Moran Mall, Elkhart City Council

ID	31801
Title of Article	From a man and wife, Gentsch firm expands to four factories
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of furniture
Date	August 23, 1956
Subjects	Recreational Vehicle Industry, Gentsch, Fred V., Gentsch, Chappie, Mobile Homes

ID	56842
Title of Article	Factories and Stores Shut Down
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	September 10, 1917
Page	1
Subjects	World War I

ID	48291
Title of Article	Close-up of n.w. corner Riverside and Lexington from previous photo.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v. 7
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	January 1, 1911
Page	70
Subjects	Riverside Drive, Lexington Avenue, Cigar Factories

ID	7856
Title of Article	There were seven cigar factories in Elkhart in 1910.
Notes	Elk Pam 977.281 E43su
Source	Elkhart Review
Location	Locked Cases
Date	May 27, 1910
Page	29 - Made in Elkhart section
Subjects	Church's Chicken

ID	72677
Title of Article	Accra Pac Groundbreaking
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/653/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Shoveling dirt
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Factories

ID	72678
Title of Article	Accra Pac Smoke View
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/747/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Accra Pac 1976 explosion smoke seen from the top of a building facing east (Left) Hotel Elkhart
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Factories, Explosions

ID	72679
Title of Article	Accra Pac 1976 Explosion Aerial View
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/657/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Aerial view of smoke coming from the Accra Pac building; fire & explosion 1/07/76
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Explosions, Factories

ID	72680
Title of Article	Accra Pac 1976 Explosion Debris
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/683/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Picture Caption	Man standing by car covered in debris from Accra Pac explosion
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Explosions, Factories

ID	72715
Title of Article	Accra Pac Building
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/664/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Factories

ID	72716
Title of Article	Accra Pac Building
Notes	https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/isl4/id/663/rec/1
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	No date given
Subjects	Accra Pac Group (APG Inc.), Factories