Major Manufacturers in Southwest Indiana, the Evansville Region
Manufacturing is still going strong in the Evansville region. The strength of the manufacturing sector and a broad economic base of the region have helped to build a strong economy which is known for its stability, diversity and vitality. Evansville has grown from its early days as a river port to become a 21st Century center of advanced manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, retailing, health care and finance and business services.
Today the Evansville region is known for the production of a wide variety of manufactured products including: motor vehicles, refrigerators, nutritional products, pharmaceuticals, prepared foods, aluminum sheet and billots, auto glass, cold rolled steel, paints, plastic compounds and plastics products.
Companies located in the Evansville region maximize profits and minimize costs by taking advantage of the area’s excellent operating environment. They benefit not only from the region’s strategic central location, but also from the skilled and productive workforce, utility rates that are among the lowest in the United States, and low costs of doing business.
Major Manufacturers
| Company |
Product |
Number Employees |
| Bristol- Myers Squibb |
Pharmaceutical / Nutritional |
2900 employees |
| Whirlpool |
Refrigerators |
2,700 employees |
| ALCOA |
Aluminum Ingots and Sheet Stock |
2,600 employees |
| Toyota Motor Mfgr. Indiana |
Pick Up Trucks, SUV's, Vans |
2500 employees |
| General Electric Co. |
Plastic-Lexan, Valox, Ultem |
1700 employees |
| Keller Crescent |
Commercial Printing & Advertising |
520 employees |
| Red Spot Paint & Varnish |
Plastic coatings |
517 employees |
| PPG Industries |
Auto Glass |
500 employees |
| Hansen Manufacturing |
Timing Motors, Clock Movements |
425 employees |
| Rexam Plastics |
Plastic Closures |
410 employees
(in Evansville) |
| George Koch Sons |
Industrial Paint Systems |
410 employees |
| Escalade Sports |
Recreational & Sporting Goods |
400 employees |
| Lewis Bakeries |
Bread and buns |
350 employees |
| Mid-States Rubber |
Rubber Products |
340 employees |
| Silgan Containers |
Caps & closures for bottles |
235 employees |
| Faultless Caster |
Casters |
249 employees |
| DSM Engineering |
Reinforced plastic compounds |
210 employees |
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Evansville has grown from its early days as a river port to become a 21st Century center of advanced manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, retailing, health care and finance and business services.
Companies located in the Evansville region maximize profits and minimize costs by taking advantage of the area’s excellent operating environment. They benefit not only from the region’s strategic central location, but also from the skilled and productive workforce, utility rates that are among the lowest in the United States, and low costs of doing business.
Expansion Management Magazine ranks Indiana's workforce development programs fifth in the nation. The survey polled more than 80 corporate site location consultants for the results.
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