Manufacturers also said a shortage of skilled and, increasingly, unskilled workers remains a concern.

The Paoli furniture factory will lay off 367 workers and close its furniture plant's doors by October 2017.

Officials say Thursday that the $8.1 million investment by Ventra Angola, which is part of Urbana, Illinois-based Flex-N-Gate, will create up to 88 new jobs by 2019.

Indiana manufacturers laid out priorities for the next legislative session in the first of a series of industry meetings this week.

Supporters say the TPP will open up trade between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim countries, plus Canada and Mexico. Critics say it will cost Hoosier jobs.

Earlier this month, reps from companies like Rolls Royce and Toyota gathered in Indianapolis to learn more about hiring veterans -- and to get hundreds of their resumes.

Eighty percent of all RVs sold are made in Elkhart, Indiana. And the industry needs more workers than it's been able to find.

Under the final version of the rules, salaried employees making less than $47,476 a year will earn time and a half for working overtime.