The interview came just days after Hayes agreed to keep 730 factory workers in Indianapolis, in exchange for $7 million in state tax breaks.

In an interview with CNBC, United Technologies chief executive Greg Hayes says a $16 million investment to limit outsourcing will increase automation.

The United Steelworkers says the number of jobs saved is actually 800, not more than 1,100 as President-elect Donald Trump said last week.

Keystone RV, a subsidiary of Thor Industries Inc., plans to spend $8.6 million on the plants in Goshen, 25 miles east of South Bend.

Air conditioning company Carrier Corp. said Tuesday that it had reached a deal with President-elect Donald Trump to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence planned to travel to the state Thursday to unveil the agreement alongside company officials.

Roughly half of the jobs originally slated to move to Mexico will stay at the air-conditioning company's Indianapolis plant. Trump made the company's decision a major campaign talking point.

Manufacturing, underwhelming economic recoveries and race play a role in Gary's slow-recovering economy.

A new study explores where Hoosier manufacturing workers go when they lose their jobs.

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.