MSSL parent sees stock price jump

Motherson Sumi Systems, parent company of MSSL Wiring System of Portland, gained nearly 6 percent on Indian markets Wednesday after announcing bonus shares to shareholders. The company recommended issuing one share for every two existing shares pending approval from shareholders.

Ardagh going green
The Ardagh plant in Dunkirk has received the ISO 14001:2004 certification.
The certification is an internationally recognized standard of environmental management.
With the addition of Dunkirk, Ardagh now has 13 plants with the certification.
“We are dedicated to meeting the environmental needs of our customers through continual improvement of our business operations, and the ISO 14001 Certification reaffirms this commitment,” said John Riordan, President and CEO of Ardagh Group, Glass – North America

Group sold
The First Merchants Insurance Group of Muncie has been bought by New York based USI Insurance Services. The deal will not change any day-to-day operations at the local level, and all existing employees are expected to keep their current positions.

Senior Expo set
The Jay County Chamber of Commerce will host a new Senior Expo on Aug. 22 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The expo will be free to the public and feature senior-related exhibits, seminars, as well as health screenings and activities.
The expo is meant to educated seniors and their caregivers in the region. There are several ways to participate such as sponsoring the event (deadline-July 10), a booth exhibit (Aug.12), as well as giving an educational seminar (July 20).
To participate fill out all appropriate forms and submit them before the various deadlines.
For more information contact the Jay County Chamber of Commerce at (260) 726-4481 or email [email protected].

Safety luncheon
The Jay County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a special edition Networking Luncheon in honor of June being National Safety Month. The luncheon will take place Tuesday, June 30, at Jay County Hospital from noon to 1 p.m.
Admission is $8 per person and open to all Chamber members.

Ribbon cutting
A crowd of about 70-75 gathered recently for the latest addition to the Arthur and Gloria Muselman Wellness Pavilion, which consist of four outdoor shuffleboard courts.
The courts are open to the to the community free of use, but the equipment has to be unlocked using a key found inside the pavilion.

Founder dies
Ralph Roberts, a cable pioneer who built Comcast from a small cable TV system in Mississippi into an entertainment and communications behemoth, has died, The Associated Press reported Friday.
 He was 95.
Comcast said in a statement that Roberts died Thursday night in Philadelphia of natural causes.
He was in his 40s when he began his career in the fledgling cable industry, with a $500,000 purchase of American Cable Systems, a company with 1,200 subscribers in Tupelo, Mississippi. A string of acquisitions followed. Roberts changed the name of the company to Comcast and ran it until he was in his 80s.
He handed control of the company to one of his sons, Brian, who is now Comcast's chairman and CEO, while keeping the title of chairman emeritus.
Roberts, who was known for wearing a bowtie to work every day, had grand ambitions. "Ralph was always about what comes next, what's the next deal," said Steve Burke, CEO of NBCUniversal, who has worked at Comcast for 17 years.
"He gave his DNA to his son Brian, who has always been a real ambitious person for the company."
Now Comcast is the nation's largest provider of cable TV and home Internet service as well as the owner of NBCUniversal, home of the NBC network, a slew of cable channels, film studio Universal Pictures and theme parks.