Parts supplier NTN adding 115 jobs at Ind. plant

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Auto parts supplier NTN Driveshaft plans to add 115 new employees in the coming weeks at its southern Indiana factory to meet an increase in business.

The Columbus-based company says the added work comes as sales have gone up for models its supplies. Ford, Toyota and Honda are NTN's three primary customers.

Company vice president Barry Parkhurst tells The Republic that workers have been getting many overtime hours since production is back to levels before it laid off 200 employees in early 2009. Those laid-off workers were recalled last year.

The new hires are to start working by Jan. 15 and will include 100 production and 15 engineering and maintenance jobs.

NTN now has about 1,300 workers in Columbus.