BATESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Hillenbrand Inc. said Thursday that it has reached an agreement to sell its Batesville Casket Co. subsidiary — the largest producer of caskets in the U.S. — to an affiliate of ...

Is Batesville Casket deviously fixing prices and gouging the bereaved? Or is it just a tough company protecting the channel? The Batesville Casket Co.'s cavernous coffinmaking plant in Batesville, Ind ...

Casket makers have for centuries made a living from human burials, and the fact that we are all going to die has provided a predictable source of recurring revenue. But today, people are choosing a ...

Hillenbrand Inc (NYSE: HI) has agreed to sell its Batesville business segment to an affiliate of private equity firm LongRange Capital for $761.5 million, which includes an $11.5 million sub-note.

One of southeast Indiana's largest employers will be laying off 100 employees. The city that surrounds Batesville Casket Company will likely feel the impact.The company's president, Kim Dennis, said ...

Hillenbrand Industries Inc. said today that its Batesville Casket Co. unit has aborted its planned acquisition of Yorktowne Caskets Inc. because it learned yesterday that Yorktowne sold some of its ...

BATESVILLE, Ind. – A private investment firm will buy an Indiana business that’s been making caskets in Indiana since the 19 th century. Founded in 1884, Batesville (commonly referred to as the ...

Achievements: 73.1% reduction in returns as a percent of production since 2002. Excellence Achievement Award from National Safety Council for 1 million work hours without a lost work day in 2005. At ...

The Batesville Casket Co. maintains a huge presence in the southeastern Indiana city of Batesville. It’s built oblong boxes there since 1884, and today its state-of-the-art plant pumps out tens of ...

— -- An Indiana company was center stage at pop superstar Michael Jackson's funeral this week with a product no one could miss: a gleaming golden casket, shined to a mirror finish. Batesville ...

Achievements: 7.2% drop in hours per unit since 2006; 45% improvement in recordable incidence rates from 2007 to 2008; 2004 IW Best Plants winner When Batesville Casket Co.'s Manchester, Tenn., plant ...

— -- An Indiana company was center stage at pop superstar Michael Jackson's funeral this week with a product no one could miss: a gleaming golden casket, shined to a mirror finish. Batesville ...