ANN ARBOR - Machine vision sales in North America fell 2 percent compared to the first quarter of 2011, according to new statistics from AIA, the industry?s trade group. The decline resulted primarily from sales of complete vision systems, which account for the largest sales volumes in the North American market. However, sales of machine
NORTHVILLE - DataFactZ, a Northville based highly specialized system and data integration company, announces the addition of two new clients, Gap Inc. and MARS Sales Force Solutions. ?DataFactZ will help these companies understand and give meaning to their data in completely new ways,? said Krishna Kallakuri, vice president of DataFactZ. ?Understanding data is key to
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College is launching the Mechatronics Academy, an 18-week, full time, competency-based training program that will prepare students for careers in automated industrial equipment maintenance and repair. The Mechatronics Academy, which begins on August 20, was designed to assure that graduating students have the knowledge and skills essential to perform troubleshooting,
LANSING - The agreement between Michigan and Canada setting up the framework to build the new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, contains wording that seems to inoculate it from the ballot proposal that would mandate a statewide vote in favor of a new international border crossing, one of Lansing's top attorneys says. Attorney Richard
GRAND RAPIDS ? Michigan's aggressive strategy to create a positive business climate to help Michigan companies grow is showing results, Governor Rick Snyder told a record crowd at the 2012 National Economic Gardening Conference. ?In the last 18 months we have greatly improved Michigan?s business climate and infrastructure, making it easier for our businesses to
SAN FRANCISCO - Credit card processor Global Payments said that in the course of investigating the theft of 1.5 million credit card numbers, it has discovered that hackers may also have stolen consumer data from servers. "Our ongoing investigation recently revealed potential unauthorized access to personal information collected from a subset of merchant applicants," the
DETROIT - The 54-page "Crossing Agreement" that sets up the authority overseeing the construction of the new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, goes to great pains to emphasize that Michigan will bear no costs for the project. One example is Article X. "The Michigan Parties shall not be required to fund any International Crossing
WINDSOR, Ontario - The deal to build a new bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is signed and sealed, and now the question for U.S. and Canadian motorists and commercial traffic interests is whether Governor Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper can deliver despite continued opposition from the owners of the nearby Ambassador
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office announced today the feature film AKA Jimmy Picard has been approved for a film incentive from the state. The project is based on a true story of a WWII veteran and Blackfoot Indian with the alias Jimmy Picard and one of the nation's first documented cases of dream analysis
DETROIT - The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation awarded eight women in various stages of their academic or professional careers with laptop stipends and scholarships at a ceremony at the Birmingham Country Club. MCWT?s corporate and media sponsors who make the annual scholarship program possible and support events throughout the year also were