AUBURN HILLS ? Cloud ERP developer Plex Systems announced that Plex Online offers automated shipping functionality through integration with the Pacejet Cloud Shipping solution. Manufacturers in a range of industries can now access complete multi-carrier shipping for parcel, less-than-load, truck, and third party logistics as a complete, cloud-based solution. Manufacturers can deploy efficient, online shipment
LANSING - A program that will make $130 million available in "mezzanine financing" to small businesses in Michigan was promoted Monday by U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow at a meeting of small business executives in Lansing. Stabenow praised the program, InvestMichigan, for not focusing on one particular industry sector. The InvestMichigan program, which consists of funding
LANSING - Democrats say they will push to keep tax incentives for the advanced battery industry that Republicans voted to phase out over the next four years. In a series of news conferences around the state Monday, legislative Democrats said they plan to introduce legislation continuing the incentives that has proven to create local jobs
DETROIT? DTE Energy is more than halfway to its renewable energy goal with a contract to purchase 120 megawatts from a wind farm in Tuscola, Bay and Saginaw counties. The $485 million contract with Tuscola Bay Wind LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, was approved Thursday by the Michigan Public Service Commission. DTE Energy will
DETROIT - NextCat, developed with Wayne State University technology and incubated at TechTown, was awarded nearly $500,000 from the National Science Foundation, bringing total investment in the biofuel company to $1.3 million. The $498,830 grant was a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research award. NextCat is working to advance a biofuel catalyst technology developed at
TRAVERSE CITY - Emerging artists now have a chance to get their "artUP," achieve their big break, and earn $15,000 by entering the first artUP national arts competition in Traverse City. Finalists' works will be displayed in downtowns, major shopping centers, and other public spaces in several major U.S. cities. Three Grand Prize winners will
TROY - Altair Engineering has announced its HyperWorks 11.0 Americas Rollout Series, a series of one-day workshops aimed at educating customers and partners on the features and updates in HyperWorks 11.0, the latest version of Altair's computer-aided engineering software suite. Product highlights include the addition of two new software products to the HyperWorks suite: AcuSolve
LANSING - What was billed in 2009 as the largest renewable energy corporate complex in the United States - on the site of the former Ford Wixom Assembly Plant - is still waiting for a transformation and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation is also waiting. The Detroit Free Press this week chronicled how Xtreme Power
CHICAGO - Efforts to close the Chicago Canal locks to keep the Asian carp from getting into the Great Lakes were set back by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the court also said it may reconsider the question if steps to prevent the invasive species drag. The decision by the Chicago-based court
DETROIT ? The Small Business Outreach Tour will arrive in Ann Arbor on August 30th. The tour is the first ever to be conducted by SBA and will connect small business owners to the help they need. SBA officials completed stops in Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw, Flint, Marquette, St. Ignace, Gaylord, Traverse City, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo,