CLEVELAND - Eaton Corporation announced that Kenneth Davis has been named president ? Vehicle Group, effective January 1, 2011, succeeding Joseph P. Palchak who has announced his decision to retire at the end of June, 2011. Palchak will continue to report to Craig Arnold, vice chairman and chief operating officer ? Industrial Sector, and will
TROY ? Karen Duncanson, ISSA Motor City Communications Director, will be the featured speaker at the Dec. 16 dinner meeting for the security group. She will talk about anomaly detection, trending and traffic flow tracking techniques using the ACELive appliance tool. RSVP deadline is Dec. 13. The December Dinner Meeting will be held at Walsh
GRAND RAPIDS ? The greater Grand Rapids region should experience stronger economic growth than the rest of the state in 2011 and 2012, economist George Erickcek predicted in his annual West Michigan economic forecast. Erickcek, with the W.E. Upjohn Institute in Kalamazoo, gazed into his crystal ball on Wednesday morning during the Right Place Program
ANN ARBOR ? The Semi-Finalists for the Accelerate Michigan $1 million business plan competition have been selected. We're providing a complete list of the companies vying for the $500,000 top prize Saturday in Ann Arbor. Accio Energy is an Ann Arbor-based early-stage renewable energy company led by experienced and successful previously venture-backed executives. The company
GRAND RAPIDS ? Do you have a great technology story to tell? We want to hear from you for our end of the year wrap up of great stories about Michigan's great technology companies. It's easy to let us your story. Just drop Editor & Publisher Mike Brennan an email and tell him in a
ANN ARBOR - Ingenex Digital Marketing will be hiring a Director of Search Engine Marketing for its Ann Arbor office. Under the direction of the President/CEO, the Director of Search Engine Marketing manages search engine marketing and search engine optimization campaigns for Ingenex and its clients. He/she fosters a positive, highly productive work environment while
ANN ARBOR - Three Michigan companies recently received a combined total of $145,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount invested through the Fund to over $1.8 million. Those companies were FamilyMint, Fusion Coolant Systems and Shepherd Intelligent Systems received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. FamilyMint, based in
LANSING - A major development in wind energy production in the state, using what corporate executives said was a significant innovation in wind generation technology, was unveiled Tuesday by Governor Jennifer Granholm. The proposal will involve development of a large new wind farm on the Garden Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula with the power generated
LANSING ? Michigan Senate Republicans are wrapping up the process of committee assignments, and among the committee chairs are Sen.-elect Rick Jones of Judiciary, Sen.-elect Mike Kowall of Economic Development and Sen. Mike Nofs of Energy and Technology. Senate Majority Leader-elect Randy Richardville (R-Monroe) said Tuesday of committee assignments: "I would say that we have
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Institute will host Foundation Funding Opportunity Day December 9 to help area life science professionals attract grant funding. Representatives from granting foundations such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure will present and discuss what they are looking for when