PLYMOUTH - Hella is hiring engineers and other staff professionals in North America to meet a growing demand for automotive electronic components. A global supplier of electronics and lighting, Hella expects to fill more than 20 positions at facilities in Plymouth, Mich., and Flora, Ill., through the third quarter of this year, according to Dr.
GRAND RAPIDS - Van Andel Research Institute announced that it has reached a licensing agreement for its XenoBase software system with Intervention Insights, a Grand Rapids-based company formed in 2009 with investments from more than a dozen local investors. The company was created to compete in the emerging personalized medicine industry by supporting community oncologists
DETROIT - LivioRadio on Tuesday launched its Carmen portable Internet radio solution for cars at the Digital Experience show in New York City. Carmen consists of a client software (Mac and PC) that records over 42,000 AM/FM and Internet-only radio streams from around the world and loads the recorded content onto the portable media device
DETROIT ? NextCAT announced Tuesday that it has received an award from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research program - $150,000, which has been matched by a $25,000 grant from the State of Michigan Emerging Technologies Fund. The money will be used to commercialize a biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels
LANSING ? Gov. Jennifer Granholm Wednesday announced state approval of a 15-year, 120.24- acre Renewable Energy Renaissance Zone in the city of Holland that will be home to the new LG Chem-Compact Power Inc. advanced battery facility. "Michigan is becoming a world capital for advanced batteries," Granholm said. "Investments in clean energy manufacturing such as
ANN ARBOR ? A group of green-energy contractors have created a company that will offer energy audits and soup-to-nuts building retrofit services. The four companies behind Meadowlark Energy include Meadowlark Builders and Arbor Spray Foam Insulation both from Ann Arbor, Superior Spray Solutions from Superior Township, and BuildScan Thermography of Saline. Each will continue to
ANN ARBOR - Merit Network Inc. Wednesday announced that Data Strategy of Grand Rapids has accepted an invitation to become a Merit Community Supporter. Merit Community Supporter is an invitation-only program based on Merit?s core values: Integrity, People, Innovation and Community. Merit has extended invitations to companies that share these core values, stated Elwood Downing,
LANSING - Asian carp could be on the doorstep to Lake Michigan, federal officials reported Wednesday, threatening the multi-billion dollar Michigan fishing industry. Michigan officials were still calculating their next steps after the announcement that a live bighead carp, one of the two species of Asian carp currently in the Mississippi River basin, was found
LANSING - As the Michigan Senate Transportation Committee wrapped up hearings Tuesday on the proposed Detroit River International Crossing, the committee chair, Sen. Jud Gilbert, said he is growing convinced the project can be done without risk to the state. Gilbert (R-Algonac) said he remains undecided on the legislation to create a public-private partnership to
DETROIT ? Four entrepreneurial support groups will split $3 million over the next three years to support the newly formed Business Accelerator Network of Southeast Michigan ? aimed helping Michigan startups flourish. Ann Arbor SPARK, Automation Alley, Macomb-OU INCubator and Wayne State University's TechTown will each get about $250,000 a year to work collaboratively to