DETROIT - Michigan residents may begin applying for the state's new enhanced driver's license Tuesday so they can legally return to the United States from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the rest of the Caribbean starting June 1. Enhanced driver's licenses are equipped with the latest technology to speed up border crossings and deter fraud. When
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems, which provides Plex Online software for the manufacturing enterprise, announced its latest winkle, the availability of automated fixed asset tracking capabilities. The Plex Online integrated ERP system delivered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution lets manufacturers easily track the useful life of office equipment, computer equipment, vehicles and
MANISTEE - Gov. Jennifer Granholm helped Mariah Power open its first high-volume manufacturing plant in Manistee. The retrofitted auto parts plant will employ up to 120 former auto workers in a rural region of Michigan best known for its Indian casino. The manufacturing site begins operations with 30 new employees and will produce 100 Windspire
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College will launch its program to train the coming generation of wind-energy technicians in the fall, with students able to get a jumpstart by enrolling in pre-requisite courses during the summer semester. To earn a one-year certificate in the emerging field, students will complete 35 credit hours of classroom instructions
LANSING - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that greenhouse gases are hazardous, the first step toward regulating them but that does not mean state, or federal, regulation of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases are imminent, Department of Environmental Quality Director Steven Chester told Gongwer News Service. "This is a huge action on
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Butzel Long has entered into a new venture that broadens its resources in the Washington, D.C. market by joining forces with the former Tighe Patton Armstrong Teasdale PLLC, which has been renamed Butzel Long Tighe Patton, PLLC. The entity, of which Butzel Long is a member, includes a total of 22 attorneys,
LANSING - With the state's fiscal year now more than half-over, legislative leaders and their caucuses are working as quickly as they can to develop proposals to bring to Governor Jennifer Granholm later this week to solve an estimated $785 million budget deficit. Officials are also hopeful Granholm will soon issue a budget-cutting executive order
GRAND RAPIDS ? Mark Shurr, a 25-year veteran with experience in the development of business and manufacturing systems, will talk about IT tools in the business environment April 24 during the Fourth Friday Technology Forum. Marks consulting practice, Ada Business Technology Inc., was founded to provide superior Information Technology and Business Management Consulting specializing in
DETROIT - TechTown, Wayne State University's business incubator also has a facet of its accelerator program that pairs up experienced entrepreneurs with first-time or inexperienced entrepreneurs to get them and their businesses up to speed more quickly. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>
DETROIT - Soft Landing is a program developed by Wayne State University's TechTown that makes it easier for international companies to do business in Southeast Michigan. To listen, click on MITechNews.MediaRica.Com a>>