NOVI - ITC Holdings Corp. announced Feb. 3 a series of organizational changes designed to position the company for continued success. The changes are effective Feb. 14. Brian Slocum, who most recently served as Vice President of Operations, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Slocum has extensive planning and engineering
ANN ARBOR - The State Of Michigan will receive $237 million for business loans and funding for Venture Capital companies, part of a $10 billion national program from the Biden Administration. Last week, the Michigan Strategic Fund approved the new program that could start pumping money into Michigan businesses by spring, said Chris Cook, Director
PLYMOUTH – The Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center has announced it has become the sixth state to join CONNEX, designed to strengthen the local and domestic manufacturing supply chain in Industry 4.0. Michigan joins Missouri, Kansas, Florida, Oklahoma and Utah. In each state, the platform is managed by an MEP center to provide a coordinated approach
SOUTHFIELD - Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health announced Jan. 31 that they plan to close their merger on Tuesday after federal trade regulators signed off on the deal. The new mega healthcare system will be temporarily known as BHSH System. “We are grateful for all of our physicians, nurses and team members. Their compassion, expertise
ANN ARBOR - On MITech TV Jan. 31 at 2 pm, Simon Whitelocke president of ITC Michigan kicks off the monthly ITC Energy Report by exploring the question is Michigan Ready for Renewable Energy? Bob Lyscas Chief Operating Officer at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center announces Connex Michigan, a new program designed to strengthen the
ANN ARBOR - CitySide Ventures has launched its $10 million Great Lakes Angels Fund by investing an undisclosed amount of money in three start-up companies. David Weaver, CitySide Chief Investment Officer, said more early-stage capital is available to keep new companies in Michigan and grow the Michigan ecosystem. He said the fund would like to
SEATTLE - A Washington-state based aerospace company has exited stealth mode by announcing plans to develop one of the holy grails of spaceflight—a single-stage-to-orbit space plane. Radian Aerospace said it is deep into the design of an airplane-like vehicle that could take off from a runway, ignite its rocket engines, spend time in orbit, and
ANN ARBOR - New vehicle prices in the past 12 months have soared 10 percent and used vehicle prices a whopping 37 percent, according to a new report from Anderson Economic Report. AEG's Christina Benton joins MITechNews.Com Editor Mike Brennan to provide details. More information at AEG You can read the report at MITechNews.Com https://youtu.be/wfBWJZ_Ey9Y
DETROIT - New technology has changed how we communicate, shop, find entertainment, and share information. One industry that has completely embraced the vast capabilities of technology in the storage, access, and protection of data in healthcare. Get electronic health records (EHR) implementation support. With so much information, and privacy issues that keep pressuring how this
DETROIT - It is no secret that extinctions have been happening at an alarming rate in recent decades with human involvement and climate change blamed for creating habitats unsuitable for many species of wildlife. Even more worrying is the findings of a major study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
