DETROIT – LIFT opened its Operation Next advanced manufacturing certification program to employees of Detroit-area small and medium-sized manufacturers to help them recover from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Available to industry for the first time, the new Operation Next civilian program, funded through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
ARLINGTON, Va.—Discovering how to move energy over large distances, including outer space. Designing the future through additive manufacturing. Enhancing human capabilities in an underwater environment. These are some of the topics showcased by Naval Horizons—a new video educational series from the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education and outreach program.
GRAND RAPIDS - Alliant Enterprises - dba Alliant Healthcare Products - has been awarded a Patient Monitoring and Capital Equipment contract by the Defense Logistics Agency valued at $450 million over 10 years. The contract includes medical products from many of Alliant’s high-profile OEM partners, including Olympus America Inc., Philips Healthcare, Skytron, LINET Americas, Belimed
LIVONIA—Schools, preschools and daycare centers in southeast Michigan are working with Livonia-based company Airotrust to improve the quality of its indoor air for students, children, and employees. Detroit-based charter school Covenant House Academy, Summer Early Learning Center in Detroit, and Livonia Little Tots location have all recently purchased and installed Airotrust “Building Masks,” which are
ANN ARBOR - MPSC Commissioner Tremaine Phillips in this video interview warns Michigan residents about utility scams where someone phones them to threaten utility cutoff unless they are paid immediately by credit card or even bitcoin - that should be a giveaway since DTE and Consumers Energy don't yet take cryptocurrency. He also talks about
ANN ARBOR - Gary Roberts, a planner for the Michigan International Technology Center in Plymouth, MI., talks about the new Ridge 5 Corporate Park that hopes to attract international technology companies to an area that is very auto tech focused. Situated among a prestigious roster of international firms, the MITC development is proven grounds for
DETROIT—Officials at LIFT, the Detroit-based, Department of Defense-supported national manufacturing innovation institute, announced a new contract with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center (CCDC GVSC) at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren to conduct a re-engineering analysis of critical parts, assemblies or subassemblies which are no longer in production. The pieces
DETROIT—In a reversal of second quarter trends, the leaders of Michigan’s largest employers anticipate the state and federal economies will stabilize and improve in the coming months. While more than half of business leaders predicted worsening state and federal economic outlooks last quarter, 82 percent now say the U.S. economy will stay the same or improve during the
DETROIT - Comerica Bank’s Michigan Economic Activity Index increased in August to a level of 103.1, some 19 percent, higher than the cyclical low. But the index averaged 117.7 points for all of 2019. Our Michigan Economic Activity Index rebounded in July and August as a result of the early summer business re-openings and resumption
LANSING - Despite a long-term forecast for a comparatively normal Michigan winter, demand for home heating fuel is expected to rise as more Michiganders continue to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the MPSC’s 2020-2021 Winter Energy Appraisal. The continued impact of the pandemic has thrown a curveball to forecasting, given unknowns about
