KENTWOOD - Autocam Medical Devices LLC plans to invest $60 million over the next three years to expand production capacity in West Michigan. The producer of surgical and medical components and devices expects to build a new 100,000-square-foot global headquarters and production facility at Broadmoor Avenue and 36th Street in Kentwood. Autocam Medical is working Grand
LANSING - Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and The Connecting Michigan Taskforce is encouraging participation in a new federal program to help lower the cost of broadband for eligible households across the state. Enrollment for this program is now open. The Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a new program from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is
ANN ARBOR - Great guests lined up for MITech TV Monday June 7 at 2 pm led by Lt. Gov. Gilchrist who will provide details on a new state program to provide low-cost broadband to those in need. Dan Lohrmann will discuss Russian ransomware attacks and an appropriate response to Vladimir Putin by President Biden.
SEATTLE - Amazon in a brief blog post announced it will no longer include marijuana on its drug screening program. In short, the company is now treating weed like alcohol, which means off-work employees can partake in a beer or a spliff without fear of repercussions. Of course, just like with alcohol, Amazon says it
LANSING - The Marijuana Regulatory Agency has issued a $20 million RFP for a non-profit organization or academic institution to provide one or more clinical trials that are approved by the United States food and drug administration to test the efficacy of marijuana in treating the medical conditions of United States armed services veterans and
WARREN – ABKO Labs has merged with Premium CBD Labs, based in Madison, WI, to create a Great Lakes cannabis and hemp testing group. ABKO co-founder Amy Brown said she started having conversations with Premium CEO Jeff Hagen a few months ago. The merger is under review for regulatory compliance by the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory
ANN ARBOR - Jamie Cooper, Michigan Manager for Sensi Magazine, provides even more details about her golf out Friday in West Michigan, and a cool after party in Grand Haven. She also provides more updates about Sensi Connects events this summer. https://youtu.be/PRcJswXO_l4
ANN ARBOR - Cannabis Activist Rick Thompson updates the latest cannabis news on Four20 Post. Among the topics are the effort to regulate Delta-8 THC, new regulations for "High" driving, and the efforts by the Michigan Marijuana Manufacturing Association to ban caregivers. https://youtu.be/j6STIuTXV1Q
ANN ARBOR - Jennifer Deamud, Executive Director of the Manufacturing Growth Alliance, talks about some recent federal grants that will go towards making Michigan factories smarter with a variety of digital enhancements. She also discusses the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards Ceremony in July, which she also directs. The evolution of the manufacturing industry is
ANN ARBOR - Tamara Shoemaker, Director of University of Detroit Mercy's Center for Cyber Security & Intelligence Studies, also directs Michigan's Cyber Patriot training program for grade-school students to learn more about cybersecurity. She joins us on MITech TV to provide details on Cyber Patriot summer camps that start in mid June that will teach
