TROY - Altair bagged a big client Tuesday when the software modeling and visualization company announced a deal with Europe’s Airbus that will give its various divisions access to Altair’s HyperWorks Computer Aided Engineering software suite. The agreement extends to Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence & Space divisions, as well as of any other
LANSING – On Dec. 8, join Gov. Rick Snyder and leaders from the bio-industry, academia and policy institutes for a half-day conference that will look at ways Michigan can harness its biosciences R&D to its manufacturing prowess to stimulate economic growth. MichBio, the state’s life sciences trade association, has selected a powerful lineup of speakers
ANN ARBOR - Rapidly growing LLamasoft, a supply chain software company, announced Tuesday that it has closed a $50 million Series B financing round with affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Co-Founder Toby Brzoznowski said the money will be used to accelerate the development “of disruptive new technologies” that could now be released early next
FARMINGTON HILLS - Great Lakes Angels is hosting on Oct. 15 the Angel Investing Overview, an Angel Resource Institute education program on angel investing. Angel Investing Overview is the leading seminar for educating angel investors, entrepreneurs, and startup support professionals about how to execute the angel investment process. The AIO will teach you best practices
DETROIT - Last week at Techonomy a brand new challenge was announced and is now open for submissions from local entrepreneurs. Got a great idea for improving transportation? You can now apply to receive up to $250,000 in investments from IdeaMarket for an innovative idea in transportation. http://www.michipreneur.com/now-open-ideamarket-transportation-challenge/
SOUTHFIELD - The International Council of Systems Engineering Michigan Chapter is pleased to announce a strategic alliance dinner meeting to be held at The Engineering Society of Detroit Monday, Sept. 28. There will be two distinguished speakers – Bryan Moser of Boston, Mass., and John Juhasz of Cleveland, Ohio. http://techcentury.com/2015/09/22/pmi-incose-mit-strategic-alliance-comes-to-michigan/
SOUTHFIELD — Value engineering can produce huge benefits for any organization, in terms of quality and financial results. In this Engineering Society of Detroit Podcast, you’ll meet James D. “Jim” Bolton, a veteran value engineer, who will describe how his Bolton Value Consulting LLC improves the bottom lines of some of the world’s foremost businesses. http://techcentury.com/2015/09/25/5529the-esd-podcast-jim-bolton-value-engineering-expert/
SOUTHFIELD - Holders of the Professional Engineer certification in Michigan who need professional development hours - and who want to brush up on their electrical engineering skills - can accomplish both Saturday, Sept. 26 at The Engineering Society of Detroit. http://techcentury.com/2015/09/25/saturday-course-at-esd-offers-electric-engineering-refresher/
LANSING - Legislation to ensure that Michigan makes no more tax voucher grants to companies through the Early Stage Venture Investment Corporation were sent to the full Senate Thursday. The three bills - HB 4195, HB 4196 and HB 4365 - were reported unanimously by the members of the Economic Development and International Investment Committee. The committee also reported a
DETROIT – If you are a member of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, you qualify for a 30 percent early bird discount on the IoT Slam, the world’s first and largest virtual Internet of Things conference and exhibition. But the discount must be taken by Friday. MTAM members can register at http://dld.bz/dU3ps and use
