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SME And Women In 3D Printing Join Forces To Build Diverse Manufacturing Workforce

DETROIT — Industry leaders SME, a non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing manufacturing, and Women in 3D Printing (Wi3DP), a global organization with a mission to close the gender gap in Additive Manufacturing (AM), are partnering to attract and build a diverse next gen workforce to advance the AM industry. “SME has been enabling the

By |2022-05-17T14:09:54-04:00May 17th, 2022|Industry 4.0|

Northpointe Bank Personalizes Consumer Banking Experience with Total Expert

GRAMD RAPIDS – Northpointe Bank, the largest national lender based in West Michigan,has begun using the Total Expert CRM and customer engagement platform to empower retail bankemployees with relevant customer data in order to optimize the total consumer banking experience. Northpointe Bank has relied on Total Expert for the past three years within its home lending businessand

By |2022-05-17T14:09:54-04:00May 17th, 2022|ESD|

$2.5 Million To Finance Green Energy Updates for Detroit Residents, Nonprofits

LANSING — A new loan program from Michigan Saves will help low- to moderate-income Detroiters and nonprofit organizations more easily access financing to update buildings and electrical systems to greener, cleaner and more cost-effective technologies. The new loan program will launch on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. Funded through a $2.5 million program-related investment from The

By |2022-05-17T14:10:19-04:00May 17th, 2022|Clean Update, Featured|

Macomb Community College Offers Hybrid Automated Systems Training Programs

WARREN - Macomb Community College has launched hybrid automated systems short-term training programs, allowing students to learn core competencies required for certain skilled trades remotely. The college’s new hybrid programs include robot programmer, robot technician, industrial maintenance technician and controls technician. They combine hands-on training with remote learning to integrate the power of new teaching

By |2022-05-17T14:10:33-04:00May 17th, 2022|ESD, Featured|

ISSA Motor City Chapter: Zero Trust for API Risk Management 

ISSA Motor City Chapter Meeting Meeting Information Join us at the Motor City ISSA for a discussion on Information Security. Date: May 19, 2022 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM Location: Register to receive the meeting invite. Speaker and Topic Information Speaker: Dr. Baljeet Malhotra Title: Zero Trust for API Risk Management Abstract Web applications are prone

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 17th, 2022|Cyber Defense|

32 SBDC Clients And SBDC Southeast Region Earn Recognition

GRAND RAPIDS -  The Michigan Small Business Development Center (SBDC) received multiple awards at the Michigan Celebrates Small Business Awards Gala. Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business is the host institution for the Michigan SBDC. Thirty-two small businesses that worked with the SBDC took the stage for awards ranging from “Michigan 50 Companies

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 17th, 2022|Entrepreneurs|

Solar Boxes Expand Clean Energy To Include World’s Poorest Regions

DETROIT - Imagine being able to power your house with solar "energy cubes" that you can stack up like LEGO pieces to create a network of energy. It sounds like something out of sci-fi movie, yet this remarkable idea invented by a Swiss company may one day actually provide us with inexpensive, clean energy across

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 16th, 2022|Clean Update|

New Way To Convert Solar Energy Into Hydrogen For Renewable Fuel

NAGANO, Japan - Last month, Japanese researchers from Shinshu University in Nagano developed a two-step method that is dramatically more efficient at generating hydrogen, a clean and renewable fuel, from a photocatalytic reaction. The team, however, indicated that they needed to engineer an improvement of the technology's efficiency to make it practically useful. This improvement may finally be here! Access

By |2022-05-17T14:09:55-04:00May 16th, 2022|Clean Update|

How Companies Can Be Nimble With Automation

DETROIT - In reviewing current industry trends, it is evident that automation efforts will be accelerated within the next 3 years. In recent engagements of both a plant-based products manufacturer and a leading consumer products company in the printing industry, there was a need for agility, flexibility, and reduction of internal costs in order to

By |2023-09-04T13:43:28-04:00May 16th, 2022|Guest Columns|