DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index dipped slightly from 71.8 to 67.9 in April. Index values above 50 generally represent an expanding economy, while values below 50 suggest a weakening economy. With the April survey results, the SEM-PMI has exceeded 50 for 15 consecutive months. The three-month average is up more than four
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Clearwire and Sprint Tuesday announced a significant expansion of the Clearwire 4G network footprint and key capacity upgrades for mobile broadband customers in the greater Grand Rapids metro area. The regional CLEAR and Sprint 4G service area has added coverage for an additional 24,707 people. Now, more than 306,220 people in
GRAND RAPIDS - Plex Systems announced Tuesday that Meijer supercenter chain has selected Plex Online as the cloud/software as a service enterprise resource planning software solution for its manufacturing processes. Meijer will implement the full suite of Plex Online solutions. Meijer, the inventor of the "one-stop shopping" concept, has 195 supercenters and grocery stores throughout
SHANGHAI, CHINA - TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has announced plans to open a 32,000 square foot Technical Center in Anting, China, in 2013 that will accommodate more than 1,000 engineers. Construction will begin in fall 2011. The new Technical Center will house research and development, engineering design and application, testing and validation activities across all
LONDON, United Kingdom - Mavizen will offer A123's advanced Nanophosphate lithium ion battery technology for two-wheeled high-performance motorsports applications around the world. Initially, Mavizen will offer A123?s AMP20 prismatic cells and over the course of the relationship, intends to offer the full portfolio of A123?s lithium ion battery cells, which are designed to deliver a
TROY - SunTel Services has achieved Gold-Certified Channel Partner status with Avaya. Avaya Connect Gold channel partners earn their status by certifying staff members in the operation of Avaya systems and software, and in the operation of solutions offered by other major information technology vendors. Gold-certified channel partners must meet rigorous service delivery and customer
WATERFORD ? Kors Engineering is offering a free tool that allows any user of the Tridium Niagara AX framework to export data streams to the cloud through Pachube, a real-time, software as a service-based data management infrastructure. Pachube provides services to store and access real-time data streams via a robust application programming interface, providing the
ARLINGTON, Va. - Internet2, Indiana University and the Clean Slate Program at Stanford University announced the Network Development and Deployment Initiative, a partnership to create a new network platform and complementary software, which together will support global scientific research in a revolutionary new way. Through substantial investments by each of the partners, the NDDI will
ARLINGTON, Va. - Internet2 announced Tuesday at its annual Spring Member Meeting that Randy Stout, Research and Development Coordinator at Kan-ed has been honored with this year's Richard Rose Award, an annual award established to recognize extraordinary individual contributions that extend the reach of advanced networking into the K20 community. In his role as Research
YPSILANTI - A three-team alliance made up of teams with two-digit numbers won Michigan?s FIRST Robotics Championship Saturday at Eastern Michigan University?s Convocation Center. The winning alliance was comprised of Team 33, the Killer Bees, from Notre Dame Preparatory School; Team 67, the Heroes Of Tomorrow (HOT) Team from Huron Valley Schools; and Team 70,