ALBION - Caster Concepts, manufacturer of heavy duty industrial casters and wheels, has acquired the assets of Modern Suspension Systems of Rockford, IL. Terms were not announced. The tread tray carts and die cast business, which has been a part of Modern Suspension Systems, will remain under the control of MS Holdings Rockford LLC in
DEARBORN ? Ernst and Young announced that Luther Elliott, President and CEO of Information Systems Resources, is a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 Award in the Michigan and Northwest Ohio Region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal
AUBURN HILLS - The 2015 Volkswagen Golf is set to roll into showrooms this spring equipped with Faurecia technology for seating, door panels, and front-end modules. Faurecia Automotive Exteriors is producing the carrier for the new Golf model?s front-end module at its Puebla, Mexico, accessories facility, near the plant in Puebla where Volkswagen assembles the
TROY - Watch up-and-coming entrepreneurs present their business plans, and then join in the discussion as Automation Alley hosts the Entrepreneurial Initiative of Southeast Michigan Entrepreneur's Forum May 20 from 8-11 a.m. in Troy. The Entrepreneur's Forum features business plan presentations by emerging technology-driven companies. The short presentations are critiqued by venture capitalists, angel investors
GRAND RAPIDS - The Teen Entrepreneur Summer Academy is a hands-on, interactive camp for West Michigan high school students to learn how to launch a business. Deadline application is May 16. Our theme this year is Farm Agriculture. Academy participants will be exposed to the importance of networking (with students and professionals), target market research
TROY - Automation Alley is headed to the United Kingdom this summer for a trade mission to the Farnborough International Airshow, the world?s largest aerospace and defense exhibition. Southeast Michigan companies interested in expanding their business into these high-growth industries are encouraged to apply for the mission by May 23. Farnborough is expected to attract
GRAND RAPIDS - Technology is something that every business today depends upon in one way or another. The Internet has opened up a new era of connectivity and communication for both our professional and personal lives. These great benefits & advancements, however, have also come with new risks & privacy concerns that are greater than
ANN ARBOR - Grupo Nutresa has selected LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru as the standard application for supply chain design throughout the company?s global enterprise. The company will also leverage LLamasoft Data Guru, a tool that simplifies the creation of datasets for use in business intelligence, ERP and modeling systems. LLamasoft solutions will enable Grupo Nutresa
ANN ARBOR - VI-grade announced that Driver-in-Motion, the new motion platform developed by VI-grade and Saginomiya, has been awarded Development Tool of the Year 2014 by the Vehicle Dynamics International magazine. VI-grade?s US office is lead by System Level Simulation in Ann Arbor. The award has been assigned to DiM out of a short list
ANN ARBOR - MichBio is still accepting panel submissions for the September 30-October 1 MichBio Expo, which will be held at the Motor City Casino in Detroit. Any organization from or affiliated with Michigan's bio-industry may submit a proposal for a 60-75 minute panel in one of five tracks. To register, click on MichBio.Org