GRAND RAPIDS ? It started out seven years ago as a small event where Trivalent Group vendors and partners gathered to share new products. Last week the Solutions Expo 2011 attracted 325 paying attendees and 24 vendors who paid to display their wares. ?We?ve attracted a great cross section this year,? said Trivalent Group President
ANN ARBOR - Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that as Groupon prepares to go public, the success of its business model is in some question. I took a look at some data from our Top 100 study this year (data gathered in February/March timeframe), and I don't think anyone should be signing
NOVI - KEMET Corporation, which makes capacitors for use in the auto industry, is opening a regional sales and engineering office in Novi to provide engineering and customer-service support for KEMET's growing list of automotive customers in North America. ?The industry is placing more and more emphasis on the development of electric and hybrid-electric vehicle
LANSING - Michigan's 2011-12 budget has been signed into law more than three months before the start of the 2011-12 fiscal year, and in so doing, Governor Rick Snyder called the budget a "major milestone for the reinvention of Michigan." The two bills, HB 4325 , PA 62, which enacts the state's education budget, and
LANSING - Neither Republicans nor Democrats have been able to come up with maps that meet federal requirements for treatment of minorities, members of the Legislative Black Caucus said Tuesday in threatening a federal legal challenge if the caucus' concerns are not addressed. The state has lost overall population, but has seen its minority population
ANN ARBOR - Research organizations, including government labs and virtual organizations, can now join InCommon and take advantage of federated identity management for shared services, scientific collaborations, and other online applications. ?By joining InCommon, scientists at U.S. research facilities and universities can more easily share resources, which will improve collaboration,? said Jack Suess, chair of
ANN ARBOR - Building upon a series of successful preclinical and clinical studies, NanoBio Corporation today announced the initiation of a second tolerability and immunogenicity study designed to test and further optimize its novel nanoemulsion-based intranasal vaccine adjuvant. In 2009, NanoBio tested its nanoemulsion adjuvant in combination with the commercial influenza vaccine Fluzone, in a
LANSING - Michigan would benefit from having a more coordinated university structure instead of its current system with 15 completely autonomous public universities, said Bill Sederburg, a former senator and president of Ferris State University who now oversees Utah's colleges and universities. Sederburg, in an interview with Gongwer News Service, said the Utah structure, in
SAN FRANCISCO - CleanPath announced the close of an equity and credit facility to invest in the development and construction of large-scale solar PV projects in North America. CleanPath will manage two revolving facilities to invest over $800 million into 1,000 plus megawatts in large-scale solar PV projects over the next 60 months. Founded by
BLOOMFIELD HILLS ? Accounting firm Vandeputte & Skulsky PC has joined the Business Improvement Team, a consortium of independent companies that work together as a virtual corporation. ?We have participated in many BIT activities and saw the benefit of joining the group,? said Senior Partner Craig Skulsky. The BizImpTeam.Com is a consortium of service providers