LANSING – NFIB, a national small business advocacy organization, named Emily Carlson Senior Media Manager for 11 states in the Midwest, including Michigan. “We are very excited to have a strategic communicator like Emily join the NFIB team,” said NFIB State Director in Michigan, Charlie Owens. “With her experience as a reporter in the Midwest,
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic’s Bernard Biolchini has recently been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer for the Americas Region, covering the company’s operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Biolchini joined the company in 2014 and previously held the position of Managing Director, Dematic Southern Europe. Bernard Biolchini “I am honored to
DETROIT - As technology evolves, so do communications practices. A new survey shows some 70 percent of Detroit tech leaders said their company uses texts to coordinate interviews with prospective candidates, 3 points above the national average. Robert Half Technology Survey said in today’s hot job market, time is of the essence and texting with
DETROIT– Comcast is offering Xfinity Internet customers the opportunity to bring their own Android-based devices to Xfinity Mobile by visiting Xfinity Store locations across the country and not be forced to buy a new smart phone. Initially, Samsung Galaxy S9, S9+, S8, S8+, Note 9 and Note 8 models qualify for BYOD, and Comcast expects
LANSING–Waupaca Foundry, a Hitachi Metals company, this week started operations in Ironwood in the far western Upper Peninsula. The new plant will process iron castings produced at the company’s plants at Waupaca, Wis., about 150 miles away, west of Green Bay. The company’s expansion into the city of Ironwood is expected to generate an investment
GRAND RAPIDS - Ambs Call Center has received the ATSI 2019 Award of Excellence for best answering service. This annual award is presented by the Association of TeleServices International (ATSI) an industry trade association for telephone answering service providers. Now a 16-time winner, Ambs Call Center earned the Sapphire Award at ATSI’s 2019 Annual Convention
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University has received a $40,000 grant from DENSO, the world’s second largest mobility supplier, for programs focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The grant, made possible by the company’s philanthropic arm, the DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF), is one of 26 grants awarded by DENSO in 2019 to colleges and universities throughout
DETROIT—Benzinga, the Detroit-based financial news vendor to North American brokerages, announced that it’s teaming up with New York City-based Webull Financial to help further Webull’s vision to connect traders with the best tools, features and indicators. Benzinga’s services and data will help Webull acquire and preserve lasting relationships with the users of its trading platform,
ANN ARBOR — Handeholder Products Inc., an Ann Arbor developer of devices that allow tablets, phones, and mobile payment devices to be easily carried in one hand, announced a new partnership with Fort Collins, Colo.-based Otter Products LLC, maker of OtterBox device covers. The agreement means the companies will collaborate to make Handeholder devices compatible
LANSING - The city of Lansing has finalized the 20 medical marijuana provisioning centers that will get official approval once they receive a state license, it announced Monday. Under Lansing's ordinance, the city was to approve 20 provisioning center applications and can approve five more later. The 20 that now have conditional approval received it
