PLYMOUTH – Parul Bansal has been hired by the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center as a Market Intelligence Consultant. She joins MMTC’s Research Services practice area. “Our experienced Research Services team uses a combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods to provide invaluable insight for our clients’ strategic business decisions,” said Mike Coast, President of The
AUBURN HILLS - Long-time Fiat Chrysler Automobiles manager Michael Keegan has been named Head of Communications at FCA, assuming direct responsibility for communications in North America. In this newly created position, Keegan will assume responsibility for corporate and product communications for the Group, in close coordination with the regions and business sector communications teams. Keegan will
DETROIT – A multi-year technology partnership with Comcast will deliver multi-terabit network capabilities to Little Caesars Arena and the rest of The District Detroit, making it the largest, most technologically advanced mixed-use development in the United States. Comcast, whose multi-year network investment in The District Detroit is upward of $11 million, will provide video, voice
HOUGHTON - Two projects involving Michigan Tech researchers and small companies are among 20 that have been funded by the Small Company Innovation Program, part of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The Petoskey Plastics project involves technology developed by Professor of Chemistry Patricia Heiden, and StabiLux Biosciences is a startup founded by Yoke Khin Yap,
LANSING — More than $561 million in new investment with 1,500 jobs and two community revitalization projects are among projects approved Tuesday by the Michigan Strategic Fund. The projects include investments by Lear Corporation, LG Electronics and Penske Logistics that will generate a total of $158.8 million capital investments and create 1,130 jobs. * Southfield-based
DETROIT — AT&T Inc. says it has expanded its 1-gigabit internet connection service to more locations of Detroit, Ann Arbor, Royal Oak, Huntington Woods, Berkley, St. Clair Shores, Livonia, Pittsfield Township, and surrounding areas. The company had already established gigabit service in parts of Canton Township, Lyon township, Novi, and Grand Rapids. Next up for
DETROIT - On Wednesday, Comcast Corporation announced that its Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, has connected more than 13,000 low-income households benefitting more than 52,000 Detroiters. Across Michigan, which ranks seventh among all states for Internet Essentials, 50,000 low-income households have been connected, benefitting nearly 200,000 Michiganders.
FLINT TOWNSHIP – Baker College has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant of nearly $512,000 to advance photonics and laser education at Baker College and in Michigan through June 2020. The goal, according to Anca Sala, Ph.D., Baker College dean of the College of Engineering, is to educate more students to become qualified photonics,
PLYMOUTH - Loc Performance Products has won a follow-up $417 million contract from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren to restore lost mobility to the Bradley Fight Vehicle, after an initial $161 million contract awarded by the Army in 2014. Together, they represent the Army’s Bradley Fighting Vehicle Engineering Change Proposal
ANN ARBOR – Genomenon has announced version 1.3 of its Mastermind genomic search engine that adds new tools to help clinicians quickly find authoritative research related to their patients genomic mutations and a new suite of solutions to help automate next generation DNA sequencing workflows. While the cost of DNA sequencing continues to drop faster
