TROY - Altair has acquired Michigan-based TES International’s technology, intellectual property, and other assets. Terms were not announced. TES was founded in 1994 to service the “electronics cooling” market, and provides cross-industry software solutions for thermal design and packaging, custom programming, general heat transfer, stress and vibration analysis, and computational fluid dynamics. Their main CFD software, ElectroFlo,
DETROIT – A new report says advanced manufacturing employment in Michigan flourished for the eighth consecutive year in 2017 with nearly 700,000 Michigan workers employed – the highest employment level since 2006. Additionally, employer demand for lightweighting-related skills in Michigan has increased by 37 percent since Q1 2013, with over 27,000 online job postings, according
FARMINGTON HILLS - IoT Tech Connect and Kyyba Innovations have partnered to bring the IoT Pitch Competition to IoT Tech Connect, Michigan’s largest conference for IoT (Internet of Things) entrepreneurs. The contest will take place from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, at the Troy Marriott. Aimed at identifying the six top-level entrepreneurs
WASHINGTON DC - The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) President and CEO Jay Timmons will begin the fourth annual State of Manufacturing Tour at Automation Alley on February 12, where he will deliver his keynote address. Timmons will be joined by Michigan business leaders and local students as he discusses manufacturing’s optimistic future, the rewarding
ANN ARBOR - Long-time Michigan managed service provider Online Tech has been acquired by Schurz Communications, an Indiana-based news and information company that consists of broadband, newspaper publishing and digital media operations. CEO Yan Ness will step down. No financial details were provided in the press release issued Monday morning. The press release said Online
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment has remained largely unchanged for more than a year at very favorable levels, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. The January Sentiment figure was just 0.2 Index-points below December's, and just 1.1 points below the 2017 average of 96.8—which was the highest yearly average since 2000, said
DETROIT - Internet Advisor will celebrate 20 years on the air this Saturday from 5 to 7 pm with a special show featuring guests from year's past. Listen live on WJR 760 AM News Talk Radio In Detroit. I do my Tech News update on WJR Saturday around 4:45 pm. Then we syndicate the show to radio
ANN ARBOR — Ownership of cars and light trucks are on the upswing, says a University of Michigan researcher. In his 10th report in a series examining changes in various aspects of motorization in the U.S. since 1984, Michael Sivak of the UM Transportation Research Institute found that light vehicle-ownership rates per person and per
ROYAL OAK - Lawrence Technological University Dean of Students Kevin Finn talks about LTU’s transition from commuter to residential school, with yet another dorm that will house another 300 students, upping LTU’s residence hall occupancy to near 1,100 students living on campus. Some 4,200 students attend LTU. LTU also is expanding its sports programming with
DETROIT – Nine Lawrence Technological University students won industry-sponsored awards and scholarships Sunday night at MAIN Event 2018, a celebration of automotive design and innovation held at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in midtown Detroit. Around 600 people attended the eighth annual event, which helps kick off the North American International Auto Show. The
