ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley is hosting a global conference focused on Industry 4.0 technologies on Nov. 9 that will include a variety of industry leading speakers and hundreds of tech and manufacturing professionals. Integr8 will focus on the integration of eight major components of Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution —
ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment surged in October, reaching its highest level since the start of 2004, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. This was only the second time that the Sentiment Index was above 100.0 since the end of the record 1990s expansion. The October gain was due to the most
DETROIT – There’s good news for jobseekers; employers in southeast Michigan are hiring. From April through June, the region’s unemployment rate reached 3.8 percent—a low not seen since 2001. Yet, even with the number of job postings on an upward trend year-to-year, a stagnant labor force portends more workers will be needed to meet future
LANSING - Conversations with Foxconn Technology Group over locating a plant in the state are continuing and a large incentive package is necessary to remain competitive for such large projects, Jeff Mason, the chief executive officer of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, said this week. Michigan missed out on an initial multibillion dollar plant that's
DETROIT - Cutbacks in Defense Department procurements have resulted in a $2.23 million grant to help defense contractors diversify and expand into other industries and expand job opportunities. The grant goes to the Advance Michigan Defense Collaborative to provide immediate and sustained assistance to defense contractors and their employees in southeast Michigan. AMDC coordinates assistance
ROYAL OAK - Businesses have become far too reliant on social media automation to the point they believe it is the end point of their marketing process. Businesses are broadcasting into social communities as though it was a radio station. The problem is no one is listening on the other end, Melih Oztalay, President of
ROYAL OAK - CloudTech1’s Senior MSP & Cloud Consultant Chris Hardester used his appearance on M2 TechCast to announce an exciting new offer for businesses looking to outsource their IT departments - CloudTech1 is offering a free network and security assessment and then a free month of its CloudCare1 IT Services to show businesses how
GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan economy is going strong and the trend should continue, according to a Grand Valley State University expert. Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business, surveyed local business leaders and his findings below are based on data collected during the last two weeks of September. The
ALLENDALE - Grand Valley State University received a $1.3 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a TRIO Veterans Upward Bound program, providing free academic support services to low-income veterans who want to complete degree programs. President Thomas J. Haas said he is pleased that Grand Valley is the second university
GRAND RAPIDS - Local technology and design professionals will partner on the weekend of November 3 to provide West Michigan non-profit groups with hundreds of hours of software, design, database and web development services for free. Weekend for Good represents a first-time collaboration between Grand Rapids-based nonprofits, Code for Good, Grand Rapids GiveCamp and The
