HOWELL– Snedicor's Cleaners owner Jim Gilligan tested the 2023 Ford E-Transit vehicle earlier this year, and declared the vehicle “a potential winner.” It's the first EV delivery vehicle in its fleet. Since moving Snedicor’s services to exclusively pickup and delivery, Snedicor has explored ways to make the company’s delivery fleet as environmentally friendly as possible.
DETROIT – Michigan Works! Southeast will receive up to $3.6 Million from the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity to train workers at 66 companies throughout the region. Collectively, these 66 companies will train 1,883 employees, which includes 789 new hires and 330 United Stated Dept. of Labor Registered Apprentices. The grant awards are
LIVONIA–Masco Corp. announced that it is setting an aspirational target to reduce its scope 1 and 2 absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by the year 2030 compared to 2020 emissions. This goal aligns with the current standard of science-based targets deemed necessary to mitigate the worst effects of climate change. Masco home improvement
SOUTHFIELD–For the sixth straight year and the 16th time in the past 21 years, a team from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester won the Michigan Regional Future City competition. Seventeen teams from eight schools competed Monday in the Michigan Regional, organized by the Engineering Society of Detroit with the DTE Energy Foundation as presenting sponsor.
TROY– J.D. Power has completed its purchase of ZappyRide, a New York City-based electric vehicle data company that builds white-label software and tools for automotive original equipment manufacturers, utilities, and other greentech stakeholders. The acquired company offers a range of software and services that include strategic planning for electrification programs, consumer shopping and cost analysis
ANN ARBOR–AdAdapted Inc., the digital advertising firm for consumer packaged goods, and eGrowcery, develoers of a white-label e-commerce platform for the retail food industry, have announced a new partnership. Both companies are based in Ann Arbor. “This partnership is all about eGrowcery and AdAdapted driving more platform eyeballs and enabling more sales for the retailers
GRAND RAPIDS—Meijer Inc., the retail chain, announced that it had deployed two of the first all-electric tractor-trailer trucks outside California. Meijer operates one of the largest fleets in Michigan with 250 tractor-trailer trucks. It is also the first retailer in the United States also the first nationwide to track the performance of the Freightliner eCascadia
SOUTHFIELD—Lawrence Technological University’s Centrepolis Accelerator has received a $125,000 grant from the Kirkland, Wash.-based Breakthrough Energy Foundation for general operating support. The Centrepolis Accelerator is unusual among business accelerators in that it concentrates on companies manufacturing physical products, rather than services or software. It works with both startups and established small businesses. Several of its
WASHINGTON DC - NASA has awarded the Texas-based company ICON $57.2 million for its Project Olympus, which is working to develop technology that will allow humanity to build outposts on the moon and Mars using locally available dirt and rock. "To change the space exploration paradigm from 'there and back again' to 'there to stay,'
LANSING—The Michigan Economic Development Corp. and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have established a Semiconductor Talent Action Team, a public-private partnership aimed at making Michigan a top state for semiconductor talent and growth. The action team will build on the governor’s efforts to onshore critical supply chains of semiconductors back to Michigan, creating good-paying jobs, and
