Matt Roush

MDEQ Increases Funding, Extends Deadline For Recycling Grants

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced that it will increase available funding for Recycling Infrastructure Grants from $500,000 to $3.7 million and the extend the deadline for grant applications to May 1. The MDEQ originally announced this grant opportunity Nov. 21 in support of the statewide recycling goals of increasing the recycling

By |2019-03-02T13:51:18-05:00March 2nd, 2019|Clean Update, ESD|

Teams From Flint, Grandville, Niles Win Michigan’s VEX Robotics Championship

EAST LANSING — The Zipties of Grandville won the coveted VEX Robotics Excellence Award and a two-team alliance from Flint and Niles were tournament champions at the 2019 Michigan VEX Robotics State Championship on Feb. 24 at Michigan State University. There were 72 high school teams from Michigan’s lower peninsula competing at the 2019 state

By |2019-03-02T13:51:18-05:00March 2nd, 2019|ESD, News|

Kentucky Client Win For Detroit Software Developer

DETROIT – The Detroit-based accounting software developer Gravity Software announced that its client, a Kentucky-based dental practice called The Smile, had moved from Excel spreadsheets to Gravity’s financial system in less than 60 days. Gravity’s cloud-based software is built on the Microsoft 365 platform. “Gravity Software is made for small to medium-sized businesses who need more

By |2019-03-02T13:51:18-05:00March 2nd, 2019|ESD, IoT, New Products, New Products / Contracts|

Michigan Future City Team Wins Two National Awards

WASHINGTON, DC — The Michigan Future City champions from St. John Lutheran School in Rochester won two special awards at the National Future City competition, held this week in Washington, DC as part of National Engineers Week. The team won the Michigan Regional Competition of Future City, hosted by The Engineering Society of Detroit, on

By |2019-02-24T18:36:02-05:00February 24th, 2019|ESD|

Hygieia Gets FDA Clearance For Insulin Guidance App

LIVONIA — Officials at Hygieia, the Livonia-based digital insulin guidance software developer, announced that the company has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a phone app that will enhance the company’s d-Nav Insulin Guidance Service. The app is cleared for use as an aid in optimizing insulin management among people with

By |2019-02-22T10:13:53-05:00February 22nd, 2019|ESD, Life Sciences|

Huron Capital Adds Smart Building Company To Portfolio

DETROIT – Huron Capital announced its building automation and energy services platform, Albireo Energy, has acquired EMS Technologies, which builds automation and network integration products and services. The deal marks the 10th transaction for Albireo, an initiative launched by Huron Capital to provide smart building automation and energy services to commercial and institutional customers throughout

By |2019-02-03T19:10:38-05:00February 3rd, 2019|Entrepreneurs, ESD, IoT|

Acromag Offers Single-Board Computer With 7-Year Life Expectancy

WIXOM – The Wixom-based electronics manufacturer Acromag Inc. has introduced a new single-board computer, the AcroExpress VPX6860 6U OpenVPX. Company officials said the VPX6860, pictured above, features the sixth-generation Skylake Intel Xeon E3-1505M processor and CM236 PCH chipset. Expanded memory performance comes with up to 32GB of DDR4 ECC SODIMMs that are firmly attached to the

By |2019-02-03T19:09:55-05:00February 3rd, 2019|New Products / Contracts|

SME Scholarships Open Until Feb. 1

SOUTHFIELD – Officials with the SME Education Foundation announced that applications for the SME Education Foundation scholarships will be accepted until Feb. 1. Eligible students include high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students pursuing degrees in advanced manufacturing and related fields at two- and four-year colleges. The foundation has awarded more than $7 million to nearly 3,000

By |2019-01-28T08:38:40-05:00January 28th, 2019|ESD|