HOUGHTON, MI – A Finnish business delegation will be coming to both the Upper Peninsula and Southeast Michigan this year to explore new investment opportunities in med-tech, mobility and advanced wood products. In late spring or early summer of this year, FinnZone in Houghton will be hosting a delegation in the U.P. of up to
NOVI – If you see a helicopter flying low over high-voltage transmission towers and lines next week, don't worry., It will be ITC conducting its semi-annual aerial inspections in southeast Michigan - Oct. 14-18, weather permitting. The helicopter patrols are conducted to provide an overall status of the overhead transmission system that is operated by
NOVI – If you hear low flying helicopters in Southeast Michigan the last 10 days of May, it may be ITC conducting its semi-annual aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission towers and lines. The aerial inspections will cover the southeast part of the state, including all or parts of Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw
DETROIT - The newly-formed Southeast Michigan STEM Alliance, formed by the Michigan STEM Partnership, has just been selected to join the STEM Learning Ecosystems national initiative to make a significant impact on STEM education and workforce development. As announced at the U.S. News STEM Solutions National Leadership Conference on May 25, Southeast Michigan is one
ROYAL OAK - Hector Acosta, research director at the Workforce Intelligence Network of Southeast Michigan, talks about how the second quarter set a new high in employment in the 16-county region dating nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from
DETROIT - The good news is the Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index leaped seven points in October indicating a strong local economic outlook. The bad news is one third of these respondents said they aren’t confident the upward trend will hold in part because of the uncertainty of the presidential election on Nov. 8. Looking
DETROIT - The second quarter of 2016 set a new high in employment in Southeast Michigan dating back nearly a decade to 2007 to the beginning of the recession, reports the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan, a 16-county partnership region. With employment expanding by 1.4 percent, some 35,000 jobs were added from April through
TROY - Automation Alley Executive Director Ken Rogers has announced he will retire from Michigan’s leading technology business association effective Aug. 26. He co-founded the organization with Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson and served in his post for 17 years. Automation Alley’s Board of Directors will form an executive search committee and seek input from
DETROIT - Southeast Michigan employment levels continued to rise in the third quarter, according to the latest labor market report compiled by the Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan. The WIN report showed 15,000 people got jobs in the third quarter, and now 38,205 more people are working in the region than in the third
TROY - Award finalists for the Automation Alley 15th Annual Awards Gala have been selected, and online voting will be open to the public until Sept. 18 to help determine a winner in each of five categories. Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, celebrates Southeast Michigan's thriving tech economy each year at its awards
