ANN ARBOR — The San Diego battery industry consultant PlugVolt LLC will hold its 2017 Battery Seminar in July in Ann Arbor. The event will feature experts from automotive and grid power storage manufacturers, industry suppliers, and battery manufacturers. The first day of the event will focus on electrochemistry, with presentations on the latest advances in
LANSING — Liquid Web has appointed Jeff King, former senior vice president and general manager of hosting and security at GoDaddy, to the company board of directors. Liquid Web is a $100 million managed hosting provider. “We admire what Jeff did with the GoDaddy Pro brand, and we look forward to his contributions to our business
BENTON HARBOR — Whirlpool Corp., the Benton Harbor-based appliance manufacturer, announced it had filed a “safeguard petition” with the United States International Trade Commission. The company said the petition is the next step in what it called “ongoing efforts of Samsung and LG to evade U.S. trade laws.” The U.S. government has twice found that
ROYAL OAK - Bruce Annett Jr., vice president for marketing and public affairs at Lawrence Technological University, joins M2 TechCast to talk about the ground breaking for LTU’s fourth residence hall, football returning to LTU, a new master’s degree program in the College of Architecture and Design, a new bachelors degree in Nursing in cooperation
DETROIT — The Detroit-based gigabit internet and technology service provider Rocket Fiber will provide free wi-fi service on the QLine streetcars when they begin operations Friday, May 12, the companies announced. The services include network-based technology to incorporate into the QLine main office at the Penske Technical Center and public wi-fi at the stations and
ANN ARBOR - Internet2, the non-profit high-speed networking consortium led by the research and education communities, has named veteran broadband executive Howard Pfeffer its new president and CEO. Internet2’s administrative headquarters is in Ann Arbor, with offices in Denver, Colo., Emeryville, Calif., Washington, D.C., and West Hartford, Conn. Pfeffer brings more than 30 years of
LUDINGTON — The Mason County Broadband Committee has partnered with the community engagement program of the nonprofit Connected Nation to develop a plan to improve access to high speed Internet in the county. The initial step to developing a comprehensive, county-oriented plan will consist of a short survey for agriculture producers, business organizations and owners,
FLINT — Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of WRB Communications Inc., a health care service center company based in Chantilly, Va. WRB specializes in relationship management programs for pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care service organizations. Under the terms of the agreement, Diplomat is paying WRB $24.5 million cash and $4.5 million
HOUGHTON — Vulnerabilities in the power grid are one of the most prevalent national security threats. The technical community has called for building up the resiliency of the grid using distributed energy and microgrids for stabilization. Power production from multiple sources increases the difficulty of triggering cascading blackouts, and following an attack or natural disaster,
SOUTHFIELD – The Michigan Chapter of Women in Defense, an organization for women in the defense industry, announces applications are being accepted for the 2017 Women in Defense Horizons – Michigan Scholarship. The scholarship is available to women who are United States citizens, residents of Michigan, enrolled at an accredited Michigan college or university, have
