DETROIT ? If you want to get a chance to win the $500,000 first prize in the $1 million Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition you need to get your application in by July 23. First Round: Dead�line July 23 Abstract - Maximum 250 words Exec�u�tive sum�mary ? max�i�mum 5 pages of text including a cover sheet
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic has been awarded a contract by Associated Grocers of New England to provide a new order fulfillment system that will be used to replenish food and merchandise items to grocery retailers. The solution will allow Associated Grocers of New England to increase the scope of products offered as well as improve
LANSING - Gov. Rick Snyder Tuesday signed two bills to help ensure Michigan?s rates will accurately reflect the cost of service for all customers. ?In December I laid out my plan for a ?no regrets? energy future. A key part of that plan is ensuring affordable energy,? Snyder said. ?These bills will help us work
YPSILANTI ? Movellus Circuits, the first truly all-digital clock generator technology for the semiconductor market, on Tuesday won the $25,000 first prize in the Emerging Company category of the GLEQ Business Plan Competition Awards. For the first time, the GLEQ awards were held during the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium, which brings hundreds of investors from
LANSING ? Michigan and Israel signed a bilateral cooperation agreement Monday to promote joint industrial research and development projects and to develop request for proposals from business collaborations between Michigan and Israeli companies. ?This is a breakthrough opportunity between Michigan and Israel, two centers of global leadership in technology research and development, in a moment
LANSING - While backers of more funding for the state's roads sort out what went wrong this week when the Senate proved incapable of passing a major increase in funding for roads, Denise Donohue, director of the County Road Association of Michigan, said proponents may have to look for ways to get the public more
GRAND RAPIDS - West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon program featuring one of the nation?s leading sustainability practitioners June 23 at the University Club in Grand Rapids. The forum is presented by Warner Norcross & Judd. John Viera, the global director of sustainability at Ford Motor Co. has helped to bring a
LANSING - In the best case scenario with available data from various sources, the Senate potentially passed about $309.8 million for road funding, but missed out on nearly as much potential revenue for roads by reaching an impasse on several other measures. The Senate was able to pass a pair of bills, HB 5167 and
SAN FRANCISCO - Restaurant chain P.F. Chang's confirmed that customer data and debit card information was stolen in a data breach at its store locations. The Asian-food chain, which announced earlier this week it was investigating a possible theft of customer data, offered few details of the intrusion but said in a statement it was
EAST LANSING - Mechanics is the underpinning of many modern engineering disciplines, with a long history that includes Sir Isaac Newton and his laws of motion. More than 935 practitioners from around the world have gathered at Michigan State University in East Lansing this week to continue the examination of why material objects behave as