FRASER ? Faurecia announced that its interior systems manufacturing facility in Fraser has been awarded Q1 certification from Ford Motor Company, complying with very tough standards. The 793 employee facility, which opened in 2006, manufactures the door panel, center console and other interior components for the Ford Focus. To achieve Q1 certification, Ford suppliers must
MIDLAND ? Richard and Ronald Smith not only brothers but twins, will be teaming together to teach MidMichigan Innovation Center?s 's nationally recognized Best Shot Program on Feb. 18 ? both in person and on-line. They will share go-to-market strategies that they learned throughout their business careers starting four different companies. They have experience with
LIVONIA - A new reality in information security has developed that it is now a matter of when, not if an organization is beached. This new reality compels an information security organization to search for a new strategy to deal with an evolved adversary. On Feb. 19 at 6 pm, at the VisTaTech Center at
LANSING - Governor Rick Snyder on Friday appointed Jenell Leonard of DeWitt as director of the Film Office, replacing Margaret O'Riley, who will now take on the role of the vice president of corporate affairs at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. O'Riley had just been re-appointed to her position earlier this month for a term
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Sen. Gary Peters and environmental groups are so far disappointed by President Barack Obama's budget proposal, which does not include money for the New International Trade Crossing customs station and would cut federal efforts to restore and protect the Great Lakes, both said in separate statements released Monday. Peters (D-Bloomfield Township)
LANSING ? Michigan House Majority Floor Leader Aric Nesbitt said he's never shied away from hard work, and is confident he is able to take on a potential re-write of the state's energy policy combined with his duties as floor leader. When asked how he plans to balance both leading the House Energy Policy Committee
LANSING - Tech entrepreneurs are on the rise in Michigan and playing an increasingly prominent role in Michigan?s economy, with the number of tech start-up companies in Michigan more than tripling over the past four years, says a top executive at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. ?No other state does what Michigan does to fund
MASON ? The Michigan Energy Fair returns in June to the Mason County Fairgrounds where Co-Chair Allan O?Shea said in an interview this week that more emphasis will be placed on waking up the state to what?s happening in alternative energy. This year, O?Shea said the Energy Fair has taken a different approach, dividing the
LANSING - All state purchasing will now officially be done by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget under an executive directive issued Thursday by Governor Rick Snyder. While purchasing operations have been conducted through DTMB for some time, each department had its own purchasing officer for the items and services it needed. Under Executive
LIVONIA ? Civionics, an Ann Arbor wireless sensing system maker, won the $5,000 cash prize at the Annual Collaboration for Entrepreneurship, known throughout the state simply as ACE. Nine other entrepreneurs competed in the contest, which has now become the featured event, what with the demise last year of the former Great Lakes Entrepreneur?s Quest