ROCHESTER - MI Earth Day Fest is returning to Rochester in April 2017 after the Rochester City Council approved its application this week. The 12th annual green and healthy living festival will return to its original downtown Rochester location on the recently-improved 60,000 ft lot and adjacent streets at Third & Water, where crowds estimated
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP – Sigma Machine, a Tier 1 supplier, will invest $27.8 million to expand its current facility in Midlink Business Park, adding 58 new jobs. As a result, the Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant is awarding the company $350,000. Michigan was chosen over a competing site in Wisconsin for this project. In operation
DETROIT - Tricia Albery & Colleen Geyer, co-founders of Troy Tech Talks share how the program began, resources they found and lessons learned along the way. Troy Tech Talks was created with great support from the school district and has been a way to provide information and resources to parents. Troy Tech Talks helps parents
ANN ARBOR - Leaders of the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute and Mobility Transformation Center support the U.S. Department of Transportation's proposed rule announced Tuesday that would mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology on all new light-duty vehicles. The technology would enable a multitude of new crash-avoidance applications that could prevent hundreds of thousands of crashes
DETROIT - Sixteen high school girls took home $2,775 in combined prizes in the Michigan Council of Women In Technology Foundation’s 11th annual girls website design competition. Winners were identified on Dec. 3 during “finals day” at Blue Care Network’s auditorium in Southfield, the culmination of a three-month-long program. During the event, sponsored by Mercedes-Benz Financial
ROYAL OAK - Automation Alley Executive Director Tom Kelly joins Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on M2 TechCast to talk about recent trade missions and upcoming ones including Australia. The most recent trade mission was to Cuba - one of the best Automation Alley has even had, Kelly said. The proposed Australian trade mission would
DETROIT - A major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation’s Clare Boothe Luce Program will provide funding for a new female professor of mechanical engineering specializing in assistive technology at University of Detroit Mercy’s College of Engineering & Science. The Clare Boothe Luce Program is dedicated to increasing the participation of women in the sciences
ANN ARBOR - The Environmental Protection Agency's recent reaffirmation of national fuel economy standards will likely result in large reductions of future emissions and fuel consumed - even if the future vehicle mix does not change, say University of Michigan researchers. "While there is no reason to believe that modifications to the applicable CAFE standards
HOLLAND – Worksighted has promoted Jeremy Miller to onboarding manager for the new onboarding team in Holland. In this role, Miller will be responsible for welcoming new clients, deploying software, and network discovery. Miller, a Grand Rapids native, has been at Worksighted for three years and offers more than 13 years of IT experience. The
ROYAL OAK - On Monday Dec. 12, Kathleen Norton Schock returns on M2 TechCast to interview Cindy Warner, founder of the 360ofme, and former IBM and Salesforce.Com executive. Inforum’s Tember Shea will interview Dusty Welsh, Founding Partner, Cause Activators. Claude Molinari, general manager of SMG/Cobo Center, will discuss the completion of a $2 Million technology
