ANN ARBOR - Desai Accelerator is hosting its Demo Day August 4th at the Michigan Theater where six companies it has been mentoring for the past 14 weeks will pitch their business and vision. Doors open at 2 pm Pitches Start at 2:30 pm Reception at 3:45 pm Light refreshments will be served at a
BRIGHTEN - Medical device maker FlexDex Surgical - a University of Michigan spin off - has signed a distribution agreement with Century Medical to distribute its surgical products throughout Japan. CMI specializes in high value added single use products like FlexDex instruments. “CMI is an exceptional partner with expertise in all aspects medical device regulations,
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. - Money-making opportunities associated with the Internet of Things are coming into focus for companies around the world, so says a new report released this week by the Computing Technology Industry Association. CompTIA’s Internet of Things Trends and Opportunities report finds that 23 percent of channel companies surveyed say they’ve already made
EAST LANSING - Richard Lunt has been appointed to the Johansen Crosby Professorship of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University. Lunt, who joined MSU in 2011, is an award-winning chemical engineer and materials scientist. Donald Morelli, interim chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, called the position one of the most prestigious
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - O2 Investment Partners announced Thursday that it has made a significant investment in CCSI Networks, partnering with founders Terry and Gene Callahan and the CCSI Networks management team, to continue growing the business. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, CCSI Networks provides turn-key
GRAND RAPIDS - For the past 11 years, West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum has supported future green leaders in the community with fellowships, internships and other financial support. Last year WMSBF invested nearly $30,000 into the careers of emerging sustainable business professionals in West Michigan. Help support these future green leaders at the Green Leaders Golf &
SOUTHFIELD - ImageSoft, a provider of paperless court solutions, Thursday announced that for the first time the Macomb County Circuit Court processes more pleading filings through its e-filing system than the paperwork received through the U.S. Postal Service. Macomb County launched an e-filing pilot initiative in 2011 with the goal of transitioning case documents from
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic introduced Modular Sort System, a scan and sort system for production and distribution applications, engineered to provide sorting performance to many applications: sort-to-pallet build, shipping doors, shipping containers or workstations. The Modular Sort System brings a new dimension of productivity and optimization to production and distribution operations. Built around pre-engineered and
ROYAL OAK - Linda Daischendt, CEO of the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, talks mobile app developments, Mobile Monday Michigan’s and the upside potential of a trade group that supports some of the hottest new technologies, including mobile, wireless, virtual and augmented reality, connected vehicles and much more. Daischendt also discussed what happens at Michigan
ROYAL OAK - Robert Sanders, CEO of Managed Way, was on M2 TechCast July 11 to announce his company has opened another data center, this one in Troy. Managed Way focuses on telecommunications - cloud computing, fibers optics and co-location. So he also provides an update on the company he founded 15 years ago, after
