KALAMAZOO - Clifford VanMeter has joined Express Auto Finance as full time Marketing Coordinator. VanMeter brings with him two decades of experience as a web and print designer; web and media producer; and media buyer for advertising and design agencies from New York, and LA, to Kalamazoo. He will be handling promotions and marketing for
TROY ? Tracy Lafeir has joined the Center for Computer Resources as a Service Desk Engineer. Lafeir is ITIL certified and has experience implementing and supporting VMWare View Virtual infrastructures, supporting Cisco VOIP services (including the Cisco Call Center Application IPCC), and has aided in infrastructure design and planning, as well as the offshoring initiative.
LANSING - Fiber optic Internet service provider Arialink last week completed a major network expansion, launching a direct fiber optic peering initiative at major Internet hubs in Chicago and Washington, D.C. improving communications quality and speed. Network peering is a direct fiber connection made between two networks for the purpose of routing customers? traffic privately
LIVONIA - Container and Pooling Solutions is now offering container rental solutions to Mexican markets. Since 1998, CAPS has been providing container rental and container tracking solutions for customers in the food, beverage, non-hazardous chemical, general manufacturing and automotive markets. As North America's leading provider of container management services, the company has primarily serviced customers
GRAND RAPIDS - Midwest supercenter chain Meijer said it expects its online sales to double this holiday season beginning with "Cyber Monday." The company's e-commerce division predicts that a combination of an expanded selection of items, improved site navigation, attractive "mouse-buster" deals, and free shipping on thousands of items will help it shatter last year's
SOUTHFIELD - Verizon Wireless announced Monday that it is near completion of a major capacity improvement project for its high-speed 3G network in Michigan this year that will ensure the company continues to stay ahead of its customers' growing data usage on their smart phones, wireless modems and handsets. The project has entailed adding 3G
CUPERTINO, Ca. ? Apple announced that its latest operating system update for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users was available Monday. iPad users will now be able to multitask by switching from one app to another, organize apps via folders, and more easily jump from one e-mail inbox to another. Owners of Apple's popular tablet
LIVONIA - TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has won its first contract to supply an integrated Driver Assist System and chassis control unit for a major European car manufacturer. TRW will begin to supply the control units, known as the Safety Domain ECU or SDE, in 2013 for 2014 model year applications. The SDE integrates a
WEST BLOOMFIELD ? First it was Simple Pumpkin Face, a Mr. Potato Head for the iPhone. Now Captain Moustache is back with the next Holiday-themed iPhone ap, the dreidel, a virtual top that lets users earn Hanukkah shekels (Israeli coins), and beat opponents competing for the biggest pot of chocolate coins. A dreidel is the
ROLLING MEADOWS ? TG Fluid Systems USA Inc. of Brighton has received a 2010 Award from the Association for Manufacturing Excellence maintaining global competitiveness throughout unstable economic conditions and positioning its organizations as leaders during the economy's recovery phase. AME?s Manufacturing Excellence Awards honor companies that demonstrate significant progress in their journeys toward enterprise excellence