AUBURN HILLS ? After 35 years with Chrysler, Nancy Rae, senior vice president of human resources, has elected to retire. She will be succeeded by Michael Keegan. The changes are effective January 1, 2014. ?In her leadership role, Nancy has been a highly valued business partner in driving cultural change, advancing leadership and talent development,
DETROIT - This year's Michigan CEO Summit is a power-packed day featuring some of Michigan?s most respected CEOs in fast-paced discussions about the forces shaping the state's economy. Learn how Michigan stacks up to its competitors nationally and globally. The CEO Summit is designed to challenge and motivate Michigan business, community and thought leaders behind
NORTHVILLE - Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America Tuesday announced plans to invest approximately $70 million in its Mason, Ohio, and Maysville, Ky. plants. The investment in equipment and assembly lines strengthens Mitsubishi Electric?s capabilities to produce high efficiency alternators and electric power steering products in North America. The investment also allows the company to meet its
NORTHVILLE - DataFactZ has invested $1.5 million to create its Global Delivery Center in Gachibowli, India, a major technology hub for companies around the world. The GDC will provide business intelligence and data warehousing services to DataFactZ?s growing list of clients. The 11,500 sq. ft. GDC in India provides clients with offshore services, enhanced flexibility,
BLOOMFIELD HILLS - Expetec Technology Services has joined the Business Improvement Team, a consortium of independent consulting companies. Expetec Technology Services implements, supports and manages Information Technology and VoIP systems for small to medium sized businesses in southeast Michigan. The other member companies are Absolute Engineering & Consulting, LLC, Clear Vision Strategy LLC, Expense Reduction
TROY - Altair Thursday introduced HyperWorks Virtual Wind Tunnel, a streamlined and high quality vertical application designed to improve wind tunnel simulation for the automotive industry. Using several of Altair?s state-of-the-art technologies from advanced meshing to high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulation, and designed with an intuitive, highly automated and streamlined workflow and user interface, HyperWorks
AUBURN HILLS - More than 1.1 million meals were donated to local food banks across North America in September as part of Faurecia North America?s corporate-giving initiative, Faurecia Unites with Employees for Local Service. Faurecia and its employees have provided more than 2.4 million meals since the program began in 2010. Throughout September, which marks
DETROIT ? TechTown Detroit has won an $800,000 three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for community economic development to support SWOT City Detroit, expanding the program into three new neighborhoods ? the East Jefferson Corridor, Grandmont Rosedale and Osborn. The three-year grant shows the federal government?s commitment to Detroit and
SOUTHFIELD - What will 2014 hold for some of Michigan?s most critical industries, such as Energy, Healthcare, Transportation, Automotive, and more? The Engineering Society of Detroit?s Economic Forecast Conference on Oct. 17 will host a cadre of experts, who will outline the future of these industries and how it will impact stakeholders and consumers. The
ANN ARBOR - ForeSee Wednesday announced that Dave Scott has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer. Scott was the CEO and founder of Marketfish, a venture capital-backed technology platform for lead generation and data management. As CMO, Scott will guide the strategic direction of the ForeSee marketing team, including marketing communications, corporate communications, social media, events