Announcements/New Products

Dematic Expands Modular Conveyor To Include Steerable Wheel Sorter

GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic has expanded the Modular Conveyor System family of products to include a Steerable Wheel Sorter. The sorter, engineered to accommodate cases, cartons, totes or trays weighing up to 110 pounds (50 kg), features robust performance for a wide variety of warehouse and distribution center applications. The steerable wheel design supports applications

By |2012-08-01T00:00:00-04:00August 1st, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

CAR Panel To Look At Auto Skills Shortage

ANN ARBOR - In an industry that now employs 22 percent fewer workers than it did just five years ago, automotive employers are finding they must search extensively to fill job openings. The market for skilled workers and the global competition for talent will be the focus of ?Surviving the Skills Shortage: Hiring Strategies and

By |2012-08-01T00:00:00-04:00August 1st, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Merit Network Completes First Segment Of Reach-3MC

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced on Monday the first completed segment of their REACH-3MC Broadband Stimulus Project. The announcement came at a fiber-optic infrastructure dedication ceremony for Monroe County held at Monroe County Community College. Merit Network has successfully completed and lit the portion of REACH-3MC that will service the Monroe Community. The segment

By |2012-07-27T00:00:00-04:00July 27th, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Plex Named Corporate Sponsor Social Media At Management Briefing Seminars

TRAVERSE CITY - Plex Systems, provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, will be the exclusive corporate sponsor of social media and the manufacturing sessions on August 6, 2012 at the Center for Automotive Research 2012 Management Briefing Seminars. The seminars will take place August 6-9 in Traverse City. The event has been an

By |2012-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Internet2 Names Clemson CIO Bottum As Inaugural Presidential Fellow

ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced James (Jim) Bottum, chief information officer and vice provost for computing & information technology at Clemson University, as the Inaugural Presidential Fellow, effective immediately. ?With Jim?s long history of involvement in high performance computing, higher education, and governmental agencies, he is a natural fit to work with Internet2 in building

By |2012-07-24T00:00:00-04:00July 24th, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

3Sixty Interactive Adds The DM Burr Group As New Client

FENTON - Digital marketing agency, 3Sixty Interactive, has added The DM Burr Group as a client for website management, search engine optimization, pay per click advertising, social and email marketing. Before signing with 3Sixty Interactive, The DM Burr Group had tried a number of online marketing companies and tools including pay per click advertising, social

By |2012-07-23T00:00:00-04:00July 23rd, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

SRT Solutions, Microsoft Host Windows 8 Platform Software Training Day July 24

ANN ARBOR - To meet the regional demand for evolving software development skills, SRT Solutions and Microsoft are hosting a Windows 8 Boot Camp on July 24. Attendees to the free, full-day event will learn about the new Windows 8 platform, including design tenets, programming language choices, and operating system integration points. ?Software developers are

By |2012-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie Elected Chair of Internet2 Board

ANN ARBOR - Internet2 announced that Indiana University President Michael McRobbie was elected as the sixth chair of the board of trustees and will serve until July 2015. President McRobbie joined the board in 2009 and succeeds University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, who served as chair for the last year and as a

By |2012-07-21T00:00:00-04:00July 21st, 2012|Announcements/New Products, Archive|