VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP - Empire Electronics has been honored with a Visteon Important Partner Award for outstanding overall performance in the Lighting Commodities category. The Visteon VIP award program, now in its sixth year, honors suppliers that achieve best-in-class ratings for quality, delivery, technology, launch and cost-control performance. Empire was among 23 companies honored for
LANSING - Both Republicans and Democrats are taking steps to ensure that beneficiaries and losers under the new Michigan Business Tax appear before a series of hearings on the tax that are slated to begin this week. While many companies and business groups have raised concerns with how the MBT has increased the required tax
LANSING - Jeffery Thomas has joined the Small Business Association of Michigan as director of agent relations responsible for west and northern Michigan, including the Upper Peninsula. Richard "Hub" Copp has been hired as director of agent relations responsible for southeast and mid-Michigan. Copp comes to SBAM with over 25 years of experience in the
ANN ARBOR - CrimeCog Technologies has relocated its corporate headquarters from Milford to Ann Arbor to give the growing security company access to more technical employees and business resources. The company, founded in 2003 by current chairman Tim Daley, is privately held and has additional offices and operations in Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Washington DC and
YPSILANTI - Integrated Sensing Systems has been issued a utility patent (US 7,354,429) for its device and method of detecting and treating chemical and biological agents, which uses MEMS technology. According to Dr. Douglas Sparks, Executive VP of ISSYS, this patent describes a new device and method of using chemical and biological sensors that employ
ANN ARBOR ? New Enterprise Forum will host is second annual Entrepreneurial Improv: The Battle of the Elevator Pitch, an offbeat, slightly outrageous event that highlights how successful entrepreneurs must think fast on their feet that takes place May 15, immediately following the Michigan Growth Capital Sympoisium. During the program, NEF will put four entrepreneurs
AUBURN HILLS - 3D software product developer Dassault Systemes has announced an academic partnership with the Convergence Education Foundation, a coalition of automotive and electronics industrialists and educators, that gives teams participating in the CEF 2008 Innovative Vehicle Design competition access to Dassault's software. The 12 participating high school teams have 20 seats of software,
KIRKLAND, Wa. - Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. are close to announcing a $12 billion joint venture that plans to roll out ultra fast wireless Internet access for cellphones and laptops in coming years, with the backing of an unlikely alliance of technology and cable companies. Sprint has agreed to merge its wireless broadband
LANSING - Todd Wyett, co-founder and CEO of Versa Development, has been named by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to the Michigan Economic Development Commission Executive Committee, where he will represent the private sector for an 8-year term through April 2016. Wyett has also been appointed to the MEDC Corporate Board for an indefinite term. He succeeds
AUBURN HILLS ? A tour of the Combined Regional Emergency Services Training facility at Oakland Community College will be featured May 15 at the next meeting of the Motor City ISSA chapter. The CREST center is the result of ideas from local fire, police, EMS agencies and Oakland Community College. The concept of a training