DETROIT ? The Engineering Society of Detroit has opened nominations for the ESD Alpha Awards for Innovation in Engineering and Technology to recognize and celebrate the creative and original ideas of men and women in the engineering and technology professions who develop innovative solutions to benefit the needs of the general public, business or academia.
WHITMORE LAKE - RheTech Inc., a leading thermoplastics compounder supplying the transportation, construction, electronics and consumer markets, announced that they have added 10,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space to their facility in Whitmore Lake. The new warehouse, which was designed and constructed by ClearSpan, will store finished goods and raw material, reflecting the growth RheTech
LANSING - The Michigan Senate passed a supplemental appropriations bill Thursday for the current fiscal year addressing funding road maintenance, what is expected to be a major cost after the long hard winter with extreme temperatures. SB 608 cleared the Senate on a 32-6 vote, with Sen. Darwin Booher (R-Evart), Sen. Jack Brandenburg (R-Harrison Township),
LANSING ? Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger unveiled an auto insurance overhaul on Thursday that would provide 10 percent yearly savings in premiums for two years, a $10 million cap on catastrophic medical benefits and more transparency within the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association. Bolger (R-Marshall) said he has addressed all of the opposition's complaints about
ROCHESTER ? Fred Ferber built a number of successful corporations on the strength of a business distribution software suite that provides comprehensive business intelligence. Conveyorware ?All-in-One? Business Distribution SaaS Software is now for sale. What is Conveyorware? A complete business and accounting Software-as-a-Service package unlike any other on the market today that can help millions
GRAND RAPIDS ? The good news for Adtegrity, an Internet advertising network, is 2013 was slightly more profitable than the year before, even though revenues were down about 10 percent. Adtegrity's audited full-year results included net income of $899,799 on net revenues of $17.98 million, compared with a net income of $840,555 on net revenues
TROY - Michele DeLuca has joined SunTel as Director of Marketing, while Betty Lieb has been promoted to Marketing Administrator for the marketing department. DeLuca will lead the new marketing department, with an emphasis on vendor relationships. She has over 12 years of sales, sales management and marketing experience in the telecommunications industry, having worked
LANSING - Job seekers and Michigan employers can connect with each other through a State-sponsored virtual career fair February 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. MiVirtualCareerFairs, a tool of Pure Michigan Talent Connect. ?There are more than 65,000 jobs currently available in various industries on the Pure Michigan Talent Connect website,? said Joe Quick,
LANSING - The Michigan Film Office announced Wednesday the feature film The Middle Distance has been approved for a film incentive from the state. The project will film this month in New Buffalo, Three Oaks and Grand Beach and feature local diners and landscapes. ?This is a winter project that will provide crew and support
TROY - Automation Alley has awarded $1 million in technical training to 24 local companies through the second round of its Technical Talent Development Program Challenge Fund, helping to ensure that Southeast Michigan's information technology workforce is among the most skilled in the nation. The 24 companies awarded a portion of the $1 million are