LANSING - Neogen Corporation announced Thursday that it has acquired the stock of Chem-Tech Ltd., a manufacturer of insecticides for the animal and food industries. The 35-year-old company, which is wholly owned by Pat and Kelle Rolfes, operates an extensive manufacturing and distribution facility in Pleasantville, Iowa. Chem-Tech's revenues for the most recent 12 months
HONG KONG - Tonight's sortie was an old-fashioned stakeout, Buck had said. If Yvonne had ever been on one, she would have understood his sentiment, but instead she was anxious, feeling exposed to dangers she never experienced working in her labs behind the protection of computer screens and miles, sometimes thousands of them, between her
AUBURN HILLS - The Chrysler Foundation today announced grants totaling $229,000 to support FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics teams and organizations in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ontario, Canada. Twenty-nine grants went to Michigan High Schools. The grants will enable more than 1,000 middle and high school students to discover
DEARBORN - Ford Motor Company announced Thursday the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a first-of-its-kind sun-powered vehicle with the potential to deliver the best of what a plug-in hybrid offers - without depending on the electric grid for fuel. Instead of powering its battery from an electrical outlet, Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept harnesses the power
BIRMINGHAM - My coverage of the NSA's massive data gathering and attacks on fundamental security technology has been focused on the expected impact on the IT security industry. I was one of the first to publish trepidation a day after the first Snowden report and again a week later. Recent events appear to validate my
LANSING - The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late Monday gave its approval of Michigan's Medicaid eligibility expansion plan, meaning the state can move ahead with steps to enroll low-income individuals into the health care program. "It's a nice year-end gift for the governor and Legislature," Community Health Director James Haveman said in
TENAFLY, N.J. - Any organization that has not already started to think about the impact mobility has on IT security should start doing so this year. 63% of businesses provide formal access to some of their business applications to mobile users, a Quocirca research report "Digital Identities and the Open Business," showed. Furthermore, the sheer
LANSING - The year 2013 started quietly for the 97th Legislature as is usually the case in the first year of a new legislative term, but quickly ramped up into another year of significant changes in Michigan law. Gongwer reviewed the 277 public acts so far in 2013. There is one bill the Legislature must
FARMINGTON HILLS ? Join the Michigan Israel Business Bridge Jan. 9 for its first networking program of 2014: The Connected Autonomous Vehicle, How Michigan and Israel can partner on technology. Registration closes Jan. 7. Speakers include: Udi Naamani, CEO, Fusepoint Solutions(Ann Arbor/Israel), Past Director of the Connected Vehicle Proving Center at the University of Michigan
TROY ? Learn how to best position your company to take advantage of business opportunities abroad at the Global Economic and Industry Outlook for 2014 on Jan. 30 at Automation Alley?s headquarters. The event will answer such questions as how will the eurozone, China's GDP growth rate, geopolitical threats, shale oil discoveries, technological innovations and