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Airfoil, Newell PR Form China-U.S. Partnership

SOUTHFIELD - Technology PR firm Airfoil and Newell PR, a China-based independent public relations firm that has won more technology awards than any other national firm, announced an exclusive affiliate relationship to provide services to each firm's respective technology client interests in the Asia Pacific and U.S. markets. "Airfoil Global Group chose Newell as our

By |2013-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2013|Archive, Events/Announcements|

Ford Quarterly Hybrid Sales Sets Record

DEARBORN - Ford in the first quarter of 2013 sold more than 20,000 hybrids, the best hybrid sales quarter ever for Ford. Ford's hybrid sales were up 324 percent nationally over 2012, achieving 16 percent share of the electrified vehicle market - up from 4 percent last year. This was the first quarter in which

By |2013-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

CMU Students Create Energy Harvester That Uses Footsteps

MOUNT PLEASANT - Central Michigan University engineering students are constructing a new way to create electrical energy using the vibrations of pedestrian footsteps walking in and out of CMU's Engineering and Technology building. This energy harvester has been used so far to power a temperature display. But should this research be successful, CMU could create

By |2013-04-11T00:00:00-04:00April 11th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

Eco-Motors Gets $200 Million Chinese Factory To Build Fuel-Efficient Engine

DETROIT ? Eco-Motors announced Tuesday that a Chinese automotive supplier, Zhonding, will build a $200 million factory in Eastern China to build 150,000 of the fuel efficient engines a year. The engine design called OPOC, which stands for opposed piston, opposed cylinder, has half the number of parts of a typical piston engine and could

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|

New Enterprise Forum April 18 Meeting Looks At Digital Marketing, Networking

ANN ARBOR ? The New Enterprise Forum's April 18 meeting will take a look at how social media fits in the general marketing mix of new ventures and how a company can accurately measure and improve Return on Investment with the new digital marketing and networking methods. Panelists include: Linda Girard, Co-Founder/President of Pure Visibility

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Archive, Entrepreneur Corner|

Billhighway Lands Phi Lamda As Newest Client

TROY - Billhighway has landed another client, Phi Lambda, a national women's Christian sorority headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. Billhighway will implement its online group payment system to automate invoicing and dues collection for the sorority's 30 chapters and 2,200 members. Billhighway?s enterprise financial management solution integrates payment processing, online banking and accounting into one system,

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Merit Completes Round 1 REACH-3MC Construction

ANN ARBOR - Merit Network announced Tuesday the completion of Round 1 REACH-3MC construction. All infrastructure is installed with fiber-optic cable along the 1,017-mile network extension through rural and underserved areas in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, including all 55 fiber-optic lateral connections to Merit Members from the middle-mile infrastructure. "Merit is proud to announce the completion

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

Trivalent Group Partners With StillSecure For Cloud Managed Security Services

GRANDVILLE - Trivalent Group announced an expanded partnership with StillSecure, a leading managed security services and certified compliance company. This partnership will significantly expand its cloud and dedicated hosting solutions to include a new suite of managed security services and compliance offerings to customers, including PCI Complete and HIPAA Essential. Trivalent Group?s managed security solutions

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Announcements/New Products, Archive|

West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum 2013 Essay Contest Winners

GRAND RAPIDS - The West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum announce the winners of its 2013 Essay Contest ? A Master of Management & Master Gardener; a Locavore and Foodbeet blogger; and a writer, researcher, builder and remodeler. Michele VanHouten wins highest honors with her essay The Country Cemetery. Honorable Mentions go to Theresa Hogerheide (From

By |2013-04-09T00:00:00-04:00April 9th, 2013|Archive, Clean, green, hybrid|