KALAMAZOO ? The Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund will be managed by Open Prairie Ventures, an Illinois-based venture fund. Patrick Morand, Managing Director of Southwest Michigan First fund, will remain in this role as well as assuming the role of President of Open Prairie Ventures. The funds have collaborated for more than five years
LAKE ORION ? A field next to General Motors' Orion Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano, will soon hold a solar array with enough capacity to annually power 45 homes in Michigan. The energy from the 350-kilowatt array owned by DTE Energy will be sent back to the grid for use
BOSTON - 2012 will see the PC market refreshed by Windows 8, and the arrival of commercial ultrabooks. But will that likely translate into improved PC shipment numbers? IDC says no, forecasting worldwide PC market growth of 5 percent, but growth in mature markets to be under 2 percent. In addition to rising consumer saturation
ANN ARBOR - The Charles Reinhart Company Realtors have improved online search feature at its web site. According to the National Association of Realtors, 89 percent of buyers begin their search for a home online. Search Enhancements at ReinhartRealtors.Com Include: Active or Under Contract ?Under Contract? now displays on listings to indicate if a sale
GRAND RAPIDS - Tetra Discovery Partners LLC has been awarded a five-year $10 million cooperative agreement by the National Institutes of Health to support Tetra's efforts to develop a new drug to treat mild cognitive impairment associated, which often precedes and accompanies Alzheimer's disease. Tetra?s award includes up to $1.5 million in direct funding and
SALINE - Servant Systems has added three software specialists to the franchise software development company's team. They are; Adrian Forbes, B.A. in Computer Science, University of Iowa, with web experience in the pharmaceutical and transportation industries, as Senior Software Engineer developing web-based applications including mobile apps; Ben Carpenter, B.S.E. in Computer Engineering, University of Michigan,
SOUTHFIELD - Every day, millions of people search the web for products and services. Do you know how to make your organization's website show up in search results? During MCWT?s July 10 webinar, Cynthia Closkey, president of Big Big Design, will discuss the fundamentals of search engine optimization. Attendees will learn the difference between organic
NORTHVILLE - DataFactZ, a Northville based highly specialized system and data integration company, announces the addition of two new clients, Gap Inc. and MARS Sales Force Solutions. ?DataFactZ will help these companies understand and give meaning to their data in completely new ways,? said Krishna Kallakuri, vice president of DataFactZ. ?Understanding data is key to
ANN ARBOR - Machine vision sales in North America fell 2 percent compared to the first quarter of 2011, according to new statistics from AIA, the industry?s trade group. The decline resulted primarily from sales of complete vision systems, which account for the largest sales volumes in the North American market. However, sales of machine
KALAMAZOO - Kalamazoo Valley Community College is launching the Mechatronics Academy, an 18-week, full time, competency-based training program that will prepare students for careers in automated industrial equipment maintenance and repair. The Mechatronics Academy, which begins on August 20, was designed to assure that graduating students have the knowledge and skills essential to perform troubleshooting,