EATON RAPIDS - A Finnish-based wind power manufacturer will double its corporate presence in Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday during her trade mission to Sweden. URV USA has announced it will double the size of its Eaton Rapids plant that creates wind turbine castings from the current 40,000 metric ton facility to 80,000 metric
TROY - Mark Clevey, the author of the Annual Michigan Entrepreneurship Scorecard, has a new job ? he is the program manager for the Blackstone LaunchPad, a free career choice program operated from college placement offices that serves both beginning and experienced entrepreneurs, assisting with opportunity recognition, feasibility assessment and strategy for starting and growing
LANSING - Michigan's longest-serving governor joined with the man he hopes will be Michigan's next governor and said Rick Snyder would be an "outstanding governor of Michigan." And among the reasons Snyder will be a good leader for the state is he will work with Detroit, help protect the environment and listen to both sides
ANN ARBOR ? Cerenis Therapeutics, a biotech company, said Wednesday that it had raised $13.9 million in venture capital in addition to the $51.7 million it already generated in July. The company operates dual headquarters in Ann Arbor and France. Bill Brinkerhoff, Cerenis? chief operating officer, said the firm would use the funds to continue
TRAVERSE CITY - Clients often want to know how to trademark a name and, inevitably, the next question that follows is, "Why should I use an attorney to file my trademark registration?" Trademark Registration in the Internet age is important because infringement of a trademarked name can spread quickly throughout various online technologies and channels.
ANN ARBOR ? The registration deadline for the fall 2010 Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest business plan competition is Nov. 1. But if you register right away, you can get started with a coach assigned on a first come, first served basis. At GLEQ, you get a chance to meet investors, get valuable feedback on your
FLINT - Kettering University stepped up to the Ford Motor Company Fund's 2010 Ford College Community Challenge and has won a $50,000 grant to perform an energy audit and develop a geo-thermal system for an urban gardening greenhouse project. Kettering Professor Matthew Sanders and his senior Industrial Engineering capstone class worked with Harvesting Earth Educational
ANN ARBOR - Marisa Smith, President of The Whole Brain Group, has partnered with Made in USA Certified to form a strategic business alliance that will focus on fostering technological growth and expansion for U.S.A- based service and manufacturing businesses. The Whole Brain Group recently became ?Service in USA Certified and has developed a strong
DETROIT ? Alternative Energy Startup NextCAT has received $250,000 in seed funding from the Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund. NextCAT is commercializing biodiesel catalyst technology developed at the National Biofuels Energy Lab at Wayne State University that will allow biodiesel producers to use cost-effective raw materials. Founded in 2009, NextCAT is commercializing a class of catalysts
DETROIT - Scientists at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit have received a nearly $3 million, five-year research project grant from the National Institutes of Health to study a potentially ground-breaking immunotherapy treatment for women with one of the deadliest forms of breast cancer ? triple-negative breast cancer. The research is exclusive to