LANSING - A heavy focus on promoting alternative energy development and companies has meant Michigan has placed third among all other states in terms of alternative energy corporate locations, a report from Business Facilities Magazine said. "Michigan is far too busy reinventing itself as a hub for alternative energy manufacturing to wallow in despair over
WASHINGTON ? With the publication Monday of a final rule in the Federal Register, the U.S. Small Business Administration will begin implementation of its women-owned small business contracting program, which is expected to start in early 2011. The rule is part of the Obama Administration?s overall commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses to compete
ROCHESTER - Automation Alley Friday night announced the winners of its 10th Annual Awards Gala at the Royal Park Hotel. Winners included the New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan and Prabhakar Patil, CEO of LG Chem Power. The New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan was selected as the Regional Innovator of the Year for their
DETROIT - Detroit-based Strategic Staffing Solutions, a global IT and business services firm, will mark its 20th anniversary Oct. 1 with an open house on the 29th floor of the Penobscot Building and a gala party Friday night at the Detroit Athletic Club. Founder, President and CEO Cynthia Pasky started the company in a small
LANSING - The Michigan Legislature completed action on the 2010-11 fiscal year budget with about 30 hours to spare, and while lawmakers and Gov. Jennifer Granholm avoided a repeat of the 2007 and 2009 government shutdowns, they also largely failed to achieve the comprehensive structural budget reforms that they promised at the beginning of the
ANN ARBOR - The military beat goes on for Adaptive Materials, a fuel-cell manufacturer. The company was awarded a $1.5 million Phase II option to an existing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract to provide 50-watt solid oxide fuel cells to the U.S. Army. To date, Adaptive Materials has earned more than $10 million in
ANN ARBOR - The University of Michigan will build a $46 million nanotechnology facility on North Campus that will focus on developing nanomanufacturing, DNA molecules, energy conversion and microelectromechanical systems for use in medical technologies. The 63,000-square-foot research facility, called the Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science & Engineering, will be financed in part
LANSING ? Ken Theis, the Director of the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget and the state's Chief Information Officer, will take a new job on Oct. 1 - as Chief Operating Officer for technology consultant Dewpoint Inc. Before his 12-years of service with the State of Michigan, Theis worked 10 years at General
ANN ARBOR -The University of Michigan ranks first in research and development spending among the nation's public universities and colleges, according to the latest rankings from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The rankings, announced by the agency on Monday, show that U-M moved up two positions, passing the University of California, San Francisco, and the
LANSING - After months of debate and several failed vote attempts, the Legislature passed a retirement incentive for state workers on Thursday that is the linchpin in wrapping up most of the outstanding 2010-11 budget bills. The struggle to pass SB 1226 was different than when the Legislature passed a similar plan for school employees