DETROIT – LIFT, or Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow, announced this week that Chris Conrardy has been named as the institute’s interim executive director. Conrardy, chief technology officer and vice president for strategic initiatives at EWI, succeeds Larry Brown, who had served as the executive director since 2014. The ALMMII Board of Directors is currently conducting
TROY - Join Automation Alley for the official launch of the National Association of Manufacturers’ 2018 State of Manufacturing Tour. State and local manufacturers, business leaders and students will join NAM President and CEO Jay Timmons as he delivers the NAM State of Manufacturing address. The NAM’s annual tour has become the flagship event for
GRANDVILLE - Managed Service Provider has named two long-time employees Vice Presidents to Business Development and Sales. Ken Zimmer, a Trivalent employee since 2000, has been named Vice President of Business Development. “Ken has been instrumental in helping Trivalent develop client relationships in West Michigan as our Sales Director, and this promotion allows him to
KALAMAZOO – Educators from Southwest Michigan were recognized last week with Catalyst Education Awards during Catalyst University, a daylong leadership event hosted by the regional economic development organization Southwest Michigan First at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo. The Catalyst Education Awards received applications from teachers, principals and entire schools from across Southwest Michigan, competing in
TROY - The early bird special to buy a ticket to attend IoT TechConnect April 4 at the Troy Marriott ends at midnight on Jan. 31. Only $15 to attend the day-long show that will feature Michigan companies, experts and products involved in the Internet of Things, dubbed IoT. The ticket price also includes breakfast
LANSING - Gongwer News Service has launched new services that allow subscribers to receive bill tracking alerts, breaking news updates and other key Gongwer products via text message. To activate text alerts, subscribers should log in to their accounts, click on their name in the banner and select "Update Profile." Next, enter your mobile number and
NEW YORK – On the heels of the SEC’s roll out of two new forms that need to be filed digitally in 2018, EDGAR has developed a single source typeset that takes highly stylized typeset materials and convert them to EDGAR-compliant HTML. In an easy to use application, the process happens in minutes while maintaining
DETROIT - DTE Energy is ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Business Gas Service in the Midwest," according to J.D. Power's 2017 Gas Utility Business Customer Satisfaction Study released this week. The award is DTE's second for business customer satisfaction for 2017, as J.D. Power also recognized DTE as highest in customer satisfaction with business
ANN ARBOR - As the computing industry struggles to maintain its historically rapid pace of innovation, a new, $32 million center based at the University of Michigan aims to streamline and democratize the design and manufacturing of next-generation computing systems. The Center for Applications Driving Architectures, or ADA, will develop a transformative, "plug-and-play" ecosystem to
GRAND RAPIDS - OST, a $160 million global technology and design company, has hired four associates in its Grand Rapids headquarters. OST also has offices in Detroit, Minneapolis, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. The new associates include: Derek Fricano, Senior UX Designer, OpenDigital Brandon Haney, End User Support Team, Managed Services Pat Pennington, Senior Consultant,
