DETROIT - The US Army has a problem. About a fifth of the employees who work for the Army in its Materiel Command are eligible for retirement, including many of the 7,500 civilian and military employees who work at the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command in Warren, the home of the old Detroit Arsenal. On
WASHINGTON DC - The Department of Transportation and National Highway Safety Administration will be unveiling this week and later this month, a three-point plan to bring the auto industry up to speed and accelerate the rollout of new technology to vehicles, the Car Connection reports. The first piece of that plan debuts today, when U.S.
LANSING - A new group has formed with the goal of changing Michigan's laws affecting motor vehicle sales, with the Freedom to Buy coalition saying it was comprised of groups that had more than 250,000 individuals as members. The group is focused on recently approved legislation that requires most motor vehicles to be sold by
LANSING - Michigan lost population and grew poorer from 2002 to 2013, a report by the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency shows, and the growth in poverty affected every county during that time. In 2002, the state had a poverty rate below the national average, the report said, with poverty at 11.3 percent of the state's
DETROIT - Automakers are expected to increase incentives in 2016 that will help propel U.S. sales of new cars and light trucks to an all-time record of nearly 18 million units, predicts an economist for the National Automotive Dealers Association. With growing manufacturing capacity, and a slowing global economy, especially in emerging markets, Steven Szakaly,
GRAND RAPIDS - Dematic’s North America division may soon close its manufacturing operations in Grand Rapids and move 365 jobs south of the border to another Dematic plant in Mexico. The company, known for decades as Rapistan, designs and builds automated systems for warehouses, distribution centers and other sites with material-moving needs. Rapistan first opened
ANN ARBOR - Fuel economy of vehicles sold in calendar year 2015 fell slightly compared to 2014, say researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. The average fuel economy (window-sticker value) of new vehicles sold in the U.S. last year dropped to 25.3, down 0.1 from the value for the vehicles sold in
DETROIT - Toyota Motor North America through its “Toyota Walk In My Boots” community outreach project and North American International Auto Show activities, is stepping in to help area low-income and homeless families by providing new insulated boots and socks to more than 200 participants of The Salvation Army Conner Creek Corps Community Center located
AUBURN HILLS - The FCA Foundation, the charitable arm of FCA US LLC, on Tuesday announced $250,000 in grants to FIRST Robotics Competition (grades 9-12) and FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7-12) teams in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. The grants will offset the costs associated with items such as registration fees, parts and materials and team
DETROIT - The Southeast Michigan Purchasing Managers Index wrapped up 2015 where it spent all of 2015 - above 50, suggesting an expanding economy. The December index marks 18 consecutive months at or above a value of 50.0. The PMI reached its high mark for the year in May, at 66.4. The last value below
