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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Delphinus Medical Technologies Inc., the start-up company from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, plans to open its first office in the Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center in Plymouth Township, the business incubator led by economic development group Ann Arbor SPARK.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Styron LLC, a spinoff of the Dow Chemical Company and global provider of plastics, performance rubber and latex products, plans to invest $13 million to establish its North American Operating Center in Midland.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A designer and producer of exhibit and event marketing solutions since 1945, H.B.Stubbs Companies in Warren was known for many years as a leading supplier to the automotive industry. Now the company primarily services the technology, medical, museum and entertainment industries with automotive representing less than 10 percent of its business. “It’s exciting to see a new type of client like this, CEO and President Scott Stubbs said.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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Metromode, YourSource Management Group Inc. focuses on handling human resource work for companies both big and small. “In the last three years we have doubled in size,” Todd Lancaster, CEO said. “We have grown organically just from providing HR without the overhead.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A wind-energy collaboration based in Eaton Rapids and led by URV USA, the subsidiary of a Finnish supplier of cast-iron wind turbine components, is Michigan’s newest Center of Energy Excellence (COEE). “URV USA is proud to launch this new wind turbine foundry with the support of Governor Granholm and the MEDC,” said Ari Lehtonen, URV USA president and CEO. “We have greatly appreciated the strong support and guidance that all of the related agencies have provided us on the planning of our new North American operations.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Arvin Meritor Inc. and Inteva Products LLC plan to invest a combined total of $27.9 million in existing tech centers located in Troy (Oakland County). “We’re adding design and engineering jobs as well as support staff,” Misty Matthews, Inteva director of communications and publications, told MetroMode. “This will support our growth with new and existing customers.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Digital Office Systems in Plymouth, a commercial office equipment company since 1985, has seen business from film projects increase almost proportionally to the slide in other sectors since 2008. “We were able to benefit almost from the start of the incentives,” President Arnie Rautbort said. “We had gone through some hard times, and the revenue from this sector really helped us stay afloat. It’s definitely been of significance.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Bridget Lorenz Lemberg is a forensic toxicologist with more than 20 years of toxicology and pharmacology experience. She is also the founder and owner of one of the fastest-growing biotech companies in West Michigan with annual revenue increases in the triple digits in two of the last three years and projections for a similar increase in 2010.“We’ve been fortunate,” she said. “The lab has received numerous awards for outstanding performance and customer service. Last year Forensic Fluids Laboratories was named one of Michigan’s top 50 companies to watch.”
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids ranked third on The Scientist magazine’s 40 “Best Places to Work in Academia in 2010” in the July issue.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The world’s largest home appliance maker plans to invest $86.8 million in real and personal property to consolidate its world headquarters in downtown Benton Harbor. “We are going to be making plans to consolidate our office headquarter operations into three locations," Jeff Noel, corporate vice president for Whirlpool, told WSBT-TV. The plan will mean consolidating 15 of its owned and leased facilities into three office campuses, which will include building a new multimillion-dollar facility along Main Street in Benton Harbor.
