Business expansions, community project get state aid
LANSING – Two business expansions and a community revitalization project that will generate a total of $25 million in private investment and create 310 jobs around Michigan have received support …
LTU sophomores improve the lives of persons with disabilities through innovative products
SOUTHFIELD – Lawrence Technological University sophomore engineering students once again spent the fall semester designing products to help developmentally disabled people improve their lives. Students worked with the Dearborn-based Services …
Wipro launches automotive innovation center in Troy
DETROIT — The Indian IT giant Wipro Ltd. (NYSE: WIT) announced the launch of an Automotive Innovation Center in Detroit. The company said the new tech hub will deepen Wipro’s …
WMU to break ground on second phase of research park in 2019
KALAMAZOO – Western Michigan University announced it will begin development of a 55-acre addition to its Business Technology and Research Park in 2019 thanks to a $2.1 million grant from …
LiquidWeb in new partnership for e-commerce
LANSING — Liquid Web LLC, the Lansing-based managed hosting and managed application services provider, announced a new partnership with United Kingdom-based IconicWP to augment itsr Managed WooCommerce Hosting product line. …
Karamba names retiring Ford exec to board
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Karamba Security, the developer of cybersecurity software for connected and autonomous vehicles, announced the appointment of longtime Ford Motor Co. financial executive Neil M. Schloss to its …
LLamasoft wins supply chain award
ANN ARBOR — LLamasoft, the Ann Arbor-based supply chain optimization software developer, has been selected as a winner of the Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Green Supply Chain Awards for …
ProQuest adds BBC Studios content
ANN ARBOR — ProQuest, the Ann Arbor-based content aggregator and organizer, announced an expanded agreement with BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. The deal gives libraries access to thousands …
Giant pterosaur ‘flies’ into University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
ANN ARBOR — In preparation for the reopening of the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History next spring, a life-size model of a giant, prehistoric pterosaur was installed in …
State aid OK’d for expansion to create 25 engineering jobs
LANSING – The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $175,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant to support a $1.7 million expansion of Farmington Hills-based Drive System Design Inc. that …