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Kirco gets deal to build Wacker Chemical development in Washtenaw County

TROY—Officials at Kirco and Kirco Manix, the Troy-based commercial and industrial construction and design firms, announced that Kirco has been selected by Germany’s Wacker Chemical Corp. to build its $50 …

Auto Suppliers / Economic Development

Auto supplier Hilite expanding in Whitehall

LANSING–Auto supplier Hilite International has been awarded a $400,000 Jobs Ready Michigan performance-based grant to support a $9.6 million expansion at its plant in Whitehall that is expected to create …

Economic Development / Nonprofits / Small Business / Workforce Development

Michigan Celebrates Small Business gets new manager

LANSING—The Michigan Celebrates Small Business event, a nonprofit organization that has conducted an annual business gala for 15 years, has a new managing partner—Kinexus Group, a Benton Harbor-based nonprofit working …

Economic Development

Gerber expansion, community revitalization projects get state aid

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board approved a range of business growth and community revitalization projects, as well expanded initiatives and support for communities that will continue to drive Michigan’s economic …

Economic Development

19 companies win Ann Arbor Spark FastTrack Awards

ANN ARBOR—Kicking off the technology-based business celebration event 12Tech360, Ann Arbor Spark presented its 22nd annual FastTrack Awards to 19 companies in Washtenaw and Livingston counties. More than half of …

Battery Technology / Economic Development / Electric Vehicles

New truck, bus electrification engineering center gets state support

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $500,000 Michigan Business Development Fund performance-based grant to support a $4.17 million project to build a new “eMobility Center” in Rochester Hills for …

Economic Development

Business plans, community revitalization projects get state aid

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board has approved state grants and loans to several new manufacturing and finance company expansions, as well as community revitalization projects, officials at the Michigan Economic …

Autonomous Vehicles / Economic Development

May Mobility gets state aid for self-driving shuttle expansion

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund Board approved a $700,000 Michigan Business Development Program grant to support an $11.8 million expansion at Ann Arbor-based May Mobility Inc. that is expected to create …

Auto Suppliers / Coronavirus / Economic Development

Auto supplier expansion, community revitalization projects get state aid

LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund board has approved a business expansion by a Tier 1 auto supplier and two community revitalization projects. The MSF board also approved amendments to the Michigan …

Angel Investors / Artificial Intelligence / Economic Development / Entrepreneurship / Mobility Industry / Venture Capital / Women in Tech

Ann Arbor Spark’s annual a2Tech360 goes virtual for 2020

ANN ARBOR—Ann Arbor Spark, the economic development agency for Washtenaw and Livingston counties, announced that its annual high-tech and entrepreneurship extravaganza, a2Tech360, will be held online Sept. 18-26. Offering more …

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