Michigan Celebrates Small Business names winners
LANSING—The Michigan Celebrates Small Business event, which has been honoring small businesses in the state of Michigan for 17 years, has announced the awardees of the 2021 MCSB annual gala. …
Roush CleanTech part of electric van partnership
LIVONIA—Guelph, Ontario-based Linamar Corp. (TSX: LNR) announced that it has entered the evaluation phase for its fuel cell electric delivery vans under a technology contract with the Center for Transportation …
Karmanos Cancer Center gets federal grant for lymphoma research
DETROIT—Officials at the The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute announced that the institute has been awarded a $325,372 grant from U CAN-CER VIVE Foundation. The funds will support cancer research focused on diffuse large …
Ferndale firm offers rapid COVID-19 testing to Michigan schools
FERNDALE—Officials at Olive Labs Inc. announced a partnership with Concentric, a COVID-19 testing division of Boston-based Gingko Bioworks, to provide rapid testing for schools. Olive Labs Inc. is a women- …
Jet’s Pizza offers new text ordering program
STERLING HEIGHTS—Jet’s Pizza is offering 20 percent off pizzas to customers who use the company’s new text-to-order platform at participating locations. Jet’s has partnered with Ann Arbor-based startup Ordr AI to offer …
Kellogg Foundation website shows improvements in Battle Creek schools
BATTLE CREEK—Officials of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced the launch of a new web site, ChangeStartsHereBCPS.org, to share achievements, opportunities and lessons learned thus far, four years after the foundation’s …
UM discontinues investments in the largest contributors to greenhouse gases
ANN ARBOR—Officials at the University of Michigan said UM will shift its natural resources investments to focus more on renewable energy, stop investing in funds primarily focused on certain fossil …
Science, society need ‘grand challenges’ more than ever, LTU speaker says
SOUTHFIELD—Give scientists a challenge and they’re likely to solve it–and that usually winds up improving the human condition. Issuing “grand challenges” in a wide variety of scientific disciplines has a …
Troy EV company in partnership with telematics, data firm
TROY—Electric Last Mile Inc., a Troy-based commercial electric vehicle company focused on last-mile delivery systems, announced a partnership with Oakville, Ontario-based Geotab Inc. to develop a factory-installed connectivity system that …
Caledonia’s Aspen Surgical buys Canadian maker of PPE
CALEDONIA—Aspen Surgical Products Inc., the Caledonia-based manufacturer of disposable surgical products, announced the acquisition of Saint-Laurent, Quebec-based BlueMed Medical Supplies Inc. BlueMed is a manufacturer of high-quality, cost-effective disposable shoe …