Alpine Power buys GR industrial battery firm
REDFORD TWP.—Alpine Power Systems Inc. announced the acquisition of the assets of Battcom Inc., an industrial battery provider based in the Grand Rapids suburb of Grandville. Battcom was founded in …
American robot orders dip in first quarter
ANN ARBOR—Robot orders in North America declined in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, according to statistics released by the Ann Arbor-based Robotic Industries Association (RIA), an organization …
MichBio heads to Grand Rapids for industry events
ANN ARBOR—MichBio, the Michigan bioscience industry association, will be in Grand Rapids June 18 and 19 for a pair of bio-industry events. On Tuesday, June 18, the organization will host …
Clinical trial tech firm launches plain-English portal
CANTON TWP.–TrialAssure, a software company focused on developing clinical trial transparency tools, announced the launch of TrialResults.com, a new portal for sponsors to publicly share plain-language layperson summaries with clinical …
LLamasoft names Chief Product Officer
ANN ARBOR–LLamasoft, a developer of supply chain design and decision-making software, announced the appointment of Karthik Mani as executive vice president and chief product officer. In this new role, Mani …
New LED lamps from EarthTronics can cope with wet, dusty conditions
MUSKEGON–The Muskegon-based LED lighting manufacturer EarthTronics has introduced a new line of wet-location-rated “Vapor Tight” LEDs with an integral microwave sensor. The LEDs are intended for applications in parking garages, …
Lawrence Tech is global champ of self-driving cars—for the third year in a row
SOUTHFIELD—For the third consecutive year, Lawrence Technological University has won first place in the Self-Drive Challenge event at the 27th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition. LTU was crowned champ late …
Very large ‘dead zone’ forecast for Gulf of Mexico
ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan scientists and their colleagues are forecasting that this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or “dead zone”—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill …
New partnership adds anti-poverty studies to Lawrence Tech’s MBA program
DETROIT—A new, groundbreaking partnership between Lawrence Technological University in Southfield and The PuLSE Institute (Institute for Public Leadership and Social Equity), Detroit’s anti-poverty think tank, will allow students who are enrolled in …
Business pitch contest, big new R&D lab, wireless web expansion, and more, on June 10 M2 TechCast
ROYAL OAK—A business pitch contest, a big new research lab in Ann Arbor, website sales conversion, and a wireless internet expansion headline the guest lineup for the June 10 episode …