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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- …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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—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—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 …
NORTON SHORES—The LED lighting manufacturer EarthTronics announced the introduction of its UFO LED Highbay with Networked Lighting Controls to deliver maximum lighting efficiency for 15-to-25-foot mounting heights when replacing up …
ANN ARBOR—Household power consumption surged during the pandemic, but customer perceptions of utilities barely budged. Residential customer satisfaction with the energy utilities sector overall ticked down 0.1 percent to 72.0 …
LANSING—The Michigan Strategic Fund this week approved state aid for new talent initiatives, a business expansion, and community revitalization projects, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. MSF approved two programs …