MEDC names Jen Nelson its new COO
LANSING—Officials at the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced that Jen Nelson has been appointed COO for the organization. Nelson returns to the MEDC, where she will lead MEDC organizational operations, …
State aid OK’d for BorgWarner project in Cadillac
AUBURN HILLS—BorgWarner Thermal Systems, a unit of the Auburn Hills transportation supplier BorgWarner, has been awarded a $225,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. …
State gets $2.4M federal grant for defense supplier cybersecurity
LANSING—Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and officials of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the MEDC’s Michigan Defense Center a $2.4 million grant …
Southfield’s Northland, massive Ford battery center, other developments get state aid
LANSING—Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer joined the Michigan Economic Development Corp. this week in announcing Michigan Strategic Fund approval for a wide range of projects, including a new global battery center, …
LTU’s Centrepolis Accelerator awarded a regional Industry 4.0 readiness grant
SOUTHFIELD—The Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University has been awarded $197,985 in grant funding to provide regional Industry 4.0 programming and services to increase manufacturers’ readiness to adopt Industry 4.0 …
Detroit, TC housing projects get state support
LANSING—Projects that will support growth and economic recovery in Detroit and Traverse City have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced. The projects are …
MEDC gets new CEO
LANSING—The executive committee of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced the appointment of Quentin L. Messer Jr. as MEDC CEO. The announcement comes following a national search led by the …
State aid OK’d for Industry 4.0, ‘build ready’ sites, manufacturing expansion, Flint settlement
LANSING—Regional grants for Industry 4.0 readiness, a business expansion and more got approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund board this week. The MSF OK’d nearly $2 million in grants for …
State aid OK’d for business expansions in Flint, Adrian
LANSING—Two projects expected to generate a total private investment of $11.3 million and create 192 jobs in Michigan have received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development …
State aid OK’d for business expansions in Ann Arbor area
LANSING—Two projects expected to create 279 new good-paying jobs in Washtenaw County received support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. Workit Health, founded in 2015 and based in Ann Arbor, received …