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Snyder: German company to invest $5 million in new Kalamazoo facility

March 23, 2012 Economic Development

GERMANY – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced that Hark Orchids L.P., an orchid propagation company headquartered in Lippstadt, will invest approximately $5 million to establish its first facility outside of Germany in Kalamazoo.  “Hark’s choice of Michigan for its first U.S. facility tells others across the globe that Michigan holds great opportunities for their business [...]

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Tagged as: agriculture, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, floriculture, Governor Rick Snyder, Hark Orchids

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Snyder calls state a ‘launching pad’ for global firms during German visit

March 22, 2012 Economic Development

STUTTGART, Germany – Michigan is more business friendly than ever and eager to establish productive relationships with European businesses, Gov. Rick Snyder said today in an address at a supplier reception at the Mercedes Classic Center in Stuttgart. “Michigan is blessed with a number of strong, productive and long-standing relationships with German-based companies, and to [...]

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Tagged as: Daimler, Dr. Dieter Zetsche, global automotive innovation, Governor Rick Snyder

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Snyder continues investment mission by meeting with German auto suppliers

March 21, 2012 Economic Development

KUNZELSAU, Germany – Gov. Rick Snyder continued meetings today with executives of German automotive suppliers whose companies operate in Michigan, seeking to strengthen relationships and attract new job-creating investments. Snyder met with executives from several German companies including Herzing+Schroth in Obertshausen, Brose Fahrzeugteile in Wurzburg and the Würth Group in Kunzelsau. Herzing+Schroth, which designs and [...]

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Tagged as: Brose Fahrzeugteile, Europe investment mission, Governor Rick Snyder, Herzing+Schroth, Würth Group

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Contest: What does the New Michigan look like to you?

February 29, 2012 Economic Development

Just weeks after announcing its 2012 Michigan Turnaround Plan, Business Leaders for Michigan, the state’s business roundtable, is asking: What does the New Michigan look like to you?  In an online contest going on right now, BLM is offering $1,000 in total prizes to Michigan residents who upload a photo, film a short video, or [...]

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Tagged as: Business Leaders for Michigan, contest, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Events, New Michigan

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Brookings, CBS: Manufacturing innovation is key to Michigan’s economic recovery

February 28, 2012 Economic Development

Michigan is a model state for economic recovery, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution.  The report, titled “Michigan’s Urban and Metropolitan Strategy,” looks at why Michigan is currently enjoying the second-strongest post-recession recovery among all 50 states. Long powered by manufacturing, it is a renewed innovation prowess that is becoming a game [...]

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Tagged as: Alternative Energy, Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Jobs, manufacturing diversification, wind energy

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Snyder: Michigan’s corporate tax rating upgraded to 7th in nation

February 13, 2012 Economic Development

Michigan’s reinvention continues to gain momentum with an update from the Tax Foundation that improves the state’s corporate tax ranking in the State Business Tax Climate Index from 49th to 7th in the nation, Gov. Rick Snyder has announced. The Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax research group based in Washington, D.C., also upgraded Michigan’s overall [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, Governor Rick Snyder, tax rating, tax reform

Governor’s budget strategically invests in state’s future

February 9, 2012 Economic Development

Gov. Rick Snyder has presented to the Legislature his recommended fiscal year 2013 state budget, which is structurally balanced and makes strategic investments in priorities such as education, health and human services, job growth, public safety and infrastructure. Highlights include a proposed $195 million to continue the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s economic gardening efforts. In [...]

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Tagged as: Economic Growth, governor snyder, MEDC, Michael Finney, Michigan Advantage, Michigan Budget, Michigan Business, Pure Michigan

Michiganders coming back home to growing economy

February 2, 2012 Community Development

With Michigan leading the nation in new job growth and the Federal Reserve projecting Michigan is on track to lead all other states in job growth over the next six months, a growing number of Michiganders are seeing the opportunities of coming home. MSNBC this week trumpeted the state’s economic growth during an interview with [...]

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Tagged as: Jobs, Michigan Advantage, talent, training

Michigan International Speedway, MEDC announce Pure Michigan 400

January 11, 2012 Economic Development

DETROIT (Jan. 11, 2012) – With the success of 2011, two of Michigan’s best-known brands – Michigan International Speedway and Pure Michigan –  are again teaming up to host the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at MIS on Sunday, August 19. The three-year partnership was announced today at the North American International [...]

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Tagged as: economic development partnerships, Pure Michigan

State honors Quality Dairy’s Lisa Benson for veterans’ service

January 6, 2012 Economic Development

LANSING, Mich. — The state’s Veteran’s Services Division today honored Lisa Benson, HR Recruiter for Lansing-based Quality Dairy Company, for outstanding efforts to help veterans find employment, making the company one of mid-Michigan’s top “vet-friendly” employers. “We are in the business of helping Michigan’s returning heroes find jobs, and we can only do that with [...]

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