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German auto supplier expanding, bringing 450 jobs to MI

May 15, 2012 Great Companies

Brose North America, one of the world’s leading automotive suppliers, is investing $60 million to expand in Michigan, bringing approximately 450 new full time engineering and manufacturing jobs. Brose, a supplier of mechatronic components and electric motor drives for vehicle bodies and interiors, will receive a $3.5 million Michigan Business Development Program incentive (subject to [...]

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Tagged as: automotive manufacturing, Brose, career opportunities, global automotive innovation, Governor Rick Snyder, Jobs

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Early bird special ends April 30 for National Economic Gardening Conference

April 25, 2012 Events

There’s less than one week left to sign up at a discounted rate for the 10th Annual National Economic Gardening Conference, taking place at the Amway Grand Plaza hotel in Grand Rapids June 12-13. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Pure Michigan Business Connect are hosting the conference, keynoted by Governor Rick Snyder. The cost [...]

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Tagged as: chris gibbons, economic gardening, economic gardening conference 2012, Economic Growth, Events, Governor Rick Snyder

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Michigan Cities in the Top 10 [Infographic]

April 24, 2012 This Just In

Great things are happening all around Michigan – and the nation is taking notice. Check out these cities who have made national Top 10 lists so far in 2012. Check out the infographic and tweetable links below. Detroit ranks among Top 10 Emerging Sustainable Cities in US. Tweet This! Grand Rapids named #1 best city in [...]

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Michigan Shifting Gears helps professionals, veterans transition to new careers

April 11, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Participants in Michigan Shifting Gears, a unique career training program developed by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Sensei Inc., don’t fit the typical image of student trainees.  Most are seasoned professionals who’ve enjoyed successful careers in big Michigan businesses – businesses that took a direct hit in the global economic downturn.   Now they’re faced [...]

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Tagged as: career training, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Jobs, Michigan Shifting Gears, talent, veterans

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Michigan launches China export initiative

April 3, 2012 Great Companies

Michigan consumer goods companies interested in reaching new customers in the fastest growing economy in the world will have an opportunity to take part in a new exporting pilot program offered through a partnership between the export services company Export Now and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.   The Pure Michigan Export Now pilot program will [...]

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Tagged as: China, Export Now, exporting, small business resources, tmall

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Snyder: University-business partnerships lead to job creation

March 21, 2012 Advanced Energy Storage

PFINTZAL, Germany – Gov. Rick Snyder joined a select audience from Germany and Michigan today to discuss innovative partnerships between businesses and leading universities in a Partnership Forum at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. While at the forum, Snyder celebrated the signing of individual Letters of Intent between Michigan [...]

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Tagged as: advanced battery, electric vehicle R&D, Fraunhofer Institute, global automotive innovation, Governor Rick Snyder, Grand Valley State University, Michigan State University, University of Michigan, University Research Corridor, Wayne State University

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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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Sweet! Pure Michigan Caramel Apple ice cream named “Create a Flavor” contest winner

February 22, 2012 Great Companies

And the winner is…Pure Michigan Caramel Apple! This flavor, created by Dawn Dummer of Houghton Lake, has been selected as the Official Ice Cream of Michigan state parks and Pure Michigan. The lightly flavored green apple ice cream swirled with Michigan apple and Michigan caramel was voted the winner out of four finalists at a tasting event held Feb. [...]

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Tagged as: "create a flavor" contest, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Natural Resources, Events, Hudsonville Ice Cream, Meijer, Michigan state parks, Pure Michigan, Pure Michigan Caramel Apple

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Michigan: From auto capital to fashion capital

February 14, 2012 Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Milan… Paris… New York… Detroit? Michigan might not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of fashion. As the automotive capital of the world, we know a thing or two about production – but the gritty world of auto manufacturing seems light years away from the glamorous world of fashion. Not [...]

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Tagged as: cynthia lamaide, denise ilitch, detroit fashion, fashion, fotoula lambros, joe faris, michigan garment industry, montee tayion holland

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

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