September 15, 2010
Advanced Manufacturing
Tuesday, Symmetry Medical announced it would invest approximately $14.8 million to expand in Lansing to meet growing demand for their high-precision machining, creating up to 159 jobs. Symmetry could have chosen to expand at its facility in Malaysia, but it chose Michigan because of our highly skilled workers and competitive business climate.
That was only one [...]
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aerospace industry,
Alternative Energy,
automotive manufacturing,
economic development attraction/retention programs,
economic diversification,
Economic Growth,
green manufacturing,
Green Technology,
high-tech medical industry,
manufacturing diversification,
renewable energy manufacturing
September 7, 2007
Industry Sectors
On the same day Governor Granholm and the MEDC announced that Spain-based aerospace company Aernnova had chosen Michigan for its new, state-of-the-art technical center as a result of a state tax credit we awarded the company, I found myself at a public forum debating with someone who holds that we should not offer such incentives. [...]
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aerospace industry,
economic development attraction/retention programs,
economic development partnerships,
economic diversification,
Economic Growth,
manufacturing diversification,
Michigan Advantage,
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