February 10, 2011
21st Century Funds
Accuri Cytometers, one of the original 21st Century Jobs Fund awardees, is being purchased by one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, Becton Dickinson and Company. Accuri, the Ann Arbor-based life sciences company, produces affordable, easy to use flow cytometers that are used in blood cell analysis.
In 2006, MEDC awarded a$2 million loan to [...]
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advanced technology,
high-tech medical industry
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
