Yesterday, Gov. Granholm announced that Site Selection magazine has named Michigan the No. 3 state in the nation for major new corporate facilities and expansions in 2009. This is the second year in a row that Michigan has finished in the top three.
Major new corporate projects for Michigan in 2009 included: advanced energy storage and solar firms like the Wixom Renewable Energy Center (Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant Energy) on the site of the former Ford Wixom assembly plant; advanced battery development and manufacturing firms A123 Systems (Ann Arbor), Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions (Holland), Dow Kokam (Midland), Suniva (Saginaw) and major expansions by GM and Ford for electric and hybrid vehicle production here.
As Gov. Granholm said, in the Olympics, the difference between winning a gold or bronze medal can be a mere fraction of a second. The same holds true for Michigan in this important 50-state contest. We take pride in winning the bronze, but won’t rest until we win the gold. We will continue to push our aggressive economic development and diversification strategy to accomplish that goal.
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