Latest Ann Arbor, Michigan Stories
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ForeSee, the Michigan-based pioneer in customer experience analytics, has been named Ann Arbor Business Review's 2011 Company of the Year and was included in the Detroit Free Press' 2011 Top Workplaces in Michigan listing. These awards come as the company celebrates its tenth anniversary and closes its first decade of business in excellent financial health. (Logo: <font size="2"...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership whose mission is to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region, is assisting the expansion of FAAC Incorporated facility in Pittsfield Township. As part of the expansion, FAAC Incorporated, part of Arotech Corporation's (NasdaqGM: ARTX) Training and Simulation Division, has acquired a 40,000 square foot facility and is expected to immediately add 10 jobs....
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), the largest U.S. based full-line sporting goods retailer, invites the community of Ann Arbor to their three-day grand opening weekend. The store opened its doors on Wednesday, October 19th and will begin a grand opening celebration with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, November 4 at 8 AM at the retailer's new location at Waters Place, 3120 Lohr Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 (734-332-6095). Special extended store...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Local CITGO Marketers Barrick Enterprises, RKA Petroleum, Tri-Lakes Petroleum and Watkins Oil have launched the "Building Blocks for C.S. Mott" campaign to support the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital "building blocks" can be purchased for $1 at 13 participating CITGO locations across Ann Arbor through November 12. The money will go to C.S. Mott's Family Hope Fund, which provides practical...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MichBio and KnowledgeWatch today announced the formation of a strategic alliance to develop "miBio NewsWatch," a news and information gathering channel of value to Michigan biosciences companies. The alliance employs KnowledgeWatch Navigator Web services to continually aggregate concentrations of bioscience news with content that focuses on their market segment. KnowledgeWatch tracks and harvests information from a wide variety of sources to...
Hile Design LLC, an advertising agency based in Ann Arbor, MI, has formed a strategic partnership with brand clearance and protection expert IPPES. Ann Arbor, MI (PRWEB) September 24, 2011 After seeing a need for legal identity protection for clients, Hile Design LLC has formed a strategic partnership with brand clearance and protection expert IPPES and the company’s President and Chief Legal Officer, Tim Kroninger. IPPES, an acronym for Intellectual Property Protection and...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ann Arbor SPARK, the driving force of business retention, acceleration and growth in the region, recently received an Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). The award recognized the MichAGAIN campaign in the category of Human Capital for communities with populations of 200,000 - 500,000. "We recognize Ann Arbor SPARK for providing successful strategies to promote new standards in...
DETROIT, Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Semi-finalists have been selected for the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition. The 53 semi-finalist companies will deliver their business pitches to investors on November 16-17 at the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Marriott at Eagle Crest for the chance and win cash and prizes. The Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition will award more than $1 million in cash winnings, plus in-kind awards to top entrepreneurial businesses. "More than 300 companies...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Coherix, Inc. of Ann Arbor has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract by the U.S. Naval Warfare Center to develop a system for Surface Mapping of Corrosion on Complex Curved Surfaces. Coherix will apply its unique and proprietary 3-dimensional holographic metrology technology, previously delivered by Coherix for precision measurements in worldwide transportation industry manufacturing applications, to...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Michigan Health System's Michigan Visiting Nurses and health centers will once again offer flu vaccinations, the most reliable way to ward off the flu this season. A series of convenient walk-in flu shot clinics is planned throughout southeastern Michigan and vaccinations are offered at competitive prices, says Tracy Newhouse, MVN community wellness manager. U-M Health System patients can begin getting flu shots...
