Ypsilanti’s InterClean to clean up on profits, expand staff
InterClean Equipment is moving forward, ringing up sales, expanding it presence and creating new jobs. The Ypsilanti-based company hopes to hire 10-20 more people.
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Is Ann Arbor going Hollywood? Moviemakers take renewed interest in filming here
Making movies in Tree Town looks like it will be a regular occurrence now that Hollywood is apparently taking a keen interest in Ann Arbor as a shooting location.
Lumen Christi Church Design growing faster than expected
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Information Evolution
Computer science + design + social science = Innovation. Concentrate checks out the student projects at the University of Michigan's School of Information and witnesses the next evolutionary stage in information technology.
Radius Garden revolutionizes garden tools, to sprout jobs
Digging in the dirt will be a little less painful for gardeners and a little more pleasurable for Ann Arbor's Radius Garden. The start-up has enjoyed 300% annual growth since it introduced it revolutionary new garden tools in 2004 and expects to hire a few people in the near future.
Cummins-Barnard becomes HDR, creates energy jobs
Alternative energy maybe a hot topic in Michigan but it's also an avenue that is helping HDR create jobs in Ann Arbor. What was once Cummins-Barnard energy consultants was recently acquired by HDR but still plans to stay in Ann Arbor and create up to 15 jobs this year.
U-M engineers design ballast-free ships to stop invasive species
Non-indigenous invasive species. Now, there's a mouthful. But hopefully a little less of a lake full ...if technology being developed by the University of Michigan pans out. University engineers are developing a ballast-free freighter that could put a severe crimp into invading aquatic species.
Weinstein Co. confirms “Youth In Revolt” will shoot in Ann Arbor
Youth in Revolt is coming to Ann Arbor. No, not the normal deluge of new students in the fall, but the new Hollywood movie staring that skinny guy from "Superbad" and "Juno."
Toyota to drop $100 million and 65 jobs into research institute in Ann Arbor
The world's (arguably) largest automaker is building up its presence in Ann Arbor by investing $100 million to create the Toyota Research Institute of North America. The institute will be constructed in its North American technical center and create 65 research positions by 2010.
Is Ann Arbor going Hollywood? Moviemakers take renewed interest in filming here
Making movies in Tree Town looks like it will be a regular occurrence now that Hollywood is apparently taking a keen interest in Ann Arbor as a shooting location.
Lumen Christi Church Design growing faster than expected
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Information Evolution
Computer science + design + social science = Innovation. Concentrate checks out the student projects at the University of Michigan's School of Information and witnesses the next evolutionary stage in information technology.
Radius Garden revolutionizes garden tools, to sprout jobs
Digging in the dirt will be a little less painful for gardeners and a little more pleasurable for Ann Arbor's Radius Garden. The start-up has enjoyed 300% annual growth since it introduced it revolutionary new garden tools in 2004 and expects to hire a few people in the near future.
Cummins-Barnard becomes HDR, creates energy jobs
Alternative energy maybe a hot topic in Michigan but it's also an avenue that is helping HDR create jobs in Ann Arbor. What was once Cummins-Barnard energy consultants was recently acquired by HDR but still plans to stay in Ann Arbor and create up to 15 jobs this year.
U-M engineers design ballast-free ships to stop invasive species
Non-indigenous invasive species. Now, there's a mouthful. But hopefully a little less of a lake full ...if technology being developed by the University of Michigan pans out. University engineers are developing a ballast-free freighter that could put a severe crimp into invading aquatic species.
Weinstein Co. confirms “Youth In Revolt” will shoot in Ann Arbor
Youth in Revolt is coming to Ann Arbor. No, not the normal deluge of new students in the fall, but the new Hollywood movie staring that skinny guy from "Superbad" and "Juno."
Toyota to drop $100 million and 65 jobs into research institute in Ann Arbor
The world's (arguably) largest automaker is building up its presence in Ann Arbor by investing $100 million to create the Toyota Research Institute of North America. The institute will be constructed in its North American technical center and create 65 research positions by 2010.
