Parametric Technology has found greener pastures for its Ann Arbor office (formerly Arbortext) but not too far from Tree Town. The software development firm is moving to new offices in Pittsfield Township just outside of Ann Arbor to help facilitate more growth and adding more jobs in the years ahead.
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.
If new economy companies aren't moving to Ann Arbor they seem to being setting up satellite offices there. Toyota, Google and now add TechSmith to that list of names, which plans to open an office that employees between 10 and 20 people.
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.
Some businesses stay, some go over time. Rosebud Solutions not only came to Ann Arbor it plans to stay for a long time and add more jobs locally as it expands.
As ForeSee Results continues to grow, it can point to big names like Zillow.com as reasons for its success. The real-estate Web site is taping the Ann Arbor online customer satisfaction firm to continue helping it make the right decisions to make its users happy.
Eastern Michigan University is about to become a little safer. The school is installing an emergency alert system that will send student and staff text messages and emails within minutes of an emergency occurring on campus.
Robots took over Eastern Michigan University's campus last weekend as teams participated in the FIRST Robotics Great Lakes Regional. More than 60 high schools teams from across the Midwest exhibited their robotic know-how at the competition.
Two years in the making, Ann Arbor-based Boomdash is preparing to launch their first product later this month. Big deal? You bet. The company expects to earn tens of millions of dollars and create up to 30 jobs.
HandLab is not only doing more with less, it's making it the central cog of its business. The Ann Arbor firm specializing in miniaturizing experiments has become so successful at it that it expects to hire another 10 people this year.
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