Ann Arbor company k-Space may specialize in helping make electronics more efficient and therefore smaller, but it's looking to expand. The firm is getting ready to move to Dexter in May and add two or three new jobs this year.
If the youth are the future then the future is now in Ann Arbor where one high school student won a $50,000 scholarship for conducting research for a vaccine.
Dynamic Edge maybe opening up new offices across the U.S., but the Ann Arbor-based IT firm plans to stay put and hire another six people this year.
Local state Rep. Pam Byrnes is making the case for improving mass transit in southeast Michigan, calling doing so "vital" to the region's future.
The national spotlight is shining on Ann Arbor as the Associated Press recognizes the college town as a leader in implementing LED light technology in its streetlights.
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.
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.
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