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NeoSynergy plans to double staff within nine months
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
Purchasing a car could be as close as a click away soon if Bloomfield Hills-based NeoSynergy has anything to say about it. The Internet start-up is working on technology that could making buying a car as easy as buying a book on Amazon.
ePrize expands workforce with new product development division
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
Pleasant Ridge-based ePrize isn't ready to rest on its laurels. The rapidly growing Internet promotions company has launched a new research and development division to keep it a couple of steps ahead of the competition, its bottom line black and its payroll expanding.
PMV uses triple-digit growth to fuel more hiring
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
It seems like the two key letters to creating new jobs are IT. That's the case with PMV Technologoes. The Troy-based IT firm looks to add up to 20 new jobs within two years.
Octillion pushes solar windows technology forward
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
All of that sunlight streaming through windows is on its way to being harnessed. Auburn-based Octillion is taking a major step forward in manufacturing a silicon film that can generate electricity by capturing beams of sunshine through windows.
Wayne State spin-off SenSound looks to make quiet in tech industry
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
SBP. Silent but profitable. That's what Detroit-based SenSound hopes to be with its new product SenQC.
Detroit  
Wayne State helping pioneer state-of-the-art Wi-Fi technology
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
Web surfing at Wayne State is about to get easier for wireless users. The university plans to install a new $1.3 million system that will double the Wi-Fi system's speed and greatly increase its capacity.
Detroit  
DevHive creates software jobs with unique business approach
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
Farmington Hills-based DevHive is swinging for the fences when it comes to software design. The Internet start-up hopes to revolutionize how businesses create software and manage IT systems all while adding a few dozen jobs to Michigan's economy.
Detroit-based Huron Capital investments add 118 jobs to Michigan companies
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
Huron Capital Markets have invested in four Michigan companies that have grown by 118 employees in the past year.
Detroit  
Green Space: Spring training -- er, cleaning -- with an eye to sustainability
Source: metromode, 3/27/2008
St. Paddy's Day is past and Opening Day is around the corner. Time for spring sprucing around the house. Green Space shares some tips on how to keep your clean green.
ZenaComp turns technology efficiency into new work
Source: Great Lakes IT Report, 3/27/2008
Let ZenaComp be your guide.
IT  
Creative Breakthroughs aims for 60 hires by next year
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
What Creative Breakthroughs is doing is fundamental. Work hard to establish business for a few years and then enjoy the ride up. The IT firm hopes to really rocket into the stratosphere this year by more than doubling its revenue and work force.
RST hopes to avoid collisions and collect six new employees
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
Another company, another acronym and another chance to make it big. That's what RST hopes to do this year with its newly released FrontAlert technology that warns motorists about potential collisions.
Robotics firm JADI looks to add a dozen employees by year's end
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
Troy-based JADI hopes to be in the MONEY soon. The robotics firm is gearing up to bring new product to market and expects to hire as many as six new employees by 2009.
Sakti3 to invest $1.1 million in Ann Arbor move, create 112 jobs
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
Sakti3 is looking to cash in on hybrid battery technology and to do so in Ann Arbor. The start-up looks to invest $1.1 million in Tree Town and create 112 new jobs.
Ricardo opens hybrid battery center in Van Buren Township, to hire 32
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
If there are golden geese being born in Michigan these days, they have to be named hybrid. Hybrid technology is bringing more and more jobs into the state, and the latest from tech firm Ricardo looks to create 32 new jobs.
North American Bancard to expand in Troy, add 1,500 positions
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
Michiganders are getting ready to cash in on the monetary switch from cash to debit cards. One of the big firms that builds the software and hardware that makes such transactions possible is based in Troy and looking to make a big expansion, creating 1,500 new jobs.
ArvinMeritor to create 119 new jobs at its SW Detroit facility
Source: metromode, 3/20/2008
Not all auto industry news is bad. Southwest Detroit's ArvinMeritor is adding 119 positions and will receive $1.1 million over seven years from the state to help it do so.
Detroit  
IMRA expands Ann Arbor facility, to add 20 positions
Source: Concentrate, 3/20/2008
Laser technology is joining the ranks of new economy industries taking root in Ann Arbor. Laser-maker IMRA America is moving forward with plans to expand its R&D facilities in Ann Arbor Township and add another 20 jobs.
Ann Arbor's ERT System plans to double this year and next
Source: Concentrate, 3/20/2008
Keeping track of men and materials can mean the difference between life and death in an emergency. That's why a couple of Metro Detroit entrepreneurs started ERT Systems. The start-up hopes to add six more people to its payroll this year and another 12 or so next year.
Green Space: Tour Michigan's greenest house
Source: Concentrate, 3/20/2008
In Ann Arbor, a home undergoing rehab is poised to be the first remodel in the state to receive LEED platinum certification.