Innovation & Job News

GREEN SPACE: Summer refresher course on being green

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

Last year, Green Space examined several summer practices that everyone could stand to greenify. This edition offers a refresher course.

Detroit

Auburn Hills-based Gongos Research enjoys steady growth

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

Gongos Research has already added 16 employees since the beginning of the year and they don't plan on slowing down. You could say that Gongos has gone gonzo.

Consumer Technology , PR/Marketing , Research

EcoMotors launches tech center in Troy, to create 156 jobs

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

In its quest to assist the American automotive industry in hitting the 35 miles-per-gallon CAFE standard, EcoMotors International Inc. has decided to launch a $7 million tech center in Troy.

Advanced Engineering , Transportation

Raval USA Inc. opens facility in Rochester Hills, looks to add 65 jobs

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

Israel-based Raval produces the technology that relieves the gas nozzle when your tank is nearing full. They also deal in valves and vents for fuel tank emissions related components. And now they'll be developing some of these products in their new North American Headquarters in Rochester Hills.

Advanced Engineering , Transportation

Rochester

Mobius expands and relocates to Ann Arbor, will add 5-10 jobs within the year

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

Mobius Microsystems is a war with crystals. Sounds like a weird fantastical story. But no, it's really just about one company striving for a smaller, faster, more efficient semiconductor. And, in the mean time, they're moving back to Ann Arbor and adding jobs.

Advanced Engineering , Research

Ann Arbor , Detroit

University of Michigan Health System receives nearly $9 million for diabetes research

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

The University of Michigan Health System has won another five-year $8.9 million diabetes research grant. It's the 30th year in a row they've received grants for such research.

Healthcare , Higher Education , Research

Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor's Molecular Imaging Research plans to grow more than 50 percent

Source: metromode, 5/29/2008

Molecular Imaging Research Preclinical Services is growing within a growing industry - pharmaceuticals. That's like a double whammy - in a good way.

Biotechnology , Healthcare , Research

Ann Arbor

Dexter's ReCellular breaks 500 employee mark, looks to add another 50-60 jobs

Source: Concentrate, 5/29/2008

ReCellular is growing by leaps and bounds, but mostly leaps, in Dexter. The cell phone recycler has grown to 500 employees and hopes to add another 50 or 60 this year.

Environment , Sustainability

Ann Arbor

Cerenis Therapeutics pushes cholesterol drug development and job growth in A2

Source: Concentrate, 5/29/2008

Cerenis Therapeutics is turning a bunch of Pfizer refugees into drug research company on both side of the Atlantic Ocean.

Biotechnology , Life Sciences

Ann Arbor

Rickman Enterprise Group moves downtown, plans to hire 35

Source: Model D, 5/29/2008

Downtown Detroit snagged another business now that Rickman Enterprise Group has moved its headquarters downtown and is looking to more than double it's staff of 29 people this year.

Sustainability

Detroit

Laptop Design turns customization into a mass market money making machine

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Dearborn-based Laptop Design USA offers artistically unique customizations for your desktop or laptop computer. They alsoi make big bucks doing it.

Consumer Technology , Design

Dearborn

The Wireless Source recycles it way to a dozen new jobs

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Consistently growing and profitable. Bloomfield Hill-based The Wireless Source has found robust profits in recycling cell phone and other mobile electronics.

Sustainability , Wireless Communications

Southeast Michigan attracts 117 projects and $4 billion in investment in 2007

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

The Economic Development Coalition of Southeast Michigan says a total 117 projects have invested a total of $4 billion in the metro area during 2007. These investments helped create 16,610 jobs and retained another 9,552.

Investment

Concerto Networks spreads into Metro Detroit IT market, to add two positions this year

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

The first Concerto Networks franchise has slowly been infiltrating SE Michigan's IT market and they'll be hiring soon.

IT

21st Century Jobs Fund extends deadline for biz plan competition

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Entrepreneurs, breathe a sign of relief. The deadline for the 21st Century Jobs Fund Business Plan Competition has been extended to June 30.

Alternative Energy , Biotechnology , Homeland Security , Investment , Life Sciences

U-M spinoff Tissue Regeneration Systems receives $2 million in venture capital

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Venture capital strikes again in Ann Arbor. This time Tissue Regeneration Systems is the recepient, getting a $2 million infusion from Venture Investors.

Investment , Life Sciences

Ann Arbor

Great Lakes Electronics Corp. hires 40 people, plans for more expansion

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Who says Detroit isn't green. The city is home to one of the largest electronics recyclers in the country and it's hiring.

Sustainability

Detroit

GREEN SPACE: What is greenwashing and how to spot it

Source: metromode, 5/22/2008

Ever watch an ad put out by an oil company about how environmentally-conscious it is and think, "Huh?" You've just spotted an attempt at greenwashing, the specious world into which this edition of Green Space delves.

Sustainability

Soar Technology's real smarts creates artificial intelligence, and jobs

Source: Concentrate, 5/22/2008

It looks like the wise guys are in Ann Arbor, or at least the ones like Soar Technology that are using artificial intelligence technology to create jobs. The firm hopes to add 10 more jobs this year and next.

Software Design

Ann Arbor

CircleBuilder paces its growth, looks to add 15-20 jobs in two years

Source: metromode, 5/15/2008

CircleBuilder is a little bit closer to coming full circle with its business plan. The website plans to make itself available to the public this summer, raise even more seed money and create 15-20 new jobs in the next 18 months.

Entrepreneurship , Internet , Investment , Networking