Innovation & Job News

Custom BioGenic Systems adds five employees, plans to hire five more

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

Custom BioGenic Systems is on its way up to newer, bigger facilities. The maker of freezers that keep things like stem cells and blood samples cold just hired five people and expects to hire another five within the next year.

Biotechnology , Entrepreneurship , Healthcare

Elemental uses new media marketing to create new jobs and 300 percent growth

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

It's all elementary to Troy-based Elemental. That's why the new-media marketing firm has expanded from five to 14 people and hope to add as many as 10 more employees within three years.

Advertising , Entrepreneurship , Media , Networking , Oakland County

Logicorps on the path to 250% revenue growth, expands payroll

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

T say Logicorps is growing might be a bit of an understatement. The IT firm is doubling its sales numbers this year and looks to double its employment base next year.

Entrepreneurship , IT

Ecology Coatings hopes to turn little things into big profits, jobs

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

Ecology Coatings might be a small business today but it expects to be more than just a little bit bigger later this year. The business that is pioneering new efficient ways to put protective coatings on products is ready for a break out year this year that could add as many as a dozen new jobs.

Nanotechnology , Oakland County

Oak Park's GSTV continues to hire as it grows throughout the country

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

GSTV is making its way into new markets and hiring a few people on the idea that motorists pay attention to the TVs on the gas station pumps. It's an idea that's paying off for the business which is growing its bottom line and employee base.

Advertising , Media , Oakland County , PR/Marketing

Lawrence Tech aggressively burnishes its international reputation

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

Lawrence Tech is taking its game across the border. The school has signed 15 agreements with foreign universities and expects to sign another six this year in a effort to bring in more students, professors and expertise.

Higher Education

GREEN SPACE: Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers meet Generation G

Source: metromode, 6/26/2008

An innovative program as Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Generation G, has exposed a group of teens to concepts such as green roofs and LEED -- and in the process inspired them to greenify their educational environment.

Architecture , Education , Green Building , Sustainability , Wayne County

Detroit

Cielo Med Solutions looks to expand nationally, create jobs in Ann Arbor

Source: Concentrate, 6/26/2008

Don't we all wish we had our mother around to remind us when it's time to go to the doctor? Ann Arbor's Cielo MedSolutions intends to make some serious money reminding doctors to tell their patients when it's time to come in.

Healthcare

Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor's HealthMedia teams up with Aetna to study insomnia, hires dozens

Source: Concentrate, 6/26/2008

HealthMedia is living the life of a health company. The Ann Arbor-based firm recently hired 38 people last year and expects to expand its workforce of 130 people by 30 percent within the next year.

Healthcare

Ann Arbor

GM teams up with Carnegie Mellon to form a collaborative research lab

Source: Model D, 6/26/2008

Carnegie Mellon and General Motors are teaming up to create a collaborative research lab in Pittsburgh to help develop technology of tomorrow's smart cars.

Research

Detroit

RTT USA expands, expects to add up to 15 jobs

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

RTT USA is making the most of its Royal Oak diggs, hiring 10 people in the last year. The graphics software company also has plans to add another 10-15 people within the next year.

Design , Software Design

Royal Oak

Green Electric Supply looks to put a twist into energy efficient lighting

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

The letters CFL may be all the rage in the environmental movement but Green Electrical Supply wants to make the new "It" letters in the business world. The Rochester-based firm is trying to make a go out of changing old light bulbs to CFLs.

Green Building , Sustainability

Royal Oak's Skidmore rakes in awards, hires handful of new employees

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

Skidmore is bringing in lots awards lately and even has plans to create a few jobs. Not bad for a firm who's website announces "We Know Nothing."

Advertising , Design , PR/Marketing

Royal Oak

Systems & People hopes to grow business and staff with new Synerjix division

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

Systems & People could be bringing on a few more people if it gets a few more systems to work on. The Troy-based firm hopes to add one large corporation and about a dozen small-to-medium-sized businesses within the next year.

IT

PlanIt Green Consultants grows green consulting biz from the ground up

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

A man in Farmington Hills has a dream to help local people build green. That's the idea behind PlanIt Green Consultants, which aims to help educate builders about sustainable building practices.

Green Building , Sustainability

Farmington

Lawrence Tech expands to Far East, agrees to collaboration with Indian university

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

Lawrence Tech is reaching into the far east to join hands with one of India's top universities, the National Institute of Technology in Warangal. The two schools plan to share students, faculty and collaborate on curriculum.

Higher Education

GREEN SPACE: The legalese of going green

Source: metromode, 6/19/2008

Green isn't just for hippies anymore. Brownfields development, alternative energy and carbon offsets all need a legal expert. Learn how one local firm is meeting the need.

Alternative Energy , Green Building , Sustainability

Detroit

Detroit-based website Spendji launches into main stream

Source: Model D, 6/19/2008

Racing to a computer screen near you is no, not Benji the hero dog from TV. It's Spendji.com, the start-up from Detroit that is looking to make it big in the Internet game.

Internet

Detroit

Fry creates 100 jobs in last 18 months, looks to expand payroll even more

Source: Concentrate, 6/19/2008

Ann Arbor's Fry isn't a small fry in the e-commerce world. In fact the firm has added about 100 jobs in the last 18 months and expects similar growth to continue in the near future.

Consumer Technology , Internet

Ann Arbor

Polyergic Informatics hopes to quadruple staff within one year

Source: Concentrate, 6/19/2008

Some companies grow slowly and others seem to sprout like dandelions. Polyergic Informatics is one of the latter. The Ann Arbor-based company hopes to quadruple its employee base within the next year as it signs on new clients.

Ann Arbor