EWI plans to expand worldwide, add up to a dozen jobs
Source: metromode, 5/8/2008
EWI Worldwide maybe looking over there for future growth possibilities but it's looking right here for the people that will help the company capitalize on those opportunities. The marketing-and-communications company plans to hire about a dozen people within the next year or two to its staff of 300 some people.
Berkley's Zen Design Group sees success with innovative toys
Source: metromode, 5/8/2008
You know a trend has really gone mainstream when it starts to leak into the toy world. One Berkley company is leading that effort as Zen Design Group invents battery-less toys that rely on kids turning cranks to keep them going.
ITC partners with Michigan Tech to create engineering jobs
Source: metromode, 5/8/2008
Businesses are starting to work more and more with Michigan's universities and ITC Holdings is no stranger to such collaboration. The electricity transmission company has formed a partnership with Michigan Tech that has resulted in nine of the college's students being hired by the Novi-based firm in the last three years.
Procuit improves employee learning, plans to triple staff
Source: metromode, 5/8/2008
While company after company is trying to teach its industry
a thing or two to make money, Ann
Arbor's Procuit is trying to make it's dough by making
sure the lesson is learned. The training-retention firm hopes to double its
growth and triple its staff within the next year.
GREEN SPACE: If there must be big box, this is how to do it
Source: metromode, 5/8/2008
While big box developments are typically sprawling odes to commerce and not much else, the Fairlane Green complex in Allen Park goes above and beyond in the realm of sustainability -- and recently received a national award for its efforts.