How does a company efficiently get its stuff from the manufacturer to the warehouse to store shelves? What if the store is in Berlin? Or Singapore? What if it's hurricane season? These are just a few of the millions of questions companies ask themselves when it comes to supply chain logistics. And Ann Arbor's LLamasoft helps them figure it all out.
Spur Studios is yet another example of Ypsilanti's DIY philosophy of collective innovation and artistic community building. Attracting a confederation of artists, designers, and musicians, James Marks of VG Kids has turned an empty building into a successful hive of inspiration and creativity.
Care about high speed Internet connections? Blazing fast computer processing? Medical and security scanners that safely identify threats? Then you should be a fan of Advanced Photonix, a company that moved part of its operations from California to SE Michigan.
From $50 desk rentals to million dollar start-ups, Tech Brewery is a coworking space that caters to Ann Arbor's tech community with an eye toward entrepreneurship. Professional collaborations, tech meet-ups and beer-fueled social gatherings are all part of the mix in this innovative workspace.
From bees to broccoli, Growing Hope is determined to bring locally grown produce to the masses. Between its urban gardens, hoop house and hives, running the downtown Ypsilanti Farmers' Market, and providing community education, this urban farming advocate has developed a little slice of sustainable heaven on Michigan Ave.
Technology and medicine are partnering to create some exciting new therapies for patients. Case in point: Ann Arbor's Axiobionics, which has developed neuro-prosthetics that help rehabilitate and control pain for patients suffering from spinal chord injuries, stroke, and other nervous system injuries.
Workantile Exchange is more than just a work space. It's a co-working community, filled with entrepreneurs, freelancers and creatives looking for a place to exchange ideas, insight and inspiration. A home office away from home, it has all the advantages of the traditional work place with none of the baggage.
From boarding school experimentation to cult following, Clancy's Fancy isn't the hottest hot sauce you've ever tasted, but it's probably the most unique. Each 7.5 oz bottle of pungent goodness brings with it a kaleidoscopic personality that screams, "Made in Ann Arbor."
In eight years this airport planning firm has grown more than ten fold, bought a building in downtown Ypsilanti and count many of the nation's biggest airports as their clients. From internships to aerotropolis development, Jacobsen Daniels is not only the kind of new economy business Michigan needs more of, they are passionately invested in their community's future.
We have officially entered the realm of sci-fi style technology. Ann Arbor's Solidica makes wireless sensors that can not only communicate the status of distant vehicles and machinery, but also predict where systems might fail. It's a brave new world after all.
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