Biotechnology Business Consultants eyes big biz impact over next 3 years
Had you asked Lisa Kurek her opinion about the potential of growing biotech start-ups in Michigan late last year, she would have told you to ask her again in a month or two. Ask her today, and the managing partner of Biotechnology Business Consultants won't put off the question. She will exude confidence. Kurek points out that the recent reauthorization of the federal Small Business Innovation Research grants brought stability back to the bio-tech... [Read More...]
SPARK Celebrates the Hyundai Expansion at the Detroit Auto Show
A posting from Luke Bonner, SPARK’s Business Development Vice President: Last week I had the pleasure of attending the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Downtown Detroit. Finding a suitable parking spot was not the easiest thing in the world, but I did manage to find one without much of a walk. Cobo was decorated in it’s typical festive style this time of year, with every Auto Maker doing its best to impress... [Read More...]
Hyundai’s $15M investment to lead to 50 new jobs
Hyundai is sinking $15 million into its Hyundai America Technical Center, an investment that promises to create 50 jobs in the Ann Arbor-based facility. "The Ann Arbor area has had the good fortune of being an increasingly bigger cluster of automotive research and development activity among a number of different nameplates," says Paul Krutko, president & CEO of Ann Arbor SPARK. The Ann Arbor area is home to a number research and development... [Read More...]
Hyundai American Technical Center Inc. to Expand, Receives Support from Ann Arbor SPARK, MEDC
Ann Arbor SPARK, a public-private partnership whose mission is to advance innovation-based economic development in the greater Ann Arbor region, worked with Hyundai to help the company secure more than $2.5 million in new business development incentives from the State of Michigan and Superior Township. The funding, which is subject to approval by the Michigan Strategic Fund, will be used by Hyundai to expand an environmental chamber for extreme... [Read More...]
Live Event Streaming Kicks Off This Week!
We’re excited to kick off our live event Web streaming this week with three great events: Marketing Roundtable on September 13, BioArbor on September 14, and Deal Structures on September 15. The Marketing Roundtable, from 5:30-7 p.m., is on how to turn customers and stakeholders into advocates. Join consumer and business marketing experts as they reveal the latest integrated marketing and customer satisfaction strategies for creating relationships... [Read More...]
Zingerman’s Delicatessen and New Eagle Announce Expansions in Ann Arbor Area
Zingerman’s Delicatessen was awarded tax credits and New Eagle LLC announced a Technology Collaboration credit with Powertrain Integration, LLC. The companies will use the funding to help them expand in the region. Zingerman’s Brownfield Michigan Business Tax credit award is valued at $1.1 million and Madison Heights-based Powertrain Integration, LLC’s Technology Collaboration Credit is valued at $300,000 based on a $2 million investment... [Read More...]
JAC Products Expands in Ann Arbor Region
Saline-based JAC Products received high-tech, five-year MEGA tax credits today to fund expansion in the Ann Arbor region. JAC Products, which also has a location in Shelby Township, was approved today for MEGA tax credits totaling $572, 970 from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the State of Michigan. JAC Products is a leading tier 1 manufacturer of functional exterior automotive trim. It is in the process of designing and developing... [Read More...]
Two Ann Arbor Companies Receive MEGA Tax Credits
NanoBio Corporation and Grand River Inc. received high-tech, five year MEGA tax credits on June 15th. Both companies were approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the State of Michigan. NanoBio is a privately-held biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. They are committing to investing more than $1.4 million to expand its current... [Read More...]
SPARK Incubator tenant Bongotones.com launches UM “Hail to the Victor’s: 106,201 world record” campaign
BongoTones.com announces today the official launch of the “Hail to the Victors: 106,201 Campaign”, a grassroots project that aims to set a new world record for most ringtones played simultaneously. The campaign plans to bring together 106,201 University of Michigan students, alumni and fans to download “The Victors” ringtone free of charge to their mobile phones prior to the Ohio State-University of Michigan game at Michigan Stadium on November... [Read More...]
Crain’s identifies SPARK as “scratching the entrepreneurial itch”
From Crain’s cover’s Washtenaw/Livingston …Goldschmidt is one of the nearly 70 new startups that have begun working with Ann Arbor Spark this year, a roughly 25 percent increase from the same period in 2008, according to Skip Simms, director of business acceleration services at Spark. Much of the spike is driven by an increased awareness of the resources available to Ann Arbor’s entrepreneurial community and an increase in... [Read More...]
