Vision, passion and perseverance drove the success behind this year’s Executive of the Year winners at the 7th annual Deals of the Year. The three traits united to cultivate not just a company and not just a goal, but the type of effort that fueled a $23 million sale of ...
Teachers union leaders say their members were agreeing to concessions even before Gov. Rick Snyder on Saturday signed the law that limits the amount public employers may pay for government employee medical benefits, the Grand Rapids Press reported.
The Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals named Sulura Jackson, principal of Ann Arbor’s Skyline High School, as the 2010-11 High School Principal of the Year. Jackson’s work to further education in Ann Arbor and maintain the “Skyline Difference” was more than enough to give her the award, according to ...
Martin Sexton is trying to bring people together — for their own good, and for the good of America, he says. Martin Sexton shares his intimate songcraft in performances at The Ark and the downtown Borders. “That’s the kind of record I wanted to make,” says Sexton of his new ...
Pittsfield Township-based fuel cell firm Adaptive Materials received $3 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s Centers of Energy Excellence program, marking the latest capital infusion for the alternative energy leader. Adaptive Materials said the funding would help it in the commercialization of its fuel cell technology, which helps provide ...
Call it a swamp full of resumes. That’s what Adaptive Materials had to deal with after deciding that it needed to hire nine engineers, both mechanical and electrical, to address an influx in business. The Pittsfield Township-based fuel cell firm received 7,100 applications, a response reflective of the thirst for ...
Fuel cell firm Adaptive Materials has won a $4.7 million deal to deliver 300-watt units to the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract, which could ultimately be worth $5.6 million, adds to the Pittsfield Township firm's momentum in the alternative energy space. The company last month said it needed to ...
Wanted: Nine engineers to fill new positions at a growing tech company near Ann Arbor. Given Metro Detroit's unemployment rate, that may not seem like a tall order. But Adaptive Materials Inc. isn't taking chances: The company is using what it calls a "resume blitz" this weekend to generate prospective ...
Adaptive Materials, one of the Ann Arbor region's leading alternative energy companies, has landed a $3 million deal to deliver 60-watt fuel cell systems to the U.S. Air Force. The deal builds on Pittsfield Township-based Adaptive Materials' growing expertise in portable power. The company's technology uses commercially available propane fuel ...
Manufacturing an entrepreneurial economy is about more than just creating a healthy venture capital community and establishing various startup resources. Attitude and culture are just as critical. Entrepreneurial executives and economic development officials said Friday in Ann Arbor that Michigan’s economic revitalization hinges partly on its ability to cultivate a ...
“Entrepalooza” might sound like a goofy nickname for an economic trend. But the University of Michigan takes it seriously. The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the U-M Ross School of Business is poised to host the annual Entrepalooza symposium on Friday. The university is also ...
An Ann Arbor alternative energy company is introducing its strongest fuel cell power product for military and commercial applications. Pittsfield Township-based Adaptive Materials is commercializing a 250-watt fuel cell system that uses widely available propane fuel to provide a lightweight power source in mobile applications.
Since we started composting our fruit and vegetable scraps, I’ve noticed that the amount of garbage our family generates per week has decreased from about five grocery-size bags to one. I’ve also noticed that we have a significant fruit fly problem. We put our fruit and vegetable scraps into a ...
Ann Arbor business executives are waging an informal campaign through online media tools to elect an alternative energy executive as Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur of 2009. Michelle Crumm, co-founder of Pittsfield Township-based Adaptive Materials, has been nominated as one of five finalists in the "established entrepreneur" category for the national magazine’s ...
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