Sat April 23, 2005
Toyota to Set Up Shop in Michigan
ANN ARBOR, MI (AP) Toyota Motor Corp. said it has signed a deal to buy 690 acres from the state for a research and development center that is expected to add 400 new jobs. Toyota Technical Center USA Inc., Toyota’s North American research and development arm, said the automaker wants to expand its engineering and research capabilities....
Sat February 26, 2005
Michigan Universities Moving Forward With Stadium Rehabs
ANN ARBOR, MI (AP) University of Michigan is moving down a path taken by Michigan State and other Big Ten schools –– spending millions of dollars for a luxury upgrade of its football stadium....
Sat October 23, 2004
JLG Triple-L Gets Contractors’ Attention in Michigan
“They followed me back to the store and bought one on the spot,” said Bob Fromm, Lift Division manager of National Ladder & Scaffold Company in Madison Heights, MI, when talking about his first sale of a Triple-L drop-deck trailer....
Sat August 14, 2004
Automotive Supplier Opens New $300M HQ in Michigan
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, MI (AP) Visteon Corp.’s new $300 million headquarters was designed to be more like a friendly village square than some chilly, remote glass tower. The corporate center dubbed Visteon Village is modeled after a small town with human-scale buildings featuring pitched roofs with chimneys and a mixture of stone, brick and glass exteriors....
Sat July 03, 2004
Michigan CAT Promotes Gambee to Vice President of Inventory
Michigan CAT announced the appointment of Erv Gambee to vice president of inventory, rental and used equipment. Gambee began his Michigan CAT career in the management trainee program after a brief time with another equipment dealer, and gained experience in parts, service and rental....
Tue February 17, 2004
Michigan Schedules $478 Million in Road Projects for Southeast
DETROIT (AP) The state Department of Transportation has scheduled $478 million in road projects for southeast Michigan. That includes $200 million in repairs within the city of Detroit, fueled in part by the need to spruce up the city for the 2006 Super Bowl and baseball’s All-Star Game next year....
Sat January 17, 2004
Michigan DOT Buys Leica Total Stations
The Design Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Transportation has placed orders with Leica Geosystems to purchase a quantity of robotic surveying total stations.
The order includes six TCRA1103 extended range PowerSearch total stations with Allegro wireless data collectors, and three TCR1103 extended range instruments....
Sat December 20, 2003
Purchase Puts Michigan John Deere Under New Ownership
Deere & Company has confirmed that Nortrax Inc. has sold its operations in Michigan to JDE Equipment Company. The transaction took effect Nov. 20.
According to JDE Equipment General Manager Bill McDaniel, JDE will serve all but five counties in lower Michigan, with John Deere construction equipment, Hitachi (including mining equipment), and the Eager Beaver trailer line.
“We’ll sell anything from skid steer loaders to very large mining equipment,” McDaniel said of JDE’s range of products....
Fri June 13, 2003
Michigan Restores 34 Road Projects Previously on Hold
A legislative committee has unanimously approved a spending plan forvthe current budget year that would restore 34 road projects delayed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. The supplemental budget bill for the fiscal year that ends Sept....
Wed April 16, 2003
State of Michigan Awards Grants to Five Builders To Build Energy-Efficient Houses
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm and Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services (CIS) Director David C. Hollister announced on April 7 that five Michigan builders have been awarded grants from the state’s Five Star Home Grant program to build energy-efficient houses.
"The Five Star Home Grant program is an incentive for Michigan builders to utilize the latest technology to reduce energy costs and pollution," Granholm said....
