Strongest growth in a year reported for West Michigan’s economy
West Michigan industrial companies showed their strongest growth rate in a year during March, according to the latest survey by Brian G. Long, director of Supply Management Research in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University.More

Through the Michigan Energy Office’s Electric Vehicle Charging Station Project, $20,000 in incentive funding is available to small businesses, municipalities, or not-for-profit organizations considering electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In order to be eligible to apply for funding, your organization must attend one of the four workshops.
Macatawa Bank was named one of West Michigan’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the Michigan Business and Professional Association, and will be formally honored May 7 at MBPA’s annual Celebratory Symposium.
The Henry Ford College (HFC) Culinary Arts Dept. will hold Courses X: Chef Certification/Student Scholarship Dinner on Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. at Fifty-One O One, HFC’s student-run restaurant on the main campus.
A complete ban on high-volume, hydraulic fracturing in Michigan is needed to meet the challenge of climate change and avoid public health and environmental risks that led New York State to ban the risky practice, the Sierra Club Michigan Chapter announced.
According to Deloitte Research experts quoted in Forbes, “Mobile health, or mHealth as its commonly known, is emerging as a significant growth opportunity for companies looking to capitalize on machine-to-machine (M2M) technology in wireless healthcare.
3D Printing has been a staple technology in the realm of product design and engineering for many years.
In late February, two Henry Ford College (HFC) honors students were named Student Scholar Award Recipients at the 2015 Liberal Arts Network for Development (LAND) Conference. Awada and Feebish took overall first place at this conference, which was held at the Riverfront Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich.
MagWerks LED, LLC, an Oxford-based LED lighting design and engineering firm, has been accepted into Automation Alley’s new entrepreneurship program, the 7Cs™. As a client company, MagWerks LED will receive assistance and guidance from Automation Alley’s entrepreneurship team to help accelerate the growth of the company.