Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Multimedia

The Upper Hand Channel

Michigan Gives You The Upper Hand

MICHIGAN - Advanced Battery Capital of the World

Consider Michigan as the location to site or expand your advanced energy storage company. Michigan is the proving ground for advanced cell, pack and related technologies, the global center of automotive research and development (R&D), and the one state positioned to lead the U.S. out of its dependence on foreign oil and become the advanced battery capital of the world.  
Play Video

ForeSee Results

ForeSee Results CEO Larry Freed loved doing business in Michigan. With assistance from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, ForeSee Results chose Ann Arbor to locate its North American headquarters.  (00:30)
Play Video

Cascade

Grand Rapids' Cascade Engineering created a new niche industry with its whisper-quiet rooftop wind turbine for home and business. Thanks to assistance from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Cascade diversified its plastic injection molding business in a new direction.  (00:30)
Play Video

Gentex

Thanks to Michigan, Gentex Corporation looks at the competition in the rearview mirror.  (01:00)
Play Audio

Advanced Photonix

Relocating from California to Michigan made sense for this opto-electronics company.  (00:30)
Play Video

Asterand

Accelerating the development of new and improved therapeutics, this global leader in human tissue research relocated from England to Detroit.  (00:30)
Play Video

Dow Corning

Dow Corning is creating a new Silicon Valley in Michigan by investing more than a billion dollars to increase production of hyper-pure silicon.  (00:30)
Play Video

e-Prize

A globally successful interactive promotion company working with the world’s top brands, e-Prize has chosen Pleasant Ridge, Michigan to call its home.  (00:30)
Play Video

EcoPeninsula

Pioneering alternative energy companies are turning Michigan into the Eco-Peninsula.  (01:00)
Play Video

Purple Rose Theatre - Jeff Daniels

The Purple Rose Theater & other Michigan companies are growing with the MEDC’s help.  (01:00)
Play Video

T/J Technologies

Revolutionizing the modern day battery for NASA, transportation, defense and everyday use - right here in Michigan.  (00:30)
Play Video

Toyota

Toyota hails Michigan as "the perfect place to expand our North American engineering, development and research operations."  (00:30)
Play Video

United Solar Ovonic

Expanding in Michigan, to produce more solar cells that work as roofing shingles and exterior laminates.  (00:30)
Play Video

Recent MEGA Awardees

Altus Brands, LLC

Seeking to expand its electronic hearing protection business into law enforcement and military markets, Altus is using its MEGA credit as an opportunity to grow its product line and supply chain network.  
Play Video

Atwell-Hicks, Inc.

With  $1.4 million MEGA expansion grant, this civil engineering firm looks to expand ino new alternative energy and power markets in Michigan.  
Play Video

Care-Tech Solutions, Inc.

This information technology, web service provider found its MEGA tax credit of $7.8 million allowed the company to expand its Troy operations and plan for creating 440 jobs over five years.  
Play Video

CAU Acquisition

A MEGA award of $1.1 million was the deciding factor for this firm to move nearly 200 jobs from Mexico to Michigan.  
Play Video

EPC-Columbia, Inc.

A MEGA tax credit of $1.1 million is helping this plastics injection molding firm be competitive and successful in auto and non-automotive markets.  
Play Video

Fisher Coachworks, LLC

This manufacturer of ultralight mass transit hybrid buses found its MEGA tax credit of $11.3 million and Michigan's stellar manufacturing expertise to be deciding factors in selecting Michigan over Tennessee ad a home base, creating 500 direct and 1,200-1,500 indirect jobs over the next five years.
 
Play Video

Global Tooling Systems, Inc.

This firm is using its $2.2 million-dollar MEGA tax credit to accelerate its flight pattern in aerospace product engineering and manufacturing.  
Play Video

Great Lakes Towers, L.L.C.

Using a $3.7 million-dollar MEGA tax credit for expansion, Great Lakes Towers will build a commercial wind manufacturing facility in Monroe, with full production expected by 2011. Another incentive to expand in Michigan: the state’s highly-skilled workforce.  
Play Video

Hart & Cooley, Inc.

A leader in advanced manufacturing of registers, grilles, diffusers, duct systems and VI germicidal lighting, Hart & Cooley’s $1.3 million-dollar MEGA award allows the firm agility to consolidate 48 positions in R & D, engineering, finance and customer service in Grand Rapids.  
Play Video

HoMedics, Inc.

Continuous innovation in life science products and the need to attract at least 62 highly-skilled engineers and designers over five years will be propelled by MEGA’s $1.1 million expansion grant.  
Play Video

Michigan Brewing Company

A $722,957 MEGA tax credit allowed Michigan Brewing Company to roll out its specialty brew, Kid Rock, in spring 2009, and to focus its planned expansion with 62 jobs by 2010, and 161 new jobs within five years.  
Play Video

Models and Tools, Inc.

Models and Tools, Inc.  
Play Video

Northern United Brewing, LLC

Northern United Brewing plans to use its $931,000 MEGA tax credit to expand its workforce of chemists, brewers, and sales personnel to create 150 new jobs over five years. An expanded production facility is envisioned, using a wide variety of Michigan’s agri-goods in the firm’s micro-brews, wines and spirits.  
Play Video

RIIS, L.L.C.

This Royal Oak-based IT consulting and web applications firm is using its MEGA tax credit of $1.1 million to consolidate its workforce in Michigan over other states. They were looking for innovators that always kept thinking about how to grow the firm’s strengths. They found that workforce ethic in Michigan.  
Play Video

SeverStal International

A manufacturer of flat-rolled steel for the automotive, appliance and construction markets, SeverStal is using a $40 million-dollar MEGA award to expand its Dearborn operation, creating 200 permanent jobs and thousands of construction project hours. SeverStal also cites water, raw material availability, and a highly-skilled workforce as key to making Michigan its manufacturing headquarters.  
Play Video

Stardock-Systems

Plymouth-based Stardock-Systems found the $1.2 million-dollar MEGA tax credit helped level the playing field to quickly expand its desktop software development, PC games, and 3-D animation products in a highly competitive, growing market. Stardock intends to lure talent back to Michigan, creating at least 50 new jobs over the next two years.  
Play Video

The Virtual Try-Out Space Co.

ESI North America’s Virtual Try-Out Space Company, an engineering simulation software company for automotive, aerospace, thin-film semiconductor and fuel cell technologies, is using its $2.8 million-dollar MEGA tax credit to grow in Michigan over competing sites in Alabama, South Dakota and Virginia. The firm expects to create 110 jobs over 10 years.  
Play Video

Tribal Manufacturing

Tribal Manufacturing is using its $3.9 million-dollar MEGA tax credit at its Marshall facility to grow its workforce capability to produce custom-designed plumbing products and fittings for wholesale and retail markets.  
Play Video

W Industries

A global metal fabricator for the aerospace and defense industries, Detroit-based W Industries is using its $9.7 million-dollar MEGA tax credit to accelerate its production resources and create 900+ jobs.  
Play Video

Wonderstruck Studios, L.L.C.

Wonderstruck Studios is using its $16.9 million MEGA tax credit to build a world-class digital animation and special effects studio in downtown Detroit. The firm will retrain a workforce to develop sophisticated 3-D software applications, creating 413 new jobs over the next five years.  
Play Video

Advanced Defense Vehicle Systems Corporation

The designer, developer and manufacturer of military vehicles, plans to invest more than $5.4 million to expand its facility in the Charter Township of Orion.  (01:00)
Play Video

Barracuda Networks

This leader in e-mail and Web security applications based in Campbell, Calif., plans to expand its research and development center in Ann Arbor.  (01:00)
Play Video

Carbone of America

The $11.5 million project will expand the Ultra Carbon Division in Bay City, add 65 new jobs and retain 126 jobs.  (01:09)
Play Video

Consolidated Biscuit Company

With its first facility in Michigan, Ohio-based Consolidated Biscuit Company (CBC) will invest $12 million in a new manufacturing center in Tecumseh, creating 1,058 expected new jobs.  (00:56)
Play Video

Faurecia USA Holdings

The company plans to invest $23.3 million to relocate and expand its Interiors Division tech center and North American headquarters, as well as increase staffing at its Troy location.  (01:27)
Play Video

Hagerty Insurance Agency

Headquartered in Traverse City for over 40 years, Hagerty Insurance Agency, the leading insurer of collector cars and wooden boats in the United States, plans to invest more than $7 million to expand its operation, in Traverse City.  (01:04)
Play Video

Icon Creative Technologies Group

With a company investment of approximately $2.7 million, this expansion and relocation within Ann Arbor is expected to create 128 new jobs, including 63 directly by the company.  (01:17)
Play Video

Leggett & Platt

Genesis Seating plans to invest $9.1 million to expand operations in West Michigan.  (01:03)
Play Video

Morley Companies

Morley plans to invest $1.7 million at its facility in Saginaw Township to support a high-tech project, creating up to 350 total new jobs in Michigan at Morley headquarters in Saginaw Township.  (01:04)
Play Video

NetEnrich

California-based NetEnrich, it service provider, will invest $2.7 million in a new R&D and network operations center in Washtenaw County.  (01:00)
Play Video

Pinnacle Race Course Development

Post It Stables is investing approximately $72 million over three phases to develop the Pinnacle Race Course in the Pinnacle Aeropark area, south of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Huron Township.  (00:55)
Play Video

Plexus Systems Inc

The Auburn Hills-based software company is investing $3.9 million to expand its operations at two Auburn Hills locations, creating an expected 298 new direct jobs and 488 spin-off jobs.  (01:18)
Play Video

Premier Tool & Die Cast Corporation

A new, $4.2 million facility in Dowagiac is expected to create 62 jobs at the company and an additional 46 spin-off jobs.  (00:59)
Play Video

Reino Linen Services

Ohio-based Reino Linen Service Inc., providing laundry services to more than 20 hospitals and 100 clinics and doctors’ offices, plans to invest $11.5 million to launch its Michigan operations in Brownstown Township.  (01:00)
Play Video

Testek, Incorporated

Industrial test equipment maker moves to larger Michigan location  (01:12)
Play Video

Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation

Michigan wins device maker’s expansion over California  (01:24)
Play Video

Ricardo, Incorporated

Ricardo Inc. investing in additional new technology at Van Buren Township site  (01:22)
Play Video

Precision Aerospace Corporation

Precision Aerospace’s $10 million expansion takes flight  (01:17)
Play Video

Genzink Stell Supply & Welding Company

Genzink expansion in Holland will create jobs, improve employee amenities  (01:21)
Play Video

GDI Infotech Incorporated

Ann Arbor’s quality of life lures GDI Infotech to expand with new division  (01:20)
Play Video

Eberspaecher North America

Granholm’s 2004 trip to Germany pays off with Eberspaecher expansion  (01:24)
Play Video

Danotek Motion Technologies

Wind-turbine manufacturer to expand in Plymouth Township  (01:26)
Play Video

Business Intelligence Associates, Inc

Leader in legal technology industry set to open new location in Kalamazoo  (00:56)
Play Video

Ameriwood Industries

Ameriwood’s homecoming is great news for Southwest Michigan  (01:22)
Play Video

Aisin World Corporation of America

Automotive supplier proves Michigan is fertile ground for expansion  (01:23)
Play Video

Strathmore Development Company

Through affiliate City Center Two Project LLC, is entering Phase One of a large-scale development of a 10-story mixed-use building on three acres to include retail, restaurant and hotel, office space, residential apartments and a performing arts center.  (01:25)
Play Video

MyInsuranceExpert.com (RSA)

The financial planning and benefits service provider plans to relocate and expand its Internet-based individual health and life insurance venture, MyInsuranceExpert.com from Farmington Hills to Troy.  (01:12)
Play Video

International Bancard Corporation

The financial transaction service provider plans to invest $2.1 million to relocate from Royal Oak into a larger facility in Clawson. The project is expected to create 325 new jobs, including 150 directly by the company.  (01:02)
Play Video

Gibbs Technologies Inc

Based on the MEDC’s recommendation, the MEGA board approved a state tax credit valued at $5.9 million over 10 years to encourage the developer of amphibious vehicles to establish a planning and R&D facility under consideration in Auburn Hills over a competing site in Alabama.  (01:32)
Play Video

Attwood Corporation

The marine parts and accessories supplier plans to consolidate its Lancaster, Texas, manufacturing operations into an existing facility in Lowell (Kent County), where it has 114 employees.  (01:14)
Play Video

ForeSee Results Inc.

Expanding its operations in Michigan and locating its new North American headquarters in southeast Michigan over competing sites on the east and west coasts.  (01:30)
Play Video

A Few 21st Century Jobs Fund Awardees

Adaptive Materials Inc.

AMI’s award will help accelerate their development of a unique, portable technology that produces electricity from propane and butane.  (02:31)
Play Video

Lawrence Technological University

LTU’s development of lighter, stronger materials promises to reduce taxpayer costs for “box beam” bridges.  (02:42)
Play Video

Michigan State University

To help keep protect people worldwide from unsafe water supplies, MSU is combining microbiology with micro-fluidics in a “DNA chip” that detects water contamination quickly & inexpensively.  (01:56)
Play Video

ProNAi

This Kalamazoo-based company is developing gene-inhibiting cancer treatments scheduled, and using their award to move into clinical trials in 2007.  (02:23)
Play Video

Accuri Cytometers

Accuri Cytometers used its 21st Century Jobs Fund to launch their first product, which is an innovative life science research tool.  (00:52)
Play Video

Avidimer Therapeutics

Avidimer Therapeutics uses polymer technology to deliver drugs to specific cells. The 21st Century Jobs Fund allowed the company to take their technology to clinical trials on patients.  (00:46)
Play Video

Comcast Spotlight

Attracting Global Capital Investment

Jim Epolito speaks about Hi-tech inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs that were selected as first round winners of the 21st Century Jobs Fund.  (01:01)
Play Video

21st Century

MEDC’s President Jim Epolito talks about the impact of the 1st round of funding from the $2.2 billion 21st Century Job’s Fund.  (01:01)
Play Video

Redefining Michigan’s Economy

An update from Jim Epolito on the MEDC’s efforts to redefine Michigan’s economy via the 21st Century Job’s Fund.  (01:03)
Play Video