West Michigan industrial vacancy remains at all-time low
GRANDVILLE — After searching for vacant sites in several other regions, the owners of Littlefoot Coffee Roasters LLC found space in Grandville that allows them to plant their roots back in Michigan and have room to expand in the future.
Worksite clinics help West Michigan employers control costs
A new health clinic on the south side of Grand Haven offers basic medical care to employees at three local companies.
MiBiz Growth Report: Oct. 29, 2018
Here is the MiBiz Growth Report for Oct. 29, 2018.
Lacks Enterprises acquires Kansas-based composite wheel manufacturer
A Grand Rapids-based automotive supplier has acquired Emergent Carbon Wheels, a Kansas City, Kan.-based manufacturer of carbon fiber composite wheels.
HR/Talent: Recruit. Retain. Advance.
It was a little more than a year ago that Axios HR President Kellie Haines decided to give herself the day off.
Auto Focus: Surviving in the Automotive Industry
The automotive industry has been very good for West Michigan, in spite of the challenges that it has dished up for component suppliers over the last several decades.
Editor’s note: After more than 13 years of writing the Auto Focus column for MiBiz, Melissa Anderson plans to retire as a columnist, effective immediately, as she winds down her storied career in automotive analysis and research. In the short term, she and her husband plan to travel in the Southern Hemisphere. “I have enjoyed writing the column and it has been a good long run,” Anderson said. Anderson’s business intelligence on the automotive industry will be missed. “Melissa was our ideal business columnist because she was able to talk with a lot of knowledge about trends in the global automotive industry while also providing a lot of local context, examples and data,” said MiBiz Publisher Brian Edwards. MiBiz will continue its search for a new automotive/manufacturing columnist throughout the coming months.
Auto Focus: Overhyped? Putting autonomous vehicles in perspective
The possibility of unattended driving, courtesy of Google or Apple, seems like a futuristic luxury, something out of a Dick Tracy cartoon in the memories of Baby Boomers. And yet, automakers are citing timelines that put it right around the corner.
Going Plush: West Michigan suppliers eye opportunities as automakers push upscale interiors
As automakers have invested in high-profile technologies and lightweighting, they’ve also started to pay more attention to the place in their vehicles where drivers spend the most time: the interiors.
